Sommerschulen 2025

International Summer School 

"Analysis of Political Speeches - Modern Methods and Technologies"

The Institute of Empirical Linguistics, together with partner the University Shota Rustaveli Batumi State University and Academy of Digital Humanities – Georgia, is holding an international summer school on August 11-16 on the topic “Analysis of Political Speeches – Modern Methods and Technologies". The thematic summer school is being held within the framework of the project “Linguistic Means of Manipulation in Contemporary Georgian Political Discourse" funded by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia. The summer school aims to introduce and master the methods of linguistic and political analysis of Georgian political speech and includes both theoretical and practical sessions.

Organizers:

• Assoc. Prof. Mzia Khakhutaishvili (Batumi State University)
• Dr. Mariam Kamarauli(Frankfurt University)
• Coordinator: Tatia Tsetskhladze (Batumi State University)

Registration:

• Summer school announcement time: 25th May 2025
• Deadline for submission of applications: 25th June 2025
• Confirmation of participation: 30th June
• Duration of summer school: 6 days
• Number of participants in the summer school: 20

For the program of summer school look here: https://adh.ge/en/analysis-of-political-speeches-modern-methods-and-technologies/

Academy for Digital Humanities - Georgia

International Workshop 

"Artificial Intelligence and the Georgian Language in the Digital Age"

The 21st century has brought significant changes to various fields of science, largely due to the rapid development of information technologies. The philosophy of science has evolved, introducing new challenges for languages. While the traditional classification paradigm included genetic, typological, and relational classifications, a new paradigm has emerged. This new paradigm categorizes languages according to different parameters: 1) the legal status of the language, 2) the viability of the language and its areas of use, and 3) the degree of operation of languages in the digital age. According to this new classification, languages are now categorized into high-resource languages (HRL) and low-resource languages (LRL). Consequently, the traditional Language Atlas, which reflects the genealogical classification or distribution area of languages, has been replaced by a new Language Atlas that shows the percentage of digital resources available for natural language processing (NLP) in relation to the number of languages spoken worldwide.

What challenges does the Georgian language face in the digital age? How can artificial intelligence be used effectively to technologies the Georgian language? To answer these and other questions, the University Frankfurt together with Partner Institution University of Georgia and Academy for digital humanities (Georgia) is holding an international workshop 'Artificial Intelligence and the Georgian Language in the Digital Era' from 18 to 25 August 2025. The workshop is intended for master's students, doctoral candidates, and postdoctoral researchers.

Organizers:

• Leader: Dr. Mariam Kamarauli(Frankfurt University)
• Coordinator: Mariam Gobianidze (Frankfurt University)

Registration:

• Workshop announcement time: 14th April 2025
• Deadline for submission of applications: 10th Mai 2025
• Confirmation of participation: 15th Mai 2025
• Number of participants in the workshop: 20

For the program of the workshop look here: https://adh.ge/en/artificial-intelligence-and-the-georgian-language-in-the-digital-age/