Prof. Dr. Julian Schröter

News | Aktuelles

Guest lecture series "Computational Literary Studies"

• Mareike Schumacher (Digital Humanities, Uni Regensburg), June 11, 2025, 11–13 Uhr: "Computational Environmental Humanities: Natur und Biodiversität im literarischen Reisebericht" (Edmund-Rumpler-Str 9, room may change).
• Ulrike Henny-Krahmer (Digital Humanities, Uni Rostock), June 23, 10-12 Uhr: "ArDraCor: zum Aufbau eines argentinischen Dramenkorpus für die Plattform DraCor" (Zoom)

Upcoming and recent talks or workshops

• Talk: "Do LLMs understand poetry?" (together with Fotis Jannidis, Rabea Kleymann, and Heike Zinsmeister, Krakow, Conference of Computational Literary Studies (CCLS), July 3-4, 2025
• Talk: "Spannung im Krimiheftroman. Eine quantitative Studie", Philologische Fakultät Universität Würzburg (= Habilitationskolloquium), May 15, 2025
• Talk: "Large language models and the analysis of Suspense and Mystery in German dime novels", Junges Kolleg, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Workshop organized by Christoph Heilig, June 26, 2025 (Munich)

Miscellaneous

• Short statement: "Will AI write bestsellers in the future?" (LMU Series: "What AI can really do"): https://www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/news-overview/news/what-ai-can-really-do.html.

• Profil/Interview LMU Newsroom: https://www.lmu.de/de/newsroom/newsuebersicht/news/das-nicht-gelesene-fassbar-machen.html

Links

• GitHub | ORCID | FediHum | CV (detailed version) | CV (short version)

Research interests

• Computational Literary Studies and its methodology 
• Machine learning and large language models
• Novella and media history of German 19th-century literature
• Literary theory including genre theory, modeling literary history, and theories of interpretation 

Current Activities and Memberships

• DHd-Verband 
• AG Theorie (DHd)
• Upcoming for 2026: Cluster of Excellence (PI): Cross-cultural philology: https://www.lmu.de/de/newsroom/newsuebersicht/news/exzellenzcluster-cross-cultural-philology-die-eurozentrische-perspektive-in-der-philologie-verlassen.html

• Leitungsteam of the class  "Literature", Graduate School Language and Literature (LMU)

• Member of the working group "Scales"/"Maßstäbe" at the Center for Advanced Studies" (CAS, LMU) (2024–2026): https://www.cas.lmu.de/en/programs/cas-research-focuses/scales/.
• IDK Philologie (International Doctorate Programme Philology 2025–2028) (Supervisor/PI), https://www.en.idk-philologie.uni-muenchen.de
• Project Management (PI): "Der Cliffhanger in serieller Journalprosa" (2023–2025), funded by Vogel-Stiftung (Würzburg)

Short Bio

• since April 2023: Professor of digital literary studies, LMU München (Universitätsprofessor/W2 tenure track):
• 2022–2023: Walter-Benjamin Fellow (DFG), School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 03/2022–07/2022: Walter-Benjamin Fellow (DFG), University of Antwerp (Belgium)
• 2021–2023: Postdoc (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit), Digital Humanties/German literature, Universität Würzburg
• 2020 (summer semester): Deputy of the professorship of Digital Humanities (Professurvertretung), Universität Trier
• 2020–2025: Habilitationsverfahren (ongoing process, recommended for acceptance, with venia legendi in German Literature and Digital Humanities, Universität Würzburg, topic: "Gattung – Medium – Politik: Eine quantitative Geschichte der Novelle im 19. Jahrhundert." (Submission of the written thesis in April 2024, Habilitationskolloquium on May 15, 2025)
• 2011–2021: Research associate, Digital Humanities/German Literature, Universität Würzburg
• 2011–2017: Promotion, Universität Würzburg, topic: Theorie der literarischen Selbstdarstellung, awarded with the Promotionspreis der Universität Würzburg und der Unterfränkischen Gedenkjahrstiftung 2018.
• 2006–2011: Magister Artium in German literature and philosophy, Universität Würzburg
• 2005–2006: Civilian service (Zivildienst)
• 2005: Abitur

Recent and upcoming publications | Aktuelle Publikationen

• Fotis Jannidis/Rabea Kleymann/J.S./Heike Zinsmeister: "Do LLMs understand poetry? CCLS 2025. (https://jcls.io/site/ccls2025/).
• J.S.: "Love, Canon, and Gender – A Quantitative Study of 19th Century German Literary Culture." In: Philologie. Praktiken vormoderner Kulturen, globale Perspektiven und Zukunftskonzepte (ed. by Beate Kellner et al.), de Gruyter, to be published in 2025.
• J.S.: "Zur Modellierung von Unsicherheit: Machine Learning und begriffliche Vagheit am Beispiel der Novellen im 19. Jahrhundert". In: Book of Abstracts. Reiter, N., Haider, T., Kababgi, D., & Buschmeier, H. (2025, April 23). Book of Abstracts – DHd 2025. Under Construction, Bielefeld. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15269143, 284–288.
• J.S.: 1983. TCP/IP: Ein deutsches Versäumnis und die Geschichte des Internets. In: Medienobservationen. Mediensystem 1964/2024, 28 2024. (http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/23389) [Link zur pdf].
• J.S.: Machine Learning as a Measure of the Conceptual Looseness of Disordered Genres: Studies on German Novellen. In: Robert Hesselbach et al. (ed.): Digital Stylistics in Romance Studies and Beyond, Heidelberg 2024, 173–195 (https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.1157.c19371).
• J.S.: Abschlussbericht zum Walter-Benjamin-Stipendium: Ein Mixed-Methods-Programm für die Analyse schwach strukturierter Gattungen. (1.0.0). Zenodo 2024 (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13224970).

Team

• Simon Schkade (wiss. Mitarbeiter)
• Franziska Danner (stud. Hilfskraft)
• Jana Grimm (stud. Hilfskraft)
• Martin Ruhl (stud. Hilfskraft, Universität Würzburg)
• Sophie Gerger (stud. Hilfskraft)

Guest lecture series "Computational Literary Studies"

• Mark Finlayson (Florida International University): Computational Approaches to Understanding Narrative (May 31st, 2023, 18 Uhr, Schellingstr. 3, R 205)
• Ulrike Henny-Krahmer (Universität Rostock): Amor – historia – costumbres: Romanuntergattungen und digitale Textanalyse am Beispiel hispanoamerikanischer Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts (February 2nd, 2024, 11 Uhr, Schellingstr. 9, R 116)
• Fotis Jannidis, Steffen Pielström, Leo Konle (Universität Würzburg): Komplexität (June 10th, 2024, 10–12 Uhr (Zoom).