In this talk, Mark Humphries explores how artificial intelligence and Python programming can be used to re-examine old historical problems in new ways that were not feasible in the past. The presentation will look at how generative AI models like GPT-4 and Claude 3 work and how they can be deployed at scale to partially automate the process of analyzing thousands of records simultaneously.
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Special Issue of the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
The Global Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Guest Editors: Constance Chen (Loyola Marymount University) and Roberto Saba (Wesleyan)
Deadline: December 15, 2024
The Institute invites applications for a number of Visiting Fellowships and Scholarships for the academic year 2024-25:
1. Non-Stipendiary Visiting Fellowships and Scholarships
The Institute is pleased to invite applications for Visiting Fellowships and Visiting Scholarships for 2024-25, to conduct research into any field relevant to the work of the Institute. The deadline for applications is 6 May 2024.
Please join us for the 2024 Calderwood Lecture on Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College:
Dr. Marianna Shreve Simpson
"Paintings as Prelude and Postscript in Deluxe Persian Manuscripts of the Early Modern Period."
The 4th Annual Conference of Macao Studies 2024
Macao in Global China and Global Asia
2-3 December 2024, University of Macau, Macao
The Centre for Macau Studies cordially invites researchers to submit panel proposals and paper abstracts for the 4th Annual Conference of Macao Studies, to be held on 2-3 December 2024 in Macao.
The theme of the 2024 conference is “Macao in Global China and Global Asia”. We welcome proposals that analyze the roles of Macao in this globalizing process.
The editors of Rochester History, a peer reviewed journal published both in print and online, invite contributions to a forum reflecting on the significance of Blake McKelvey (1903-2000) as an innovative city historian, scholar of urban history, and public history practitioner.
The Center for Research on Global Catholicism (CRGC) at Saint Louis University is delighted to announce the 2024 St. Louis Catholic Archives Visiting Research Grant.
Deadline: May 1 and August 15
The grant offers two scholars up to $3000 per year to defray costs connected with conducting research at participating archives:
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Literature Hub, a new home base on the H-Net Commons for scholars working in the fields of literary studies, critical theory, literary histories, comparative literature, poetics, and more: https://networks.h-net.org/literature-hub
Announcing CFP for Northwestern University Religious Studies Grad Student Conference on "Desire and Intimacy in the Study of Religion"
New Dates: Stories of Refugeeness: 50 years of Vietnamese Diasporic, Global, and Coastal Connections
Stories of Refugeeness:
50 years of Vietnamese Diasporic, Global, and Coastal Connections
The Tulane Asian Studies Program and the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South are hosting an interdisciplinary symposium January 23-25, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.