Humanities-AI Network
Seminar materials
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February 2026
AI and Moral Philosophy
March 2026
AI and Literature I
Barthes, R. (1986) ‘The Death of the Author’, in Barthes, R. The Rustle of Language. Translated by R. Howard. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 49–55.
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Check availability on Google Books. This essay is contained within the collection 'The Rustle of Language'. We recommend checking your local or institutional library for a copy of this volume.
April 2026
AI and Literature II
Shelley, M. (2018) Frankenstein: Or The Modern Prometheus: The 1818 Text. Edited by N. Groom. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Read for free via Project Gutenberg. We recommend the 1818 text. For an academic edition with extensive notes, see ISBN: 9780192543721.
May 2026
AI and History
McKelvie, G. (2025) ‘Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History’, History Workshop, 11 November.
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Read at History Workshop. This is an open access article. No subscription is required to view the full text.
July 2026
AI and Art History
Benjamin, W. (1968) ‘The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’, in Arendt, H. (ed.) Illuminations. Translated by H. Zohn. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, pp. 217–251.
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Check availability on Google Books. This essay is contained within the collection 'Illuminations'. We recommend checking your library or the link above for availability.
August 2026
AI, Music and Law
Lee, E. (2024) ‘AI and the Sound of Music’, Yale Law Journal, 22 November.
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Read at Yale Law Journal. This is an open access essay. No subscription is required to view the full text.
September 2026
AI and Philosophy
of Mind
Dreyfus, H.L. (1972) What Computers Can't Do: A Critique of Artificial Reason. New York: Harper & Row.
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Check availability on Google Books. This text is a full-length book (ISBN: 9780060110826). We recommend checking your local or institutional library for physical or digital copies.
October 2026
Interdisciplinary Synthesis
Dubreuil, L. (2025) Humanities in the Time of AI. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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This title is available as an Open Access Manifold Edition. You can read it directly via Project MUSE or University of Minnesota Press.
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