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Join our Circle U course<\/strong> WS 2026\/27<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

We are delighted to announce that this term we are hosting a colloquium to discuss the future of language, writing, education, knowledge creation and technical infrastructures in the context of AI technologies. Alongside talks by experts in the field, we invite interested MA and PhD students to contribute and present their topics and ongoing research in our work-in-progress sessions. Slots for these sessions will be distributed on a first come, first served basis in the first session.

Our colloquium is offered as a Circle U. joint lecture course, developed with the Circle U. framework and delivered with partner universities.

Students of the University of Vienna may register via: https:\/\/ufind.univie.ac.at\/en\/course.html?lv=129000&semester=2026W<\/a>
International Circle U students may register via: https:\/\/www.circle-u.eu\/open-campus\/lecture-critical-ai-language-and-literacy-colloquium-caillc<\/a>

Date\/Time:<\/strong> cf. schedule down below

Location:<\/strong> Prominentenzimmer Hauptgeb\u00e4ude, Tiefparterre Hof 4, Hauptgeb\u00e4ude der Universit\u00e4t Wien, Universit\u00e4tsring 1, 1010 Wien \/ online <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tentative Schedule for the colloquium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Aims, contents and methods of the course<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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? What is needed to foster critical debate and an independent, democratic academic culture in the age of AI?
This colloquium is opens up an interdisciplinary space for exploring the culture of language, discourse and knowledge construction in the age of machine learning and to jointly discuss the social and educational challenges that come with it. While the colloquium is hosted by Prof. Schneider\u2019s team and from the perspective of critical language studies\/ sociolinguistics\/ linguistic anthropology, everyone is welcome to join to foster interdisciplinary exchange. This includes all students, PhD candidates and colleagues from all institutes and disciplines at Circle U and Viennese universities. Online participation will be provided for members of Circle U universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading List<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Literature<\/strong>
Coeckelbergh, Mark, and David J. Gunkel. 2025. Communicative AI. A Critical Introduction to Large Language Models. Polity Press.
Keane, E. Webb. 2024. Animals, Robots, Gods. Adventures in the Moral Imagination. Allen Lane.
Kockelman, Paul. 2024. Last Words. Large Language Models and the AI Apocalypse. Prickly Paradigm Press.
M\u00fchlhoff, Rainer. 2025. The Ethics of AI. Power, Critique, Responsibility. Bristol University Press.
Schneider, Britta. 2022. \u201cMultilingualism and AI \u2013 the Regimentation of Language in the Age of Digital Capitalism.\u201d Signs and Society 10: https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/10.1086\/721757<\/a>
Schneider, Britta. 2024. \u201cA Sociolinguist\u2019s Look at the \u2018Language\u2019 in Large Language Models.\u201d Critical AI 2: https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/critical-ai\/issue\/2\/1<\/a>
Schneider, Britta, and Milene Oliveira. 2026. \u201cDeveloping Critical AI Language Literacy\u2014Prompting Experiments on Raciolinguistic Bias to Understand Large Language Models as Cultural Artefacts.\u201d AI & SOCIETY 41 (4): 3015\u201326. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00146-025-02727-7.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Resources<\/strong>
https:\/\/criticalai.org\/2026\/01\/29\/student-guide-to-critical-ai-literacies\/<\/a>https:\/\/criticalai.org\/design-justice-labs\/<\/a>https:\/\/caiml.org\/dighum\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[note: the colloquium welcomes contributions and students interested in the use of AI in language learning but this is not the core focus of this class]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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