Join historians and AI experts to explore how modern AI tools can impact the learning, research, and practice of history.
The AI & History Symposium will bring together historians, AI experts, and scholars from related fields to examine how emerging technologies — including chatbots and generative AI tools — are shaping historical research, pedagogy, interpretation, and professional practice.
The event will be held at:
Keough School Washington Office
1400 16th St NW, Suite 120
Washington, DC 20036.
The symposium will feature presentations and panel discussions from leading faculty, invited guests from the University of Notre Dame, representatives from organizations of U.S. historians, and scholars from related disciplines.
A reception will follow the event.
Agenda
- 2:00 pm Welcome & Introduction
- 2:15 pm
Panel Session: Old news or generational tool? Will AI change History?
Panelists:
– Beth English (Executive Director, Organization of American Historians)
– Robert B. Townsend (Program Director for Humanities, Arts, and Culture, American Academy of Arts & Science)
– Sharon M. Leon (CEO, Digital Scholar) - 2:55 pm Coffee Break
- 3:15 pm
Panel Session: Broader impacts: cultural preservation, education, cognitive warfare
Panelists:
– Adam Fivenson (Non-resident Fellow, Center for Security, Innovation, and New Technology (CSINT), American University)
– Lisa Singh (Professor, Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University)
– Jill Pentimonti (Associate Research Professor, Institute for Educational Initiatives, University of Notre Dame) - 4:00 pm Reception
This symposium is organized by the University of Notre Dame’s Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society and Keough School of Global Affairs in partnership with the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.