International Summer School 'The Future of Text'
From June 15th to 20th, our MoHu Centre hosted the International Summer School ‘The Future of Text’. Jointly organised with Tokyo College (University of Tokyo), the event brought together students from across the globe to explore how texts—hand-written, printed, and digital—shape and are shaped by technological, cultural, and historical shifts and mobilities. The Summer School was organised by Federico Mazzini and Paola Molino along with two Tokyo College colleagues, Michael Facius and Naoko Schimazu.
Over the course of a rich and interdisciplinary program, participants engaged with topics ranging from premodern textual practices to contemporary debates on artificial intelligence and future studies. Highlights included hands-on workshops (e.g. on Voyant tools led by Giulia Pedonese from the CNR Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale “Antonio Zampolli”), immersive visits in the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice, and student-led presentations covering emerging research from multiple fields.
The Summer School enhanced our new collaboration with Tokyo College and provided a unique opportunity for collaboration, critical reflection and experimentation concerning the meaning of ‘text’ in a world increasingly shaped by digitisation, media convergence and AI.
