Please note that this event is independently organized by WASP-HS researchers and not the WASP-HS Program Office.
What? An academic conference (13.15-16.30) and evening with live performances with AI +
Voice & Music & Audio-Visuals (18.30-21.00)
When? Wednesday 15 April 2026, 13.15-21.00
Where? Humanistiska Teater, Uppsala University
Entry? Free, but registration is required.
Why? Celebrating the start of two research projects within the WASP-HS Research Environment AI Futures of Culture and Memory.
13.15–13.30 Welcome by Katja de Vries & Anna Foka
13.30 -14.15 Session 1. AI & Literature
Short presentations:
– Sarah Hedman-Dybeck (PhD Candidate in Literature, UU) & Karl Berglund (Assistant
Professor in Literature, UU), on attitudes towards AI-narrated audiobooks
– Tuuli Hongisto (PhD in Literature, University of Helsinki), on AI-generated literature
Mini Panel:
– Hongisto, Hedman-Dybeck and a publisher working with AI (TBA), moderated by Berglund
14.15–14.35 Break – fika
14.35–15.20 Session 2. AI as a tool in artistic voice and music practices
A panel discussion moderated by André Holzapfel (Associate professor in Media Technology,
KTH):
– Courtney Reed (Lecturer in Digital Technologies, Loughbourough University London &
artist/vocalist)
– Kıvanç Tatar (Associate Professor in Data Science and AI, Chalmers University &
musician/new media artist)
– Bob Sturm (Associate Professor in Computer Science, KTH).
– Other artists from the evening event (TBA).
15.20–15.40 Break – fika
15.40 -16.25 Session 3 Data management, organisation and curation including generative/synthetic approaches
A panel discussion moderated by Anna Foka (professor in Digital Humanities, UU). Panelists:
– Frieda Schmidt (Technische Universität Darmstadt, cultural historian, data analyst and postdoc
researcher), on post-colonial heritage data,
– Karolina Hedström & Ulrika Schreil (Stockholms Läns Museum – a digital museum without
physical spaces), on paradata and data curation,
– Isto Huvila (professor in Information Studies, UU), on synthetic data
– Matts Lindström (media historian focusing on the cultural history of information and Deputy
Director the Centre for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, UU), on historical medical data
and generative AI,
– Per Israelsson (Linnaeus University, Department of Media and Journalism), on synthetic data.
16.25 – 16.30 Closing day program by Katja de Vries & Anna Foka
16.30-18.30 Reception & fingerfood
18.30 -21 Evening program of live performances with AI + Voice & Music & Audio-Visuals.
Artists include:
– Konvolv (Liisi Soroush, Camilo Sanchez): https://konvolv.com/
– Tuomos Laitinen: http://www.tuomasalaitinen.com/
– Courtney Reed: https://www.courtneynreed.com/
– Kıvanç Tatar: https://kivanctatar.com/
Please register, free of charge, to attend the conference.
