[AI Summary]: On September 10, 2025, Nanjing Normal University’s School of Literature successfully hosted a “Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage” salon featuring prominent scholars including Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow Professor Melissa Terras from Edinburgh University, Edward Vanhoutte (Executive Editor of Digital Scholarship in the Humanities), and Dr. Yunfei Long from Queen Mary University of London. The event, attended by over 100 participants, explored key topics including the definition and boundaries of digital humanities, application of AI in humanities research, and the balance between traditional humanities scholarship and digital methodologies. Discussions addressed critical issues such as the “black box” nature of large language models, the importance of maintaining academic independence from commercial tech companies, and how linguistics research can contribute to AI development and model interpretability.
- Date: September 10, 2025
- Location: Nanjing Normal University, School of Literature
- Host: Professor Li Bin
- Key Speakers: Melissa Terras (Edinburgh), Edward Vanhoutte (DSH Journal), Yunfei Long (Queen Mary University of London)
- Language: Chinese