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        Date: 2026-02-05 10:29:21+00:00
        From: Rafail Giannadakis <giannadakis.uni@gmail.com>
        Subject: Crete Past and Present: Receptions of Crete Summer School (University of Crete | June, 2026): AI & Classics hands-on session

Dear colleagues,


I am writing to make you aware of a Summer School in Classics hosted by the
Department of Philology (Division of Classics), University of Crete, titled
“Crete Past and Present: Receptions of Crete” (June 21–27, 2026, Rethymnon,
Crete). The school focuses on how Crete’s archaeological sites and landscapes,
myths and legends, and literary traditions have been represented and
reinterpreted from antiquity to the present in film, drama, poetry, and music,
alongside site visits and work with ancient texts.

While the program is not a Digital Humanities school per se, it includes a DH-
relevant, half-day hands-on session by Dr. Maria Papadopoulou (Asst. Prof. of DH
and Classics and TALOS Lab Director | University of Crete) and Rafail
Giannadakis (Research Assistant, TALOS Lab | University of Crete) on AI and
Classical Reception Studies: “Looking for Europa (mal du pays)”. The seminar
will introduce participants to AI-driven workflows for creating machine-readable
datasets in Classical Reception Studies. Using the myth of Europa as a case
study, participants will work
hands-on with texts, images, and metadata, and apply AI-assisted annotation,
ontology modeling, and linked data tools to produce FAIR-compliant outputs.

Key details
— Dates: June 21–27, 2026
— Location: “Xenia” Student Cultural Center, University of Crete (Rethymnon,
Greece)
— Fee: 550€ (accommodation, meals, official dinner, and site visits included)
— Application deadline: March 10, 2026
— Apply (Google Form): https://forms.gle/AHS9z2xrApKVTbsB9
— Upload: CV and motivation letter
— Full call: https://www.philology.uoc.gr/en/nea/crete-past-and-present-
receptions-of-crete
— Contact: summerschool.classics@uoc.gr<mailto:summerschool.classics@uoc.gr>

With best wishes,

Rafail Giannadakis<https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafail-giannadakis/>
Research Assistant, TALOS–AI4SSH Lab | University of Crete
BA in Philology (major in Classics), Dept. of Philology | University of Crete


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