KAIST‒UTokyo Joint Workshop on Humanities in the Age of AI
Event
The International Humanities Project will host the KAIST‒UTokyo Joint Workshop on Humanities in the Age of AI, a joint workshop between the School of Humanities and Computational Social Sciences at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology at the University of Tokyo.
The main goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers to present their work and explore opportunities for further exchange and collaboration.
Dates
October 24‒25, 2026
Venue
Faculty Meeting Room, Faculty of Law and Letters Building 2 (Mezzanine), Hongo Campus, University of Tokyo
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Program
Day 1 (Saturday)
10:00–10:20 Opening (Welcome remarks + introduction of each institution)
10:20–11:50 Session 1 (3 presentations) Chair: Hiroki Takikawa
– Keiko Ishii (Social Psychology) What Artistic Attributes and Values Shape Preferences for Colorings? A Cross-Cultural Study Using Machine Learning
– Jiyoung Park (Psychology) Whose Emotional Norms Do Large Language Models Reflect? Cultural Bias in AI Emotional Support
– Shintaro Seki (Center for Evolving Humanities) Transforming Gagaku Scores into Machine-Processable Data via Visual and Semantic Methods
11:50–13:30 Lunch
13:30–14:30 Student Session 1 (2 presentations) Chair: Shintaro Seki
– Koki Yasunaga (Philosophy) Rethinking Intelligence with Peirce: The Pragmatic Maxim and a Critique of AI
– Jung Hyun Rhee (Philosophy) The Fictionality Puzzle in Large Language Models
14:30–14:45 Coffee Break
14:45–16:15 Session 2 (3 presentations) Chair: Keiko Ishii
– Dongwoo Kim (Philosophy) Reinventing AI Responsibility: An Empirically Informed Approach
– Chungsun Lee (Center for Evolving Humanities) Human Security, Dignity, and Identity: Roles and Ethics of Digital Commemoration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
– Donghyun Woo (History) Did the AI Learn History, or Just the Answer Key? Fine-Tuning, Retrieval, and the Limits of Benchmark Success
16:15–16:30 Coffee Break
16:30–17:30 General Discussion (Chair: Noburu Notomi)
18:00– Dinner at Bar Abreuvoir
Day 2 (Sunday)
9:30–10:30 Student Session 2 (2 presentations) Chair: Chungsun Lee
– Yuki Takahashi (Sociology) & Hiroki Takikawa (Sociology) Mapping the Modern Japanese Literary Field: Social Origin, Literary Category, and Style
– Donghoon Jung (Digital Humanities, Literature) Before the Story Unfolds: How LLMs Represent Future Events Before They Are Written
10:30–10:45 Coffee Break
10:45–11:45 Session 3 (2 presentations) Chair: Dongwoo Kim
– June Jeon (Sociology) Interpreting the System While Making Oneself Legible: Imagination, Calibration, and Performance for AI-Based Hiring Assessments
– Hiroki Takikawa (Sociology) Computationally Uncovering the Structure and Change of Moral Space: The Case of Japan, 1910–1999
11:45–12:00 Closing Remarks
Lunch and Dinner Registration
Registration is not required to attend the workshop, but we would appreciate it if you could register in advance.
If you wish to join the lunch and/or dinner on Saturday, October 24, registration is required by October 15.
Language
English
Contact
International Humanities Project
international.humanities[a]l.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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