{"id":13077,"date":"2026-02-26T13:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/?p=13077"},"modified":"2026-03-24T10:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:13:09","slug":"anglophone-studies-generative-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/anglophone-studies-generative-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglophone Studies in the Age of Generative AI: Scholarship, Criticism, Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Website-Header-Bild-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"AI, doll wearing white frilly blouse and red jacket holding a stylograph and writing on a piece of paper.\" class=\"wp-image-13222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Website-Header-Bild-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Website-Header-Bild-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Website-Header-Bild-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Website-Header-Bild-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Website-Header-Bild-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-relative last:[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*.bl-absolute]:bl-absolute\n\t\t\t[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-z-20 last:[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-z-10 bl-relative bl-overflow-x-clip\n\t\t\t[.wp-block-ufr-section_&amp;amp;]:bl-overflow-x-visible\n\t\t\tbl-bg-identity-lightblue bl-text-identity-black dark:bl-bg-identity-lightblue dark:bl-text-identity-black bl-py-[24px]  align wp-block-ufr-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-ufr-section-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\t\n\n<p><strong>When?<\/strong><br>18 March &#8211; 19 March 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where?<\/strong><br>FRIAS seminar room, Alberstr. 19, 79104 Freiburg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact for registration:<\/strong><br>E-Mail: <a href=\"mailto:events@frias.uni-freiburg.de\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:events@frias.uni-freiburg.de\">FRIAS Events Team<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organisation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/gero-guttzeit\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6860\">Gero Guttzeit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Workshop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The rapid growth of so-called generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in interfaces such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Midjourney, and Seedance 2.0 raises fundamental questions for Anglophone studies, its methods, its objects of study, and its didactics. The aim of this workshop is to take stock of recent developments in genAI as they pertain to scholarship, criticism, and teaching, and to foster a dialogue on what these developments mean for Anglophone studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop assembles a group of students, early career researchers, and established scholars to discuss these and related questions: How does the technology and political economy of AI affect the production and reception of literature and culture now that texts, images, films, apps, and games can be generated? How can literary and cultural texts help us make sense of these new forms of genAI in light of its longue dur\u00e9e? How are the roles of authors, readers, and scholars changing in this new media ecology? How can we foster critical dialogue between teachers and students at university? Should we be \u201cthinking with AI\u201d or stand \u201cagainst AI\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><ul class=\"block-ufr-link-list-ul\nbl-@container\/download-list\nbl-w-fill wp-block-ufr-download-list\">\n\t\n<li class=\"block-ufr-link-list-li\nblock-ufr-link-list-li-content\nbl-flex-wrap\n@xl\/download-list:bl-flex-nowrap block-ufr-link-list-li-content--light-in-lightmode block-ufr-link-list-li-content--dark-in-darkmode wp-block-ufr-download-list-item\">\n\t<hr class=\"block-ufr-link-list-hr block-ufr-link-list-hr--light-in-lightmode block-ufr-link-list-hr--dark-in-darkmode\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Workshop_Guttzeit_Druckdatei.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" aria-description=\"Downloadable item with the title Conference Poster and the description Download PDF. 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Assessing Student Work in the Age of Generative AI\u201d<br>Irmtraud Huber (Konstanz), \u201cGuidelines for the Use of AI in Teaching and Study (Konstanz)\u201d<br>Felix Sprang (Siegen), \u201cVoice, LLMs, and Academic Writing Style\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:30 &#8211; 15:00<\/td><td>Conclusion and outlook<br>Gero Guttzeit (FRIAS\/LMU), Excerpt from \u201cProvocations from the Humanities for Generative AI Research\u201d<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:64px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-relative last:[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*.bl-absolute]:bl-absolute\n\t\t\t[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-z-20 last:[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-z-10 bl-relative bl-overflow-x-clip\n\t\t\t[.wp-block-ufr-section_&amp;amp;]:bl-overflow-x-visible\n\t\t\tbl-bg-identity-darkblue bl-text-pure-white dark:bl-bg-identity-lightblue dark:bl-text-identity-black bl-py-[24px] alignfull wp-block-ufr-section 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src=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1854-e1774342207986-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Gero Guttzeit in the seminar room during the workshop\" class=\"wp-image-13316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1854-e1774342207986-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1854-e1774342207986-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1854-e1774342207986-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1854-e1774342207986-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1854-e1774342207986.jpg 1930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gero Guttzeit, Anglophone Studies in the Age of Generative AI 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" data-id=\"13320\" src=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1901-e1774343380603-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"Workshop participants in the FRIAS Seminar Room\" class=\"wp-image-13320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1901-e1774343380603-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1901-e1774343380603-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1901-e1774343380603-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1901-e1774343380603-1536x1064.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1901-e1774343380603.jpg 1970w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sarah Wegener (Mainz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1550\" height=\"1038\" data-id=\"13321\" src=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1869-e1774343538126.jpg\" alt=\"Speaker presentation\" class=\"wp-image-13321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1869-e1774343538126.jpg 1550w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1869-e1774343538126-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1869-e1774343538126-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1869-e1774343538126-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1869-e1774343538126-1536x1029.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1550px) 100vw, 1550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wolfgang Funk (Mainz)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"13318\" src=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1861-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Workshop participants in the FRIAS Seminar Room\" class=\"wp-image-13318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1861-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1861-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1861-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1861-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1861.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Left to Right: Eva von Contzen (Freiburg), Irmtraud Huber (Konstanz) and Leandra Ha\u00dfmann (LMU M\u00fcnchen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"13317\" src=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1906-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Workshop participants at the table in FRIAS Seminar Room\" class=\"wp-image-13317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1906-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1906-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1906-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1906-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/391A1906.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Left to Right: Victoria Craggs (Freiburg), Irmtraud Huber (Konstanz) 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