Events - Area Studies under Discussion

This event examined how digitization affects area studies scholarship. The discussion explored how digital technologies and methods could reshape the field's approach to regional knowledge production and transnational comparison. Topics included digital Russian studies handbooks, AI applications, digital humanities approaches to historical research, digital heritage preservation, and ethnographic digital methods.

Speakers: Daria Gritsenko (Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki), Andreas Sudmann (CITAS, University of Regensburg), Martin Bauch (GWZO, Leipzig), Stefan Trajković Filipović (Justus Liebig University Giessen/HIRA), Thalia Prokopiou (Leibniz ScienceCampus, Regensburg), Vita Zelenska (Leibniz ScienceCampus, Regensburg), Karen Silva Torres (University of Leipzig), Lara Saadi (University of Leipzig)

Organizers: Tatsiana Astrouskaya, Corinne Geering, Paul Vickers