Talk: Digital Technology in Medieval History - From Document Analysis to Stylometry (数字技术在中世纪历史中的应用)

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[AI Summary]: Noé Leroy from the École Nationale des Chartes will present on applying digital technologies to medieval history research at Wuhan University’s 48th Doctoral Forum. The research focuses on the medieval secretariat of Liège and its documentary practices, utilizing digital tools throughout the research process from data collection (19th-century databases) to analysis (stylometry). The study employs automated text acquisition, AI-powered OCR, and natural language processing to extract specific data, while pioneering the application of stylometry to medieval documents for analyzing stylistic characteristics across different medieval secretariats.

The doctoral forum talk takes place on September 15, 2025 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Beijing time.

  • Speaker: Noé Leroy (PhD, École Nationale des Chartes, France)
  • Location: Room B305, Humanities Building, Wuhan University
  • Online: Tencent Meeting 777-671-386
  • Organizers: WHU Cultural Heritage Intelligent Computing Laboratory & Big Data Research Institute