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THATCamp and workshops at DH2010

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Those planning to attend DH2010 might be interested in a series of extra events that are happening in the days immediately before the conference itself.

(a) First, there are seven full- and half-day workshops that are scheduled for immediately before DH2010.  All are also hosted at King’s in the same building where DH2010 will occur.  They are all free.  You can read about them at the conference website page:

http://dh2010.cch.kcl.ac.uk/academic-programme/pre-conference-workshops.html

and register to attend one or more of them via the DH2010 conference registration system.

(b) Second, there will be, for the first time, a THATCamp scheduled to occur with the Digital Humanities conference. THATCamps are user-generated “unconference” on digital humanities.  The THATCamp idea has been developed by the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, and THATCamp London is jointly sponsored by CHNM, CCH and CeRch at King’s and ADHO. You can read more about the London THATCamp at:

http://www.thatcamplondon.org/

and you can apply to attend via the THATCamp registration form.  The deadline for the THATCamp application is 10 May, 2010.

These events promise to further enrich what is already going to be an exciting experience at DH2010.  I hope that many DH2010 attendees can join us for the workshops and the THATCamp too.

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John Bradley
Centre for Computing in the Humanities
King’s College London
Tel +44 (0)20 7848 2680

Posted by: Roberto Rosselli Del Turco (rosselli at ling dot unipi dot it)

2010 DHO Summer School – Registration Now Open

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www.dho.ie/ss2010

The DHO is pleased to announce that registration for the 2010 DHO Summer School, in conjunction with NINEs and the EpiDoc Collaborative, is now open.

The Summer School welcomes registrants from the various fields of the humanities, information studies, and computer science. Workshops and lectures cover subjects as diverse as text encoding, virtual worlds, and geospatial methods for the humanities. These are facilitated by leading experts, with plenty of time during evening activities for informal interaction.

This year, in addition to four-day workshop strands, the DHO is also offering mid-week, one-day workshops. For those unable to attend the entire Summer School, it is possible to register separately for these mid-week workshops and lectures.

As in previous years, the Summer School brings together Irish and International scholars undertaking digital projects in diverse areas to explore issues and trends of common interest. The programme will offer attendees opportunities to develop their skills, share insights, and discover new opportunities for collaboration and research. Activities focus on the theoretical, technical, administrative, and institutional issues relevant to the needs of digital humanities projects today.

The pricing for the full Summer School, as well as one-day workshops and lectures, is available on the registration page: http://dho.ie/ss2010/registration.

A number of subsidised places are available for attendees at HSIS institutions. For more information about these places, please contact the DHO Consultative Committee representative at your institution. Names of representatives can be found at: http://dho.ie/committee.

Full details of the workshop strands, lectures and guest speakers can be found on the Summer School website at: www.dho.ie/ss2010.

We look forward to seeing you in Dublin.

—
Emily Cullen, Ph.D.,
Programme Co-ordinator
Digital Humanities Observatory
28-32 Upper Pembroke Street
Dublin 2
Ireland

Tel: +353(0)1-2342442
Fax:+353(0)1-2342400
E-mail: e.cullen@ria.ie
http://dho.ie

Posted by: Roberto Rosselli Del Turco (rosselli at ling dot unipi dot it)

TEI meeting 2010: Call for pre-conference workshop and tutorial proposals

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TEI Applied: Digital Texts and Language Resources
2010 Annual Meeting of the TEI Consortium

http://ling.unizd.hr/~tei2010/

* Meeting dates: Thu 11 November to Sun 14 November, 2010
* Workshop dates: Mon 08 November to Wed 10 November, 2010
* Workshop proposals due Wed 31 March 2010

Traditionally, the TEI Conference and Members’ Meeting has been preceded by educational or research workshops. The goal of these workshops is to give members of the TEI community an opportunity to learn more about the use of the TEI markup under the guidance of experienced instructors and practitioners. In the past such workshops have ranged from a basic introduction to the use of TEI markup to more specialized sessions on specific aspects of the TEI or its use in specific domains. They have ranged in length from a single morning or afternoon to a maximum of two days. Workshops are run on a cost-recovery basis: a separate fee is charged of participants that is intended to cover the costs of running the workshop.

We are now soliciting proposals for workshops for the 2010 Conference and Members’ Meeting, to be held November 8-14 at University of Zadar, Croatia. Workshops are distinct from other conference activities, such as papers, sessions, and Special Interest Group meetings and we have tentatively reserved three days for them. These workshops should be educational in focus or involve hands-on work with a research problem. They should propose topics that are likely to be of interest to recognizable segments of the TEI community. Possible topics include:

  • An Introduction to TEI
  • TEI and libraries
  • Editorial practice and the TEI
  • Extending and customizing the TEI
  • Introduction to the ODD system
  • Using the TEI with other standards and markup languages
  • Images and the TEI
  • Use and development of tools and processes

Proposals addressing other topics are welcome and encouraged. If you are interested in proposing a workshop for the 2010 Members Meeting and Conference, please email meeting@tei-c.org by 31 March 2010. Expressions of interest should include as much as possible of the following information (the committee is willing to work with proposers in developing their proposals):

  • A proposed topic
  • A rationale explaining why this topic is likely to be of interest to the TEI community
  • A proposed instructor or slate of instructors including brief discussion of relevant experience
  • Method of instruction
  • Preferred length for the workshop
  • A preliminary budget of your anticipated costs (if any).

Organisational and infrastructure costs (e.g. coffee breaks and the like) will be determined later in conjunction with the local organising committee.

Proposals will be evaluated by the program committee primarily on the basis of their likely appeal to the TEI community, the quality of the proposed instructors and method of instruction, and cost. The committee will work with selected organizers after this date to refine the details of their workshops.

For the international programm comittee,

Christian Wittern (chair)

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Christian Wittern
Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
47 Higashiogura-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8265, JAPAN

Posted by: Roberto Rosselli Del Turco (rosselli at ling dot unipi dot it)

InterFace 2010 – First Call for Papers

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InterFace 2010: Humanities and Technologies
2nd International Symposium for Humanities and Technology
July 15th-16th 2010, International Digital Laboratory, University of Warwick, UK.
Paper Deadline: 10th May. 1000 Word abstract.

InterFace is a new type of annual non-profit event. Based on the format of last year’s successful forum at the University of Southampton, this year follows in the same footsteps: part conference, part forum, part networking opportunity. The conference aims to bring PhD students, early postdocs and other early researchers together from the fields of Technologies and the Humanities in order to foster cutting-edge collaboration. Delegates can also expect to receive illuminating talks from experts, presentations on successful interdisciplinary projects and on how to succeed as academics.

Paper Submissions
If you are interested in attending, please submit an original paper of 1000 words or less, describing an idea or concept you wish to present. Following acceptance of your submission you will need to give a three-minute presentation of your paper at the conference. Papers should focus on potential, realistic areas for collaboration between the Technologies and Humanities sectors, either by addressing particular problems, new developments or both. As such, the scope is extremely broad but topics might include:

Technologies:
Agent Based Modelling, Computer Graphics & Visualization, Internet Technologies, Natural Language Processing, Online Collaboration, Pervasive Technologies, Sensor Networks, Semantic Web, Web Science

Humanities:
Applied Sociodynamics & Social Network Analysis, Archaeological Reconstruction, Dynamic Logics, Electronic Corpora, History & Art History, Information Ethics, Linguistics New Media, Spatial Cognition, Text Editing and Analysis, Teaching Methodologies

For further information, please visit the conference website: http://www.interface2010.org.uk, or e-mail the committee: contact@interface2010.org.uk

Kind Regards,
InterFace 2010 Committee

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TEI members meeting 2010: call for proposals

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TEI Applied: Digital Texts and Language Resources

2010 Annual Meeting of the TEI Consortium

http://ling.unizd.hr/~tei2010/

  • Meeting dates: Thu 11 November to Sun 14 November, 2010
  • Workshop dates: Mon 08 November to Wed 10 November, 2010

The Program Committee of the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Text Encoding Initiative Consortium invites individual paper proposals, panel sessions, poster sessions, and tool demonstrations particularly, but not exclusively, on digital texts, language resources and any topic that applies TEI to its research.

Submission Topics

Topics might include but are not restricted to:

  • TEI and natural language processing
  • TEI and language resources
  • Analyzing and quantifying encoded texts
  • Aggregation and compilation
  • Integrating the TEI with other technologies and standards
  • Tools that create and process TEI data
  • TEI used in conjunction with other technologies and standards
  • TEI as:
    • metadata standard
    • interchange format: sharing, mapping, and migrating data

In addition, we are seeking micropaper proposals for 5 minute presentations on how you applied TEI.

Submission Types

Individual paper presentations will be allocated 30 minutes: 20 minutes for delivery, and 10 minutes for questions & answers.

Panel sessions will be allocated 1.5 hours and may be of varied formats, including:

  • three paper panels: 3 papers on the same or related topics
  • round table discussion: 3-6 presenters on a single theme. Ample time should be left for questions & answers after brief presentations.

Posters (including tool demonstrations) will be presented during the poster session. The local organizer will provide flip charts and tables for poster session/tool demonstration presenters, along with wireless internet access. Each poster will have the opportunity to participate in a slam immediately preceding the poster session.

Micropapers will be allocated 5 minutes.

Submission Procedure

All proposals should be submitted at http://www.tei-c.org/conftool/ by May 1st, 2010.

You will need to create an account (i.e., username and password) in order to file a submission. For each submission, you may upload files to the system after you have completed filling out demographic data and the abstract.

  • Individual paper or poster session proposals (including tool demonstrations):
    • Please submit a brief abstract (no more than 500 words) in the “Abstract” field.
    • Supporting materials (including graphics, multimedia, etc., or even a copy of the complete paper) may be uploaded after the initial abstract is submitted.
  • Micropaper:
    • The procedure is the same as for an individual paper, however the abstract should be no more than 300 words, but may be as short as the name of the feature.
    • Please be sure the abstract mentions the feature to be presented!
  • Panel sessions:
    • The panel organizer submits an abstract for the entire session, listing the proposed papers, and explaining the organizing theme and rationale for the inclusion of the papers in no more than 500 words in the “Abstract” field.
    • The panel members each submit a separate complete individual paper proposal; see above.

The program committee reserves the right to accept papers submitted as part of a panel without accepting the whole panel.

All proposals will be reviewed by the program committee and selected external reviewers.

Those interested in holding working paper sessions outside the meeting session tracks should contact the meeting organizers at meeting@tei-c.org to schedule a room.

Please send queries to meeting@tei-c.org.

Conference submissions will be considered for conference proceedings. Further details on the submission process will be forthcoming.

For the international programm comittee,

Christian Wittern (chair)

—
Christian Wittern
Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
47 Higashiogura-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8265, JAPAN

Posted by: Roberto Rosselli Del Turco (rosselli at ling dot unipi dot it)