Friday, November 20 / 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM • Room 224 (2nd Floor)

Session 76
Reading the Modern: Computational Methods and the Historical Genealogy of Social Meaning

Chair: Katrina Q. Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Discussant: Katrina Q. Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1. Tracing and Classifying Social Frustrations: A Computational Text Analysis of Social Problems in Early Modern England (1475-1700) • Alejandro Abisambra Castillo, Northwestern University.

2. Impossible to Pursue Happiness: A Historical Text Mining Study of Modern Japanese Books • Teru Sako, Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University.

3. Past or Future? Temporal Gap, Legitimacy Crisis and Performing Time • Lyusen Wang, University of Chicago.

4. Multiple Modernities and Technology: The Spread and Social Impact of Printing • Robert D. Woodberry, Calvin University.

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