Open Lecture
“Simulation, AI, and the Future of the Literary Imagination”

April 20th, 2025 | 4.30 p.m. | Room G111

Abstract: This session is an open forum on simulation, AI, and the future of the literary imagination led by visiting Professor David Ciccoricco (University of Otago, New Zealand), Diogo Marques (University of Porto / CODA + ILCML), and at least one AI virtual assistant.

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David Ciccoricco is a Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. His research draws on cognitive science and philosophy of mind to establish how fictional minds help explain actual ones. His teaching and research on digital fiction and literary games offer hope for the future of the literary imagination in a digital culture. He is the author of Reading Network Fiction (2007), a book on pre-Web and Web-based digital fiction, and Refiguring Minds in Narrative Media (2015), which is focused on cognitive approaches to narrative and literary theory in print novels, digital narratives, and story-driven videogames. + info: https://ciccoricco.wordpress.com/bio/

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Organisation: ILCML + CODA