Historical Languages and AI
International Conference
Conference Dates: March 5-6, 2026
Venue: Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Submission Deadline: September 1, 2025
The intersection of historical languages and artificial intelligence (AI) presents a rich and dynamic field of study, with the potential to revolutionize our understanding of the past and the ways in which we engage with historical texts. As digital technologies continue to advance, the need for interdisciplinary collaboration becomes increasingly apparent. The upcoming 2-day international conference on “Historical Languages and AI” aims to foster this collaboration by bringing together experts from computational literary studies, digital history, linguistics, and other domains that work with historical languages such as Latin.
The conference seeks to address the growing demand for innovative methods and tools that can enhance the analysis, preservation, and interpretation of historical languages. By leveraging AI technologies, researchers can unlock new insights into historical texts, improve the accuracy of translations, and develop more effective teaching methods for historical languages. The conference will provide a platform for scholars to share their latest findings, discuss emerging trends, and explore the practical applications of AI in historical language research. It explicitly includes historical stages of modern languages, such as Old English or Early New High German.
Submission types
Included in the open-access proceedings:
Long papers: up to 4000 words (ca. 8 pages, excl. bibliography and appendix). Long papers report on original and unpublished results. Long papers are presented as oral presentations (30 min talk + 15 min discussion). We welcome the use of appendices or other supplementary information.
Published only in the book of abstracts in our Zenodo Community
(https://zenodo.org/communities/daidalos):
Short papers: up to 2000 words (ca. 4 pages, excl. bibliography and appendix). Short papers report on focused contributions, and may present work in progress. Short papers are presented as short oral presentations (20 min talk + 10 min discussion). We welcome the use of appendices or other supplementary information.
Pitch Your Research Idea: Submit an abstract of up to 200 words (excl. bibliography and appendix) to give a 5-minute presentation during a pitch session. The presentations are followed by a Scientific Speed Dating Session and enable researchers to get in touch faster.
Workshops (90 min): Submit a proposal for your intended workshop of up to 750 words. Workshops should be organized as hands-on research or learning opportunity. The workshops will take place on the second day of the conference (March 6, 2026).
Submission Guidelines and Participation
All submissions must be in English or German.
Papers should be formatted according to the conference template: Template of the Association for Computational Linguistics (https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files). It supports both Microsoft Word and LaTeX.
Submissions will be peer-reviewed by the organizers.
Papers should be submitted as PDF documents via E-Mail: daidalos-projekt@hu-berlin.de
At least one author of each accepted submission must register to the conference and present
the paper.
Proceedings of the conference will be published as a Propylaeum eBook in the Digital Classics Books series (for long papers; https://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeum/catalog/series/dcb) and on Zenodo (for all other submissions; https://zenodo.org/communities/daidalos).
Contact Information
For any inquiries, please contact the conference organizers at daidalos-projekt@hu-berlin.de.
We look forward to receiving your submissions and welcoming you to the International Conference
on Historical Languages and AI!
The Conference Organizing Committee of the Daidalos project (https://daidalos-projekt.de):
Andrea Beyer, Konstantin Schulz, Anke Lüdeling, Florian Kotschka, Florian Deichsler, Malte Dreyer
The complete Call for Papers as PDF can be found here.
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