publications

2025

1. AI-Supported Scaffolded Learning for Teaching Python in Digital Humanities Education

   Maria Levchenko

   In ADHO Digital Humanities Conference 2025 , 2025

   Accepted for presentation at ADHO DH 2025

   Bib

   @inproceedings{levchenko2025ai,
     title = {AI-Supported Scaffolded Learning for Teaching Python in Digital Humanities Education},
     author = {Levchenko, Maria},
     booktitle = {ADHO Digital Humanities Conference 2025},
     year = {2025},
     address = {Lisbon, Portugal},
     note = {Accepted for presentation at ADHO DH 2025}
   }

2. TEI Encoding as a Unified Structure for Multilingual Digital Editions: The LeggoManzoni Case Study

   Maria Levchenko ,  Beatrice Nava ,  and  Ersilia Russo

   In AIUCD-2025: The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Digital Humanities and Digital Culture , 2025

   Bib

   @inproceedings{levchenko2025tei,
     title = {TEI Encoding as a Unified Structure for Multilingual Digital Editions: The LeggoManzoni Case Study},
     author = {Levchenko, Maria and Nava, Beatrice and Russo, Ersilia},
     booktitle = {AIUCD-2025: The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Digital Humanities and Digital Culture},
     pages = {264--269},
     year = {2025},
     address = {Verona, Italy},
     url = {https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Levchenko-3/publication/391901196_TEI_Encoding_as_a_Unified_Structure_for_Multilingual_Digital_Editions_The_LeggoManzoni_Case_Study/links/682c78c3026fee1034f94ef0/TEI-Encoding-as-a-Unified-Structure-for-Multilingual-Digital-Editions-The-LeggoManzoni-Case-Study.pdf}
   }

3. Evaluating Named Entity Recognition Models for Russian Cultural News Texts: From BERT to LLM

   Maria Levchenko

   arXiv preprint, 2025

   Preprint available on arXiv

   Bib

   @article{levchenko2025ner,
     title = {Evaluating Named Entity Recognition Models for Russian Cultural News Texts: From BERT to LLM},
     author = {Levchenko, Maria},
     journal = {arXiv preprint},
     year = {2025},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.02589},
     note = {Preprint available on arXiv}
   }

4. Computational Analysis of Literary Communities: Event-Based Social Network Study of St. Petersburg 1999-2019

   Maria Levchenko

   In Journal of Computational Literary Studies , 2025

   Conference paper accepted for publication

   Bib

   @inproceedings{levchenko2025computational,
     title = {Computational Analysis of Literary Communities: Event-Based Social Network Study of St. Petersburg 1999-2019},
     author = {Levchenko, Maria},
     booktitle = {Journal of Computational Literary Studies},
     year = {2025},
     url = {https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/30141/},
     note = {Conference paper accepted for publication}
   }

2024

1. Automatic Translation Alignment Pipeline for Multilingual Digital Editions of Literary Works

   Maria Levchenko

   In Proceedings of the Computational Humanities Research Conference 2024 , 2024

   Bib

   @inproceedings{levchenko2024chr,
     title = {Automatic Translation Alignment Pipeline for Multilingual Digital Editions of Literary Works},
     author = {Levchenko, Maria},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the Computational Humanities Research Conference 2024},
     pages = {1086--1104},
     year = {2024},
     address = {Aarhus, Denmark},
     url = {https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3834/paper128.pdf}
   }

2. 

   Mapping Literary Space: A Social Network from the Timeline of Cultural Events

   Maria Levchenko

   In DH2024. Book of Abstracts , 2024

   Bib

   @inproceedings{levchenko2024mapping,
     title = {Mapping Literary Space: A Social Network from the Timeline of Cultural Events},
     author = {Levchenko, Maria},
     booktitle = {DH2024. Book of Abstracts},
     pages = {423--424},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Zenodo},
     doi = {10.5281/zenodo.13761079},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13761079},
   }

3. 

   Commentare – Leggo Manzoni. Quaranta commenti alla Quarantana

   Maria Levchenko ,  Giulia Menna ,  and  Beatrice Nava

   In Manzoni e Leopardi in digitale. Idee e proposte per la scuola , 2024

   The article presents the project "Leggo Manzoni", a web application offering an interactive reading experience of Alessandro Manzoni’s "The Betrothed" (Quarantana edition). The app provides 40 critical comments and an illustrative apparatus complementing the text. Aimed at enhancing the teaching of this Italian literary classic, the app integrates digital humanities approaches.

   Bib

   @incollection{levchenko2024commentare,
     title = {Commentare – Leggo Manzoni. Quaranta commenti alla Quarantana},
     author = {Levchenko, Maria and Menna, Giulia and Nava, Beatrice},
     booktitle = {Manzoni e Leopardi in digitale. Idee e proposte per la scuola},
     editor = {Russo, Ersilia},
     pages = {73--86},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Clueb},
     address = {Bologna},
     note = {The article presents the project "Leggo Manzoni", a web application offering an interactive reading experience of Alessandro Manzoni's "The Betrothed" (Quarantana edition). The app provides 40 critical comments and an illustrative apparatus complementing the text. Aimed at enhancing the teaching of this Italian literary classic, the app integrates digital humanities approaches.},
   }

4. SysBlok

   Как можно улучшить ответы языковых моделей? Гайд по промтам

   Maria Levchenko

   SysBlok.ru, 2024

   A comprehensive guide on prompt engineering techniques for improving language model responses, covering best practices and practical examples for better AI interaction.

   Bib

   @article{levchenko2024prompts,
     title = {{Как можно улучшить ответы языковых моделей? Гайд по промтам}},
     author = {Levchenko, Maria},
     journal = {SysBlok.ru},
     year = {2024},
     url = {https://sysblok.ru/knowhow/kak-mozhno-uluchshit-otvety-jazykovyh-modelej-gajd-po-promtam/},
     note = {A comprehensive guide on prompt engineering techniques for improving language model responses, covering best practices and practical examples for better AI interaction.},
   }

5. SysBlok

   Как живут Digital Humanities в Китае: рассказ очевидца

   Maria Levchenko

   SysBlok.ru, 2024

   A firsthand account of the Digital Humanities landscape in China, examining research trends, institutional support, and community development in Chinese DH initiatives.

   Bib

   @article{levchenko2024china,
     title = {{Как живут Digital Humanities в Китае: рассказ очевидца}},
     author = {Levchenko, Maria},
     journal = {SysBlok.ru},
     year = {2024},
     url = {https://sysblok.ru/philology/kak-zhivut-digital-humanities-v-kitae-rasskaz-ochevidca/},
     note = {A firsthand account of the Digital Humanities landscape in China, examining research trends, institutional support, and community development in Chinese DH initiatives.},
   }

2023

1. 

   Literary Events in Saint Petersburg (1999-2019) from SPbLitGuide Newsletters

   Maria Levchenko

   2023

   This dataset contains the list of literary events in Saint Petersburg from 1999 to 2019, extracted from the SPbLitGuide newsletters. The dataset is used in the study "Mapping Literary Space: A Social Network from the Timeline of Cultural Events"

   Bib

   @dataset{levchenko_2023_10086515,
     author = {Levchenko, Maria},
     title = {{Literary Events in Saint Petersburg (1999-2019) from SPbLitGuide Newsletters}},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {Zenodo},
     version = {1.0},
     doi = {10.5281/zenodo.10086515},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10086515},
     note = {This dataset contains the list of literary events in Saint Petersburg from 1999 to 2019, extracted from the SPbLitGuide newsletters. The dataset is used in the study "Mapping Literary Space: A Social Network from the Timeline of Cultural Events"},
   }

2021

1. 

   Издательские стратегии в поле современной русской поэзии / Publishing Strategies in the Field of Contemporary Russian Poetry (in Russian)

   Maria Levchenko

   Артикуляция / Artikuljacija, 2021

   The article discusses the struggles of contemporary Russian poetry publishing, focusing on the sector’s reliance on outdated samizdat strategies and its insular, unprofitable nature. It underscores the sector’s difficulties with distribution and profitability, pointing to a constrained, self-referential literary community with limited market appeal.

   Bib

   @article{levchenko2021izdatelskie,
     title = {{Издательские стратегии в поле современной русской поэзии / Publishing Strategies in the Field of Contemporary Russian Poetry (in Russian)}},
     author = {Levchenko, Maria},
     journal = {Артикуляция / Artikuljacija},
     volume = {14},
     year = {2021},
     url = {http://articulationproject.net/10303},
     note = {The article discusses the struggles of contemporary Russian poetry publishing, focusing on the sector's reliance on outdated samizdat strategies and its insular, unprofitable nature. It underscores the sector's difficulties with distribution and profitability, pointing to a constrained, self-referential literary community with limited market appeal.},
   }