

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: AI and the Future of the Humanities
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 08 May, 2026 at 09:30 am – Fri, 08 May, 2026 at 03:30 pm (-06:00)
- **Event Description**: The Calgary Institute for the Humanities invites you to the 45th Annual Community SeminarAbout this EventWhile AI holds much promise for certain fields and certain tasks, it poses an unprecedented series of challenges for the humanities and by extension, for democratic engagement. At the core of the humanities are reading and writing, which teach some of the key abilities necessary for democratic engagement, including critical thinking, historical understanding, and empathy. Reading and writing can now be outsourced to AI, but what students may not understand is that these chatbots are trained on existing discourse, which means they reproduce existing biases, and they cannot differentiate between true and false information. And by not learning critical analytical skills, students are left to the mercy of increasingly sophisticated misinformation campaigns that now plague contemporary political discourse.This seminar will explore both the potential and the pitfalls of AI for the humanities and for democratic engagement. How actually does AI generate text? What is “artificial” about artificial intelligence? What is new or not new about the moment we are now in? Given the ubiquity of AI at the current moment, what is the path forward for the humanities?SPEAKERSDr. Lauren M. E. Goodlad, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Rutgers UniversityDr. Wendy Chun, Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media, Simon Fraser UniversityDr. Elizabeth Dubois, University Research Chair in Politics, Communication and Technology, University of OttawaDr. Mél Hogan, Associate Professor in the Department of Film and Media, Queen's UniversityRobyn Moody, independent artist
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- **Event Categories**: art, workshops, literary-art, entertainment, nonprofit, artificial-intelligence
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Calgary
- **state**: AB
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: The Confluence Historic Site & Parkland
- **lat**: 51.044625
- **long**: -114.04403
- **full address**: The Confluence Historic Site &amp; Parkland, 750 9 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Canada

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- **organizer**: The Calgary Institute for the Humanities (https://allevents.in/org/the-calgary-institute-for-the-humanities/18635182)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 08 May, 2026 at 09:30 am (-06:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Confluence Historic Site &amp; Parkland, 750 9 Avenue Southeast, Calgary, Canada
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Calgary Institute for the Humanities
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, workshops, literary-art, entertainment, nonprofit, artificial-intelligence
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about AI and the Future of the Humanities ?
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