Log · 17 entries · 2025
Every entry filed under 2025, most recent first.
Career
After five years at ZMO, I am moving to the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth as a data curator.
Career · ZMO · University of Bayreuth · Africa Multiple · +3
Research Grant
Awarded a grant under the Volkswagen Foundation’s “Open Up” programme for a collaboration with Aksana Ismailbekova on AI-driven comparative history of Islamic archives in West Africa and Central Asia.
Grant · Digital Humanities · AI · West Africa · +6
Lecture
Presentation to the ALMEDA team on AI pipelines for managing large-scale African digital collections.
AI · Digital Humanities · African Studies · IWAC · +4
Podcast
Joined Elisa Nobel-Dilaty on the ZMO “Kitchen Talks” podcast to discuss the Islam in West Africa Collection and potential and pitfalls of AI in African and Islamic studies.
Podcast · AI · African Studies · Islamic Studies · +5
Lecture
Book discussion hosted by the Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur l’Afrique et le Moyen-Orient (CIRAM), Université Laval.
Book Launch · CIRAM · Université Laval · Talk · +4
Publication
Call for chapter proposals for an edited volume on Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence in African Studies, to be published by Bielefeld University Press.
Digital Humanities · AI · African Studies · Call for Papers
Conference
Call for papers for the panel “Humanités numériques (DH) et IA dans les études africaines” at the 9th Rencontre des Études Africaines en France (REAF) 2026.
REAF · Digital Humanities · AI · Methodology · +4
Publication
Anaïs Wion’s review of the Islam West Africa Collection published in The Digital Orientalist.
Digital Humanities · IWAC · Review · AI · +2
Conference
Paper presented at the Eighth European Congress on World and Global History
Digital Humanities · Global History · Archives · Algorithms · +6
Lecture
Invited lecture at the SADiLaR Digital Humanities colloquia exploring how large language models can transform vast archival collections into more navigable resources.
Digital Humanities · AI · IWAC · Large Language Models · +5
Research Grant
With Vincent Hiribarren, I received funding from the VolkswagenStiftung to organise a scoping workshop (18-20 Feb 2026, Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover) on DH and AI in African Studies.
Volkswagen Foundation · Grant · Workshop · Digital Humanities · +2
Conference
Summary report of the ECAS 2025 panel on Digital Humanities and AI in African Studies.
ECAS · Digital Humanities · AI · African Studies · +3
Lecture
Visited École nationale des chartes in Paris on the invitation of Vincent Jolivet.
École nationale des chartes · Talk · Digital Humanities · AI · +4
Lecture
A series of four public talks at EHESS, Paris, in May 2025, exploring the histories of Islam and religious pluralism in francophone West Africa using digital humanities methods.
EHESS · Francophone West Africa · Islam · Religious Pluralism · +9
Conference
Attending and presenting at the Humanistica 2025 conference in Dakar, focusing on Digital Humanities and AI.
Digital Humanities · AI · IWAC · Conference · +3
Publication
New book publication based on research conducted at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient since 2021.
Publication · Remoboko · Togo · Benin · +4
Workshop
Comparative analysis of national Islamic umbrella organisations in four West African countries.
Workshop · Benin · Burkina Faso · Côte d'Ivoire · +3
