by Thijs Amersfoort | Apr 14, 2025 | Bible, Database, events, Hebrew Bible, Hebrew Learning, linguistics, Translation
A symposium was organized on the 4th and 5th of April by the ETF Leuven, Noster, and the Netherlands-Flemish Bible Society in Leuven on the topic of valency grammar in the Biblical languages. The event featured a comprehensive discussion of the history of the research...
by Johannes Froeh | Nov 3, 2023 | Computational Linguistics, Digital Approaches to Sacred Texts, events, Social Media, Social Network Analysis
Picture this: a room buzzing with energy, pizza boxes stacked high, soft drinks at every table, rapid Wi-Fi connectivity, and scholars engrossed in their laptops, training AI models. It might not be the first image that springs to mind when you think of theologians...
by Fan Li | Nov 2, 2023 | AI, events
In October 2023, the Faculty of Religion and Theology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam organized two hackathon events for the Network Institute Research Visit project, titled “Live-mapping Religious Difference Online.” This project explores the interaction...
by Willem van Peursen | Sep 27, 2023 | AI, Digital Approaches to Sacred Texts, events, linguistics, news, Social Media
Live-mapping Religious Difference Online The interplay of Digital Society, religious texts mediated online, and live-mapping What is the feasibility of live-mapping the differential use of religious texts in social media to identify religious issues present across...
by Willem van Peursen | Dec 15, 2022 | AI, Bible, Digital Approaches to Sacred Texts, events, news, Open Science
On 12 December 2022 the Faculty of Religion and Theology of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the research institute and CLUE+ organized a workshop centered around the provocative question: could robots be religious? The timing couldn’t be more appropriate: about...
by Willem van Peursen | Oct 21, 2022 | Bible, events, manuscripts, Targum
By Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman In July 2022 the International Organization for Targum Studies (IOTS) held its tenth meeting in Salzburg. There were, of course, some of the usual participants, but also surprisingly many new ones. We especially welcomed those from the...
