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Human–AI Collaboration in Studying the Reception of Kant in China

Department of Asian Studies Academic meetings Human–AI Collaboration in Studying the Reception of Kant in China

Tutorial and Symposium for the ERC Synergy Project Application
“Human–AI Collaboration in Studying the Reception of Kant in China”
November 5–7, 2025

The Tutorial and Symposium for the ERC Synergy Project Application “Human–AI Collaboration in Studying the Reception of Kant in China” (November 5–7, 2025) brings together scholars from philosophy, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and digital humanities to explore new interdisciplinary methods for analyzing the transcultural reception of Kant’s thought in Chinese philosophy. The event aims to refine the conceptual, methodological, and technical foundations of the proposed ERC Synergy project ChinKant.AI, fostering dialogue between humanistic inquiry and AI-based analysis in the study of global intellectual history.

The event is organized by Professor Jana S. Rošker as part of the 30th anniversary celebration of the Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.

  • Riccardo Pozzo, University of Rome Tor Vergata
  • Christoph Schirmer, Walter de Gruyter GmbH
  • Josef van Genabith, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
  • Irena Srdanović, University of Pula

The event will open with a two-day tutorial (November 5–6) led by Professor Josef van Genabith from the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.
Title of the tutorial: Artificial Intelligence for Philosophy and the Humanities: Tool, Agent, or Both?

The tutorial will be held in the Blue Room, Faculty of Arts, Aškerčeva 2, Ljubljana.

Tutorial Schedule
Wednesday, November 5: 13:00–17:00
https://uni-lj-si.zoom.us/j/91827318498

Thursday, November 6: 10:30–12:30
https://uni-lj-si.zoom.us/j/92709810641

The tutorial will serve as the introductory phase of the preparatory meeting for the ERC Synergy Project Human–AI Collaboration in Studying the Reception of Kant in China.

Poster – Invitation 

The preparatory meeting will take place on Friday, November 7, also in the Blue Room, Meeting Schedule (Friday, November 7), 11:30 – 18:00

Meeting Schedule (Friday, November 7), 11:30 – 18:00

Blue Room (Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana)

11:30 – 12:00
Short presentation of the planned project application: Motivation, Background, and Disciplines
(Josef van Genabith, Riccardo Pozzo, Christoph Schirmer, Jana Rošker)

12:00 – 12:45
Presentation and discussion: Integrating Sino-Philosophical Perspectives into an AI-Aided Transcultural Semantic Analysis 
(Jana Rošker)

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 15:15
Presentation and discussion: New Methods of Stylometric Analysis
(Riccardo Pozzo)

15:15 – 16:00
Presentation and discussion: The Importance of Linguistic Contribution (Asian Languages and Scripts)
(Irena Srdanović) — Blue Room

16:00 – 16:45
General discussion — Blue Room

  • Expression of possible interest by invited Slovenian participants
  • Which works will be addressed (the three Critiques?) and which Chinese translations? Proposals and preliminary selection
  • Pilot study on a small sample of material

16:45 – 17:00
Coffee and tea break

17:00 – 18:00
Final discussion

  • Formulating the research question
  • Task division
  • Joint creation of the project implementation timeline

 

The event is co-funded by the ISF Fund of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, under the institutional funding pillar.

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