13/04/2026
We are pleased to announce the First DANES Summer School and Hackathon (DANES ScHack 2026), taking place 6–10 July 2026 at the University of Turin, Italy.
Organised by the Department of Historical Studies (University of Turin) and the Digital Ancient Near Eastern Studies (DANES) Network, ScHack 2026 brings together students of the ancient world with cutting-edge computational methods in an intensive week of teaching, hands-on practice, and social events.
THREE PARALLEL TRACKS
Track 1 — Ancient Language Processing
NLP, treebanks, transformer models, LLMs, and prompt engineering applied to cuneiform, Akkadian, Latin, and Ancient Greek corpora.
Teachers: Shai Gordin (Open University of Israel) & Marco Passarotti (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan) with his CIRCSE team: F. Mambrini, R. Sprugnoli, E. Litta, G. Moretti, G. Rambelli, F. Iurescia, R. Leotta, and C. Corbetta.
Track 2 — Computer Vision for Material Culture
2D/3D imaging, OCR, photogrammetry, and multimodal LLMs applied to manuscripts and ancient artefacts.
Teachers: Morris Alper (Carnegie Mellon University) & Steffen Bauer (IWR, Heidelberg University)
Track 3 — Network Analysis for Ancient Cultures
Social, spatial, and dynamic network analysis applied to ancient societies.
Teachers: Haleli Harel (BBAW Berlin, Minerva Stiftung Postdoctoral Fellow)
KEY DETAILS
📅 Dates: 6–10 July 2026
🏛 Venue: University of Turin, Italy
🎓 Format: Morning lectures (10:00–13:00) + afternoon hackathon sessions (15:00–18:00)
👥 Places: Max 10 students per track
💶 Fee: €200 — includes accommodation and meals for the full week
📜 Certificate of completion issued to all participants
💻 No prior programming experience required — bring your own data and research questions
⏰ Application deadline: 1 May 2026
HOW TO APPLY
Complete the registration form at:
👉 https://digitalpasts.github.io/ScHack2026/registration.html
CONTACT
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