The Workshop on Computational Drama Analysis takes place on Wednesday, 3 September 2025.

9:00–9:50 · Arrival and Registration

9:50–10:00 · Introduction

10:00–11:30 · Session I

  • 10:00–10:30 · The Case of Heinrich von Kleist: Methodological Consequences of Computational Approaches to Literary History (Benjamin Krautter)
  • 10:30–11:00 · Mapping the Dramaturgical Arc: Computational Approaches to Comedy and Tragedy (Botond Szemes)
  • 11:00–11:30 · Stage Configurations and Dramatic Rhythm: Computational Dramaturgical Analysis of Ludvig Holberg’s Comedies (Ulla Kallenbach, Anna Lawaetz)

11:30–12:00 · Coffee Break

12:00–13:00 · Session II

  • 12:00–12:30 · Small Large Language Models for Digital Humanities Tasks – The Bechdel-Wallace-Test on the DraCor as a Model Case (Thomas Jäger)
  • 12:30–13:00 · Evaluating MCP-empowered LLM Usage of the DraCor API (Ingo Börner, Daniil Skorinkin, Henny Sluyter-Gäthje, Peer Trilcke)

13:00–14:00 · Lunch Break

14:00–15:30 · Session III

  • 14:00–14:30 · Towards a Computational Approach to News-Bringers in Ancient Greek Tragedy (Charles Pletcher)
  • 14:30–15:00 · Modeling Imitatio. Character Alignment and Adaptation Strategies in Early Modern Drama (Lucas van der Deijl)
  • 15:00–15:30 · Ecologies on Stage (Mareike Schumacher, Marie Flüh, Felix Lempp)

15:30–16:00 · Coffee Break

16:00–17:30 · Session IV

  • 16:00–16:30 · Annotating Digital Traces of Performance: Methods and Approaches (Pantelis Michelakis, Claire Kenward, Mike Kelly)
  • 16:30–17:00 · Sentiment Analysis of RusDraCor with BERT-Based Models: Exploring Emotional Tendencies of Russian Drama and Method Limitations (Ksenia Anisimova)
  • 17:00–17:30 · What Does Drama Sound Like? (Svenja Guhr, Nils Reiter, Janis Pagel)

19:00 · Social Dinner