Log · 37 entries · 2024–2026
Talks, workshops, conferences, grants and publications, most recent first.
Publication
Matthew Swagler reviewed my book Religious Activism on Campuses in Togo and Benin in The American Historical Review, and raises a question worth pursuing: what did the ‘good life’ mean to the students themselves?
Book Review · Religious Activism · Togo · Benin · +3
Workshop
The workshop “Digital Humanities and Artificial Intelligence in African Studies: Towards Sustainable and Equitable Practices” runs at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study from 21 to 24 September 2026. Presentations are streamed live on Teams with simultaneous French–English translation.
Digital Humanities · AI · African Studies · Workshop · +4
Lecture
Taking part in Panel I: African History at the University of Kansas AI and Africa Symposium, held on Zoom on 17 September 2026.
AI · Digital Humanities · African Studies · African History · +2
Publication
Our collective position paper on digital humanities and AI in African Studies is now freely available in the ZMO Programmatic Texts series.
Digital Humanities · AI · African Studies · Publication · +1
Lecture
Aksana Ismailbekova and I introduced our VolkswagenStiftung-funded project on AI and Islamic archives in West Africa and Central Asia in the “Digital History in/of Central Asia and the South Caucasus” seminar series at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Volkswagen Foundation · Digital Humanities · AI · Large Language Models · +6
Conference
Reflections on the Eighth Conference on Digital Humanities and Digital History in Luxembourg, where I presented the MCP server I built for the Islam West Africa Collection (IWAC).
Digital Humanities · Digital History · AI · Large Language Models · +6
News
The Africa Multiple Interactive Research Atlas (AMIRA) is now live. A major project I have worked on as Data Curator at the University of Bayreuth, it offers a central platform for exploring and visualising research data from the Cluster of Excellence Africa Multiple.
Digital Humanities · African Studies · Africa Multiple · University of Bayreuth · +3
Lecture
Invited talk for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienforschung (DGA) roundtable on Digital Humanities and AI in regional studies, exploring how AI can turn scholars’ dormant scan collections into active research instruments.
Digital Humanities · AI · IWAC · Talk · +5
