[LINK] ACH/ALLC 2005: conference announcement

[Antony Barry]

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> From: Alejandro Bia <alex.bia at ua.es>
> Date: 5 August 2004 3:44:19 AM
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> Subject: [DIGLIB] ACH/ALLC 2005: CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
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> This conference announcement can be downloaded in PDF format from:
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> ACH/ALLC 2005: CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
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> The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) and the  
> Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing (ALLC) hereby  
> announce their 2005 Joint Conference to be held at the University of  
> Victoria, British Columbia, Canada:
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> ACH/ALLC 2005
> International Conference on Humanities Computing and Digital  
> Scholarship
> Joint Annual Conference of the ACH and the ALLC
>  June 15-19, 2005, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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> http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/achallc2005/
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>  The 17th joint conference of the Association for Computers and the  
> Humanities (ACH) and the Association for Literary and Linguistic  
> Computing (ALLC) is the oldest established meeting of scholars working  
> at the intersection of advanced information technologies and the  
> humanities, annually attracting a distinguished international  
> community of scholars at the forefront of their fields.
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>  We invite papers and contributions in all areas related to humanities  
> computing and the application of advanced information technologies in  
> humanities subjects; papers on research and on teaching are both of  
> interest.  Papers may report on new theoretical and methodological  
> advances in any relevant field (e.g. linguistics, literature,  
> libraries, history, archaeology, cultural studies, computer  
> technology).
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>  The Call for Papers for the 2005 Joint ACH/ALLC Conference will be  
> published soon (August 2004).
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>  Proposals may be of three types: papers, poster presentations, and  
> sessions (either three-paper or panel sessions). Suitable subjects for  
> proposals include but are not limited to:
>  - traditional applications of computing in the humanities, including  
> (but not limited to) linguistics, text corpora, computational  
> lexicography, natural language processing, translation studies,  
> literary studies, text encoding, hypertext, text analysis, edition  
> philology and statistical models;
>  - second language acquisition;
>  - minority, indigenous and rare languages: multilingualism, minority  
> languages;
>  - emerging digitization efforts: new good practices, experiences,  
> recommendations, training;
>  - humanities teaching;
>  - computational models and applications related to multilingualism  
> and multicultural issues;
>  - the application of information technology to cultural and  
> historical studies (including archaeology and musicology);
>  - new approaches to research in humanities disciplines using digital  
> collections;
>  - the application to humanities data of techniques developed in such  
> fields as information science and the physical sciences and  
> engineering;
>  - the application of information technology to issues related to  
> minority cultures as well as the integration of immigrants in the  
> dominant society;
>  - pedagogical applications of new media within the humanities;
>  - commercial applications of humanities computing, e.g. web  
> technology, natural language interfaces, archival organization and  
> accessibility;
>  - applications in the digital arts, especially projects and  
> installations that feature technical advances of potential interest to  
> humanities scholars;
>  - information design in the humanities, including visualization,  
> simulation, and modeling;
>  - thoughtful considerations of the cultural impact of computing and  
> new media;
>  - theoretical or speculative treatments of new media;
>  - the institutional role of new media within the contemporary  
> academy, including curriculum development and collegial support for  
> activities in these fields;
>  - the broader social role of humanities computing and the resources  
> it develops.
>  The range of topics covered by humanities computing can also be  
> consulted in the journal of the associations:
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>  Literary and Linguistic Computing (LLC), Oxford University Press:
> http://www3.oup.co.uk/litlin/
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>  Further information on the research and educational activities as  
> well as on past conferences of the two associations can be found at  
> the following Internet addresses:
>  ACH:  http://www.ach.org/
>  ALLC: http://www.allc.org/
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>  The conference website, which includes information on the conference  
> venue at the University of Victoria, can be visited at:
> http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/achallc2005/
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> For further information contact Alejandro Bia (PC Chair):  
> alex.bia at ua.es
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