Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft
Frist: 30.01.2025

CfP - Words in Numbers: Data-Driven Approaches to Texts in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Essen, Germany

We invite early-career researchers (PhD candidates and PostDocs) to contribute to the conference by presenting a short talk or poster. This call is particularly relevant for

• researchers who apply machine learning techniques in text analysis and/or engage with methodological aspects of computer-assisted text analysis pro cedures.

• researchersfocusingonNaturalLanguageProcessing,embeddings,andlarge language models.

• researchers in Theology, Religious Studies, Law, History, Social Sciences, and Linguistics

The conference is made possible by third-party funding from the project Law and Norms in Sermons – Machine-Assisted Analysis of Sermons in Time Comparison(RUNIP). Therefore, we are especially inviting submissions from theologians and scholars of religious studies (e.g., digital sermon research in Practical Theology).

To apply for a short talk or a poster presentation, please send a title and an abstract (approx. 200-300 words) along with your name, address and institution by January 30, 2025 to: runip-projekt@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Please focus your proposal on the data basis and the methodological approach of yourresearch. We look forward to seeing you and receiving your submissions, which will help foster stimulating conversations at the conference!

Conference Details

Dates:March 27-28, 2025 (starting at 10:00am on March 27 and ending at 3:00pm on March 28)

Location: Ruhr-Universität Bochum ZukunftsZentrum Zollverein (Triple Z)- located near Zollverein Unesco World heritage site

Submission Deadline for Talks & Poster Presentations: January 30, 2025

Conference Registration Deadline: February 28, 2025

Contact

Project RUNIP

Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Web: runip-projekt.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Email: runip-projekt@ruhr-uni-bochum.de