The Critical AI Language and Literacy Lab is an interdisciplinary space for exploring the culture of language and discourse in the age of machine learning and the social and educational challenges that come with it. How do we make meaning, create knowledge, and shape public debate when algorithmic systems mediate what can be said and heard? What knowledge, and which linguistic and technical skills, are needed to understand the conceptual, social and technical foundations of large language models? How can we encourage critical thinking and collaborative meaning-making beyond pattern reproduction? The lab promotes interdisciplinary exchange through networks, lecture series, and discussion spaces that foster critical debate and an independent, democratic academic culture.
Date/Time: 29 June 2026, 17:00 CEST
Location: Helene-Richter-Saal, Department of English and American Studies
University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 2, Altes AKH Hof 8
17-17.45h Talk by Prof. Dr. Miriam Lind, European University Viadrina
"The Social Allure of Generative AI. Linguistic Approaches to Artificial Relationality."
17.45h-18.30h Podium Discussion
"What is AI Literacy? Interdisciplinary perspectives from language, teaching and computation"
A discussion with:
- Prof. Dr. Julia Hüttner, expert on disciplinary literacies and language education, University of Vienna
- Dr. Imre Fekete, expert on AI literacy in higher education, Budapest University of Economics and Business
- PD Dr. Michael Wiegand, expert on computational linguistics, Digital Philology Group, University of Vienna
- Dr. Laura Gandlgruber, Programme Manager for AI in Education and Teaching, University of Vienna
18.30h Student Poster Presentations
We kindly ask you to register online here.
Univ.Prof. Britta Schneider is Professor of Applied Linguistics of Contemporary English at the Department of English and American Studies.
