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Digital Tools For Humanists. Fundamentals & AI

Language: English

Period: 25 – 30 May 2026

Application Deadline: 25 April 2026

Program Intensity: Full-time

ECTS: 3

Tuition fees: 500€

In the frame of the Summer Schools organized by the University of Pisa, under the direction of the “Laboratorio di Cultura Digitale” (Laboratory for Digital Culture), the 9th edition of the Summer School “Digital Tools for Humanists” is addressing all those interested in getting basic and working knowledge of some of the digital tools available today to scholars in many different fields of the Humanities.

The 2026 edition of the Summer School will focus on basic tools for Natural Language Processing (NLP), Digital Philology, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and use of AI in those fields.
“AI tools enhance NLP by improving text analysis, translation, and semantic understanding, enabling faster and more accurate processing of large linguistic datasets. In digital philology and GIS, they support the preservation, interpretation, and spatial visualization of cultural and historical data, uncovering new patterns and insights that were previously inaccessible.”
The paragraph above is the answer of ChatGPT (without any editing) to the prompt “summarize in two sentences the advantages and benefits of using AI tools in the fields of NLP, digital philology and GIS”. It really captures the essence of the use of AI in those fields, and hopefully some of those benefits will become more apparent during the Summer School.

The Summer School will maintain its character of being “practice oriented”, and all the afternoons will be dedicated to hands-on laboratories.

The minimum requirement for enrolling in the Summer School is a Bachelor degree, in any discipline. Graduate students and professionals in the Humanities, such as PhD students, librarians, teachers, researchers, archivists are the perspective participants of the School.

In order to get the maximum benefit from the School, it is recommended to all attendees to bring their own Personal Computer. No specific pre-requisites are requested, except for some familiarity in the use of computers and, of course, a good interest in Digital Humanities.

The Summer School is under the auspices of CLARIN-IT, the Italian node of CLARIN, the ERIC Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure, aiming to make digital language resources available to scholars, researchers, students and citizen-scientists from all disciplines, especially in the humanities and social sciences, through single sign-on access.
The School is also under the auspices of AIUCD, the Italian Association for Digital Humanities and Culture, of AIPH, the Italian Association od Public History and of CISPH, the Interuniversity Centre for Research and Development of Public History.

The program – with the detail of topics and lecturers – is available for download in the Attachments section at the bottom of this webpage.

Please visit the dedicated website for the full description of the contents and the organizational details.

The number of participants at the Schools is limited, and registrations will be accepted until there are available seats.
The Summer School will be activated with at least 10 students. The maximum number of participants is set to 40 students.

The Summer School will be held on campus in Pisa, in Pisa, at Centro Congressi Le Benedettine, Piazza San Paolo a Ripa D’Arno, 16.

The program will be activated also in distance learning mode (TEAMS platform).

The School is addressing all those interested in getting basic and working knowledge of some of the digital tools available today to scholars in many different fields of the Humanities.

The topics in the 2026 edition will include:

  • Basic tools for digital editions
  • Geographical data base (GIS)
  • Digital Public History
  • Natural Language Processing tools
  • Artificial Intelligence

The lectures will be given by the following professors:

  • Vittore Casarosa
  • Michela Galli
  • Tiago Gil
  • Seamus Ross
  • Roberto Rosselli Del Turco
  • Enrica Salvatori
  • Rachele Sprugnoli

More information about the teachers of the 2026 is included in the document Confirmed Speakers available for download in the Attachments section at the bottom of this webpage.

From graduated students up to professionals in the Humanities (PhD students, librarians, teachers, researches, archivists, museologists, etc.).

Admission Requirements: Bachelor degree in any discipline.

Required documents:

  • Identity Document (PASSPORT in case you are a foreign student)
  • Enrolment Form
  • Curriculum Vitae

All the documents must be in pdf format, in order to upload them on the portal when required.

Application has to be submitted via Alice portal following the instructions of the “How to apply” page

Tuition fees: 500€

Pay fees by Debit/Credit Card or PayPal online using the following: Payment Form.

Notice:

  • International students without Italian Tax Code: please tick the box ‘Anonymous’ in order to disable the field ‘Italian personal ID/VAT number’.
  • Please type your NAME and SURNAME next to the pre-filled text of the field ‘Reason’.
  • Please pay only after receiving the admission letter.

Refund policy

The Summer School is held also online, then no refund of the paid tuition fees is allowed.

NOTICE: If you participate in person and are arriving from a non-EU country, before making the payment please check with the Italian Embassy in your country if a visa is needed and what is the timing to obtain it.

Attachments:

Contacts

Coordinator
Prof. ssa Enrica Salvatori enrica.salvatori@unipi.it
Prof. Vittore Casarosa casarosa@isti.cnr.it

Website https://digitaltools.labcd.unipi.it/

Summer/Winter School Office support.summerschool@unipi.it

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  • Lungarno Pacinotti, 43
  • P.I. 00286820501 C.F. 80003670504
  • T. +39 050 221 2111
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