6 February 2026
University of Luxembourg, Maison du Savoir
AI and the Creative Media Programme PDF
Schedule:
9.30: Registration
10.00: Introductory Remarks (Ciara Chambers and Alessandra Luciano, IAMHIST)
10.10: Welcome (Andreas Fickers, C 2 DH, University of Luxembourg)
10.20: AI Flagship: Intelligent Heritage (Alessandra Luciano)
10.40: Sproochmaschinn: Making the Past and Future of Luxembourgish Heritage Accessible Through Voice Technology (Daniel Wagener)
11.10: AI for Access at the National Library of Luxembourg (Yves Maurer)
11.40: AI-Driven Analysis of Misinformation in Historical Disaster Reporting (Sarah Oberbichler)
12.10: Lunch break
13.10: Audiences and Manipulated Images: Some Examples from Early Cinema (Veronica Johnson)
13.40: Questions of Trust and Ethical Challenges When Using Generative AI in History Documentaries (Jasmin Kermanchi)
14.00: Approaches to Applied Learning in Film Studies Programs: Opportunities and risks of AI in the Pre-production Phase (Tobias Hochscherf)
14.30: On The Shoulders of Giants: AI and Appropriation Within Screenwriting Practice (Will Howe)
14.50: Coffee break
15.10: StoryDreamer: How AI is Shaping the Stories We Tell (Niall Kerr and Luke McNiece)
15.40: NEW LANDS: Using AI to Bring Forgotten Stories of WWI Egyptian Workers to Life (Eslam El Shamy and Mohamed W. Fareed)
16.10: Cultural Adaptation as Creative Practice: Production Insights from 1001 Nights and 30 Birds (Yekta Kalantar Hormozi)
16.30: Closing remarks
16.45: Group photo
17.00: Book launch and wine reception, for Mhairi Brennan’s Archiving the Referendum: BBC Scotland’s Television Archive and the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)
