LEGACY — Chaire des Transitions Grant
Granting Institution: Chaire des Transitions, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic
Grant Holder: Raphaël Liogier
Consortium Members
- University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P)
- Aix-Marseille Université
- Knowledge Lab, University of Chicago
- Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought (CCCCT), Columbia University
Partners
- Computational Humanities Lab (CHL) — Main research partner at Regent's Park College, University of Oxford. The lab studies the interplay between world history, cultural evolution, digital humanities, and digital infrastructure, and builds multilingual infrastructure for studying world history.
- A*Midex — Aix-Marseille University. Supported the first major digitisation wave for the AI Library (2019–2022) and early prototyping of its LLM-based Philosopher Personas.
- CGGG — Aix-Marseille University. A joint CNRS–Aix-Marseille research laboratory specialising in epistemology, history of philosophy, and philosophy of science; it hosted development of the AI Library Module.
- GrowGraph — Contributes to the AI Library's LLM Philosopher Personas module with expertise in large-scale knowledge graphs, semantic architectures, concept mapping, and model alignment.
- InCIAM — Aix-Marseille University. Financed the prototype of the LLM-based Philosopher Personas within the AI Library module.
- France 2030 — Supported development of the AI Library module prototype, particularly the LLM Philosopher Persona component.
- LIS — Aix-Marseille University. Provided software engineering, data processing, and computational infrastructure expertise for development of the AI Library Module.
- Centre Bentham — Sciences Po Paris. Partnering with LEGACY to seek funding for automated transcription of Jeremy Bentham's French manuscripts.
- Wittgenstein Archives — Partnering with LEGACY to hyperlink Wittgenstein's work in the Great Conversation Module.
- Inria Almanach Team — Advises on manuscript digitisation, OCR, text normalisation, and preparing historical documents for computational research.
- IRASIA — Contributes to Knowledge Tree through its database of mentorship in China Studies.
- University College London (UCL) — Partnering with LEGACY on automated retranscription of Bentham's French manuscripts.
LEGACY develops computational tools for exploring classical academic texts.