Digital Tools For Humanists. Fundamentals & AI ~ UNIPI

Language: English

Period: 25 – 30 May 2026

Application Deadline: 15 April 2026

Program Intensity: Full-time

ECTS: 3

Tuition fees: 500€

The Summer School intends to present some selected tools that can help humanists in their researches and activities, taking advantage of the digital turn and the new technologies. Particular attention is given this year to NLP, Digital Philology, GIS & AI.

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).

Aim

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

Who can apply

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

Application

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.

Fees

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.

Contacts

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

Website http://digitaltools.labcd.unipi.it/
[NOTICE: this website will be updated with the detailed info of the 2026 edition in the coming days by this Summer School’s staff]

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

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