The Digital Humanities Alliance for Research and Teaching Innovations (DHARTI) is pleased to announce the seventh talk in its DHARTISpeaks! series. This session will feature Prof. Menno van Zaanen, Professor in Digital Humanities at the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources.
Titled “Using Large Language Models to Identify Characters in Stories in South African Languages”, the talk will explore the use of large language models (LLMs) for identifying characters in stories written in South African languages. The session will consider how emerging language technologies can contribute to the computational analysis of literary narratives, particularly in multilingual contexts.
To learn more about the speaker and his work, visit Prof. van Zaanen’s website here.
Event Details:
- Date: 5 November 2026 (Thu.)
- Time: 7:30 pm (IST) onwards
- Speaker: Prof. Menno van Zaanen (South African Centre for Digital Language Resources)
Registration:
- For DHARTI Members: The event is free to attend for all DHARTI members, provided they register beforehand. Please click here for registration.
- For Non-DHARTI Members: People who are not members of DHARTI can join the event by paying a nominal fee of Rs. 100/-. Please click here for the payment link.
We invite researchers, students, and anyone interested in digital humanities, computational literary studies, and language technologies to join us for the session.