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Cultural Analytics Series

A series of lunchtime talks and workshops highlighting research that focuses on the data-driven analysis of cultural phenomena. 

Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Institute for Data Science and the School of Information

Previous events

Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Peter Broadwell explores new opportunities for using deep neural models for computational analyses of theater and other performing arts.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

James Abello Monedero & Haoyang Zhang present Graph Cities, a novel visualization for exploring complex large-scale networks.

Friday, March 6, 2026, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive with Cultural Analytics speaker Bob L. T. Sturm.

Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Bob L. T. Sturm is an associate professor at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and the PI of the MUSAiC project.

Friday, February 13, 2026, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive with Bellwether Lecturer Michaela Mahlberg.

Friday, November 14, 2025, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive with Cultural Analytics speaker Peter Dodds.

Friday, November 14, 2025, 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Data-driven, computational determination of the essence of meaning, stories, and characters, with Peter Dodds

Friday, October 24, 2025, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

An in-person, collaborative deep dive into Melanie Walsh’s topic, “AI Fiction in the Wild.”

Friday, October 24, 2025, 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

Fiction readers are using AI to generate their own original stories, role-play, world-building, fan fiction, erotica, and more. Melanie Walsh explores the roots and future of AI in publishing and entertainment.

Friday, October 3, 2025, 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm PDT

An in-person, collaborative deep dive into Manvir Singh’s topic “Universality and Diversity in Story and Song”.

Friday, October 3, 2025, 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm PDT

Manvir Singh researches the nature and origins of ubiquitous sociocultural traditions such as shamanism, witchcraft, story, and music.