PROGRAMME
4–8 AUGUST, 2025
Location: House of Science, University of Latvia (Jelgavas Street 3, Riga)
August 4 | |
| 13.00-13.45 | Registration |
| 13.45-14.00 | Opening of Summer School |
| 14.00-15.30 | Open Lecture 1 Fragments from the Past: the Computational Study of Missing Records Gabor Mihaly Toth |
| 15.30-16.00 | Break |
| 16.00-16.45 | Pre-workshop session Haralds Matulis |
| 17.00-19.00 | Reception and networking |
| August 5 | |
| 9.00-9.30 | Registration |
| 9.30-11.00 | Open Lecture 2 Reading Code That Reads Text: An Introduction to Python Daniel Ihrmark |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30-13.00 | Workshop 1 Reading Code That Reads Text: An Introduction to Python Daniel Ihrmark |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00-15.30 | Workshop 2 Unlock every doc! Using Transkribus Annemieke Romein |
| 15.30-16.00 | Break |
| 16.00-17.30 | Workshop 2 Unlock every doc! Using Transkribus Annemieke Romein |
| 17.30-18.15 | Coffee break & Reflection Session Haralds Matulis |
| 18.30- | Social Programme |
| August 6 | |
| 9.00-9.30 | Registration |
| 9.30-11.00 | Workshop 3 Network Analysis for Humanists Giovanni Pietro Vitali |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30-13.00 | Workshop 3 Network Analysis for Humanists Giovanni Pietro Vitali |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00-15.30 | Open Lecture 3 Numbers and Networks: Between Quantitative History and Digital Humanities Claire Lemercier |
| 15.30-16.15 | Coffee break & Reflection Session Haralds Matulis |
| 16.30- | Social Programme |
| August 7 | |
| 9.00-9.30 | Registration |
| 9.30-11.00 | Open Lecture 4 New Approaches in Using LLMs for Historical Newspapers Research Sarah Oberbichler |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30-13.00 | Workshop 4 Using LLMs in Humanities Research via API Valdis Saulespurēns & Anda Baklāne |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00-15.30 | Workshop 4 Using LLMs in Humanities Research via API Valdis Saulespurēns & Anda Baklāne |
| 15.30-16.00 | Break |
| 16.00-17.30 | Workshop 4 Using LLMs in Humanities Research via API Valdis Saulespurēns & Anda Baklāne |
| 17.30-18.15 | Coffee break & Reflection Session Haralds Matulis |
| August 8 | |
| 9.00-9.30 | Registration |
| 9.30-11.00 | Workshop 5 Digital Mapping for Humanists Giovanni Pietro Vitali |
| 11.00-11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30-13.00 | Workshop 5 Digital Mapping for Humanists Giovanni Pietro Vitali |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00 - 15.30 | Post-workshop session and Summer School Closing Haralds Matulis, Sanita Reinsone |