University of Pisa Summer - Winter Schools & Foundation Course
Summer School Digital Tools For Humanists. Fundamentals & AI
Pisa, Italy
Summer Course
DURATION
6 days
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 500 / per course
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus, Distance Learning
* Please notice: the original application deadline was 15 April 2026, but it has been postponed to 25 April 2026 since there are still a few available spots.
Key Summary
About: The Summer School Digital Tools for Humanists. Fundamentals & AI at The University of Pisa teaches digital methods and selected tools for humanist research. It runs on campus in Pisa at Centro Congressi Le Benedettine and online via TEAMS. The course opens with a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 40 participants. 2026 topics include digital editions, digital philology, GIS, digital public history, natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI). It targets students and researchers seeking practical skills in text analysis, geospatial mapping and digital scholarship.
Career Outcomes: digital-humanities-specialist, GIS-analyst, NLP-practitioner, using skills in metadata, mapping AI-enhanced-research.
The Summer School intends to present some selected tools that can help humanists in their researches and activities, taking advantage of the digital turn and the new technologies. Particular attention is given this year to NLP, Digital Philology, GIS & AI.
The Summer School will be activated with at least 10 students. The maximum number of participants is set to 40 students.
The Summer School will be held on campus in Pisa, in Pisa, at Centro Congressi Le Benedettine, Piazza San Paolo a Ripa D’Arno, 16.
The program will be activated also in distance learning mode (TEAMS platform).
Aim
The School is addressing all those interested in getting basic and working knowledge of some of the digital tools available today to scholars in many different fields of the Humanities.
The topics in the 2026 edition will include:
- Basic tools for digital editions
- Geographical data base (GIS)
- Digital Public History
- Natural Language Processing tools
- Artificial Intelligence
ECTS: 3
From graduated students up to professionals in the Humanities (Ph.D. students, librarians, teachers, researchers, archivists, museologists, etc.)