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Digital Methods and AI at Work at the Institute

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Turmcarrée, 6th floor

Turmcarrée, 6th floor

Bleichstraße 59, 60313 Frankfurt am Main
Andreas Wagner (MFER), Christiane Birr (Max-Planck-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie), Polina Solonets (Max-Planck-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie)
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This special edition of the seminar 'Legal History Meets Digital Humanities' turns the focus from external speakers to ongoing research and experimentation with digital methods and artificial intelligence across the Institute.

Bringing together colleagues from the different departments and the research group, the workshop will showcase how AI and other digital approaches are presently being used in research and research support, and also open up a space for discussing opportunities for further exploration and development.

Through short presentations of ongoing work from across the Institute and reflections on new questions and methods, the event aims to create visibility for existing initiatives, identify common questions, methods and interests, and explore future perspectives for digital research “in the age of AI” at the Institute.

We are planning to conclude the event with a more informal get-together on the Turmcarrée rooftop terrace so we will have plenty of opportunities for continued discussions and just a good time together.

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    • 12:50 → 13:00
      Opening/ Greeting 10m
      Speakers: Andreas Wagner (MFER), Polina Solonets (Max-Planck-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie)
    • 13:00 → 13:30
      Exploration without Hallucination. Making Use of Embeddings and Semantic Similarity in the Salamanca Project 30m
      Speaker: Andreas Wagner (MFER)
    • 13:30 → 14:00
      Improving the Searchability of the Private Law Collection with LLMs. Developing and Evaluating a RAG System for a Collection of 19th Century Legal Literature 30m
      Speaker: Kushini Sugathapala (Max-Planck-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie)
    • 14:30 → 14:50
      Break 20m
    • 14:50 → 15:20
      Machine-Breaking, Broken Down: Sentiment and Graph Analysis of Luddite Discourse via LLMs 30m
      Speaker: Anselm Küsters (Max-Planck-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie)
    • 15:20 → 15:50
      AI and/or Open Science: the Example of Reference Extraction 30m
      Speaker: Christian Boulanger (Max-Planck-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie)
    • 15:50 → 16:20
      Using Nodegoat to Analyse Social Networks and Case Law: the Example of the Mixed Courts of Egypt, 1876–1949 30m
      Speakers: Aya Bejermi (Max-Planck-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie), Michel Erpelding (Max-Planck-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie)
    • 16:20 → 16:40
      Break 20m
    • 16:40 → 17:10
      Human and Artificial Faculties and their Relevance for Law and History 30m
      Speaker: Andreas Wagner (MFER)
    • 17:10 → 18:10
      Fishbowl Discussion: Perspectives of Working with AI at the Institute 1h
    • 18:10 → 20:10
      Rooftop Party 2h