Dr. Todd Presner
Director
Professor of European Languages and Transcultural Studies and Digital Humanities at UCLA
2016–Present
Todd Presner is a Professor of European Languages and Transcultural Studies and the founding Chair of UCLA’s Digital Humanities Program. His research spans European intellectual and cultural history, Holocaust studies, and digital humanities. He is the author of Ethics of the Algorithm: Digital Humanities and Holocaust Memory (Princeton University Press, 2024), which includes contributions by Anna Bonazzi, Rachel Deblinger, Lizhou Fan, Michelle Lee, Kyle Rosen, and Campbell Yamane. The book examines the ethical implications of “listening” to Holocaust testimonies by means of an algorithm and shows how computational methods can deepen our understanding of Holocaust history and memory.
Presentations
Futures of Holocaust Memory: Ethical and Technological Challenges
Association for Jewish Studies 58th Annual Conference
David Boder's Integrated Methodology: Digital Humanities Avant la Lettre
David Boder: Reflecting on his Work, Life, and Legacy 80 Years After, American University in Paris
From the Embodied Witness to the Statistical Witness: The Ethics of AI vis-a-vis the Historiography of the Shoah
Reflecting on the History and Memory of the Holocaust in the Age of AI, Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris
Holocaust History and Memory in the Age of AI
Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, and The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights (TOLI)
Ethical and Methodological Approaches to Holocaust Testimonies: Bridging Oral History and Digital Humanities
Vienna Wiesenthal Institute
AI through History, History through AI
C²DH, University of Luxembourg
The Future of History in the Age of A.I.
Wende Museum, Los Angeles
Holocaust Memory and History in the Age of AI
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
Holocaust Testimony in the Age of AI: History, Memory, and Ethics
Jay Phillips Center, University of St. Thomas
Act of Translation: Personal Stories in a Post-Survivor World
Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University, Regional Institute