Researcher
William G. Thomas III
Dean of the College of Letters and Science and Professor of History, Montana State University.
Committee of Historians for AI Research
Welcome to CHAIR
Exploring the intersection between history and artificial intelligence
Explore CHAIR ↓
01 — OUR MISSION
History has a stake in AI.
CHAIR is a community of historians and institution-builders advocating for a transparent and thoughtful relationship between historical knowledge and artificial intelligence. We work to build the institutions, infrastructure, and standards needed to preserve trustworthy knowledge of the past.
Democracies depend on the ability of citizens to examine evidence, contest accounts of the past, and debate their shared histories. As AI increasingly mediates access to historical knowledge, the relationship between history and AI has become one of the most consequential ethical arenas for artificial intelligence.
History
Technology
Research
02 — PEOPLE
The people behind CHAIR.
Meet the research, historians, and collaborators who contribute to CHAIR.
Researcher
Jo Guldi
Professor of Data and Decision Sciences at Emory University, directing research on AI, historical reasoning, and democratic knowledge infrastructures.
Researcher
Giovanna Ceserani
Professor of Classics at Stanford University
Researcher
Louis Hyman
Dorothy Ross Professor of Political Economy in History, Johns Hopkins University's Agora Institute.
Researcher
Andreas Fickers
Professor of Contemporary and Digital History at the University of Luxembourg
Researcher
Ian Milligan
Professor of History and inaugural Director of the School of Social, Political, and Historical Research at the University of Waterloo
Researcher
Christopher Phillips
Professor and Department Head of History at Carnegie Mellon University
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Samuel Backer
Assistant Professor of History at University of Maine
Researcher
Shadi Bartsch
Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Service Professor of Classics at University of Chicago
Researcher
D. Prof. Marnie Hughes-Warrington
Bradley Distinguished Professor of History at Adelaide University
Researcher
Matthew Connelly
Professor of International and Global History, Vice-Dean for AI Initiatives, and a Special Advisor in the Office of the University President at Columbia University
Researcher
Adrian Johns
Allan Grant Maclear Distinguished Service Professor of History, the Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, and the College
03 — UPCOMING EVENTS
Join us at our next event.
CHAIR members will be presenting research and convening discussions at the following conference.
MONTH
10
Conference
AI and History Conference 2026
The AI and History Conference 2026 is a practitioner-focused convening for historians at all career stages who are working with, teaching, or trying to evaluate AI and computational methods in their research and institutions.
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04 — WHITE PAPER
Our white paper.
The white paper is a living document that we expect to continue to revise in conversation with the community of historians and archivists. Its emphasis in terms of geography, periodization, and priorities will continue to evolve.
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05 — CONTACT
Get in touch.
Interested in CHAIR, our research, or getting involved? We'd love to hear from you.
Email
chair@emory.edu