Open Seminar

“Computational Methods and Literary Theory: Achievements, Shortcomings, and Possible Futures”

October 29th, 2026

03.00 p.m. | Sala de Reuniões 1

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Simone Rebora is an associate professor of comparative literature at the University of Verona. As a postdoc, he worked at the Universities of Mainz, Bielefeld, Göttingen, and Basel. His main research interests are literary theory, reader response studies, and computational literary studies. His essays have been published in journals such as “PLOS ONE”, “Digital Scholarship in the Humanities”, and “Modern Language Notes”. In 2026, he will publish the monograph Computational Literary Studies. Theory and Methods (Routledge). He is currently chair of the “Digital Literary Studies” Special Interest Group (SIG-DLS) of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) and chairperson of the “Digital Comparative Literature” Research Committee of the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA DCL).