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.
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: Click here for registration.
To learn more about the speaker and his work, visit Prof. van Zaanen’s website here.
We invite researchers, students, and anyone interested in digital humanities, computational literary studies, and language technologies to join us for the session.