SpråkbankenText's research meetings during Autumn 2026, will take place on Thursdays, from 10:15 to 11.30 (occasionally to 12:00), typically in room F314, unless otherwise announced. The meetings are normally open for all members of SpråkbankenText. On some occasions, we invite a broader audience, these public seminars are announced in SpråkbankenText's calendar.
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The schedule for the Autumn of 2026 is as follows (cells highlighted in orange indicate related events that occur outside the meeting’s usual date and/or time):
| Date | Topic | Comments | August |
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| 20 | Beyond the Catalogue: AI Search and New Paths into Heritage Collections; Chris Haffenden (National Library of Sweden) | Note: part of the HumAI’s seminar series. Time: 15:15-17:00; Location: J330 - also on Zoom. Abstract: Digitally collected and stored does not simply equate to digitally available. Mass digitization and the steady growth of born-digital material have made heritage collections larger than ever, but size alone does not make them usable. Copyright restrictions, data protection rules, outdated technical systems, and sparse description still limit how researchers can find and work with relevant material — much of it preserved but effectively forgotten. AI-based search does not remove these barriers, but it changes their shape — and has quietly become part of the humanities’ research infrastructure. Drawing on work at KBLab at the National Library of Sweden — including multimodal image search across historical postcards and AI-generated transcription and search across radio collections — this talk examines how AI models are being used to create new entrance points into heritage collections, and what it means to make previously hard-to-find material newly visible. What happens when source selection is guided not only by cataloguers and metadata, but also by models trained to detect patterns and similarity? How do AI-based search systems relate to more traditional forms of description, and what kinds of blind spots or distortions do they introduce? The talk also considers how such techniques can reshape the identity of a collection itself — shifting attention away from what has already been catalogued and named, toward what has previously escaped notice. More broadly, it asks where humanities expertise is most needed: in shaping such tools, in evaluating them, or in helping scholars engage critically with their outputs. |
September |
| 3 | Beyond the final text: keystrokes as a window into language development and text production in the age of generative AI; Guest researcher talk by Ildikó Pilán | Time: 10.15-11.30; Location: C314 (gästmatsal); Abstract: Keystroke logging provides valuable insights by capturing not only the final written product, but also the pauses and revisions underlying text production, offering a glimpse into the cognitive processes behind it. In this talk, I will introduce keystroke logging and the IncluEdS research project, which is currently collecting keystroke-logged texts from learners of Norwegian. I will present some existing studies and our plans for using these process data: (a) to investigate the order in which some grammatical forms are acquired, and (b) to develop machine learning models for automatically estimating CEFR proficiency from keystroke-logged texts, with explanations designed to be pedagogically useful. Finally, I will discuss preliminary work on using keystroke data to distinguish organic typing from transcribed typing, occurring when copying text from external sources, with a focus on generative AI systems. Link to GU-calendar |
| 7 | Céline Leuzinger, Idea seminar. | Note: part of the Higher seminar series. Location: J415; Time: 13.15-15.00 |
| 10 | Planning for the Autumn 2026: upcoming deadlines and events, shared research priorities, and areas where feedback or collaboration within the group would be valuable. Also, brief reflections and highlights from the summer (conferences, summer schools, workshops, research visits, publications, submissions, and new collaborations or ideas). | Be prepared with suggestions and relevants events we should note in the calender - for even greater convenience, feel free to edit it yourself before the meeting! |
| 11 | Grant Writing Session (half-day, morning): "Att inleda en forskningsansökan på ett övertygande sätt" (Crafting a Compelling Introduction to a Research Proposal) | Magnus Linton (author and journalist) - Time: 09:15-10:15; Location: J335 |
| 14 | Arianna Masciolini, final seminar. Opponent: Sata Stymne | Note: part of the Higher seminar series; Location: C452 (prelim); Time: 13.15-15.00 |
| 17 | Discussion based on the SB PhD students’ document of 2 June 2026: “Förslag till förbättringar av forskningsmöten” (“How to Make Our Research Meetings Better”). The document, which will serve as the basis for the discussion, will be circulated one week before the meeting. | Possibly merged with the meting on the 10th of October (?) |
| 24 | Bokmässan - the Gothenburg Book Fair | Presentation at 17:00 by Maria Szawerna: "Pseudonymisering och det offentliga samtalet" - more info TBA | October |
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| 5-6 | CLASP Concluding Conference | The programme includes three keynote presentations by Alex Clark, Katrin Erk, and Joakim Nivre. Location: J222; Further details here |
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| 12 | Tom Södahl Bladjsö, Idea seminar. | Note: part of the Higher seminar series. Location: C364; Time: 13.15-15.00 |
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| 29 | Note: This week coincides with the autumn break for those with school-age children. | The time slot can still be used, but attendance may be lower than usual. | November |
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| 6 | Ricardo Muñoz Sanchez, defense. Opponent: Senja Pollak (Slovenia) Committee: Mathias Creutz (Finland), Moa Johansson (Chalmers, Sweden), Paula Buttery (UK, not confirmed), Gerlof Bouma (suppleant) |
J222 & F310 (committee) 13.00-18.00 |
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| 19 | NLP4CALL workshop. Invited speaker Prof. Andrea Horbach | J222 |
| 20 | NLP4CALL workshop Invited speaker Dr. Rianne Conijn | J222 |
| 23 | Irene Elmerot et al., Postsem. | Location: J236; Time: 13.15-15.00 |
| 26 | December | |
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| 24 | Happy Holidays! | Happy Holidays! |