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CFP: ESTS conference (Pisa-Florence), extended deadline to 11 June

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Dear everyone

We have received a pleasing number of proposals for the ESTS conference in Pisa/Florence November 25-2, this year.  However, we still have spaces for a few more proposals, preferably on the conference theme of ‘Texts worth editing’.  Possible participants should note that the conference is excellent value: we keep the registration fee low (likely only €50), accommodation in Pisa is plentiful and cheap, even without the special deal we have arranged.

The call text is:

All text editing begins with a choice: what text to edit.  How do we choose the text we edit? Are all texts worth editing, simply because they are texts? Even once we have chosen what we are to edit, further choices lie ahead of us.  If a text exists in many versions, and in many documents: are all versions, and all documents, equally worthy of editing?  If we choose to focus on a particular version, or a particular document, how do we make this choice, and how do we justify it to others?  Once we have made these decisions: choices of method will also be affected by perceptions of value.  Should we publish the full text of a particular version or document; or publish its variants only, in an apparatus? and if we choose to publish variants only: what are our criteria to determine which variants are worth publishing?
The programme chairs invite the submission of full panels or individual papers devoted to the discussion of current research into the different aspects of textual work, preferably focusing on the topics mentioned above. Proposals and abstracts (250 words) should be submitted electronically to: Peter Robinson,  p.m.robinson@bham.ac.uk, by 11 June 2010.

The full call is at http://www.textualscholarship.eu/conference-2010.html.
Proposals should be emailed to me (not to the list, please!)

best wishes
Peter

Peter Robinson
Institute for Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing
Elmfield House, Selly Oak  Campus
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston B29 6LG
P.M.Robinson@bham.ac.uk
p. +44 (0)121 4158441, f. +44 (0) 121 415 8376
www.itsee.bham.ac.uk

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InterFace 2010 Conference: Second 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.  500-1000 word abstract.

**PLEASE NOTE – ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST PRESENT A LIGHTNING TALK BASED ON AN ABSTRACT**
**DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MAY 10th**

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 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.

Abstract Submissions:
If you are interested in attending, please submit an original abstract of 500-1000 words, 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

Due to the limited number of places, papers will be subject to review by committee and applicants notified by email as to their acceptance.

Important Dates:
* Paper Submission Deadline: 10th May 2010
* Acceptances Announced: 17th May 2010
* Conference: 15-16 July 2010

For full timetable and list of external speakers, visit: http://www.interface2010.org.uk/timetable
For further information, please visit the conference website: http://www.interface2010.org.uk or e-mail contact@interface2010.org.uk

Kind Regards,
InterFace 2010 Committee

Call for Papers: Society for Textual Scholarship 2011

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The Society for Textual Scholarship
Sixteenth Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference
March 16-18, 2011
Penn State University

K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R S
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MORRIS EAVES, University of Rochester
LISA GITELMAN, New York University
WILL NOEL, Walters Art Museum
DAVID STORK, Ricoh Innovations
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Program Chair: Matthew Kirschenbaum, University of Maryland
Deadline for Proposals: October 31, 2010

After many years of successful meetings in New York City, the Society for Textual Scholarship is inaugurating a new venue for its biennial conference: Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania. This new venue will accommodate the STS in a state of the art conference center with up-to-date technology support and other amenities (http://www.pshs.psu.edu/pennstater/pshome.asp), which will in turn facilitate the introduction of several new session formats. The new formats, new venue, and stellar line-up of confirmed keynote speakers–addressing textual and media scholarship and theory, conservation and archival practices, and relevant aspects of computer science–promises to make the 2011 conference an especially invigorating and important one for the STS.

Accordingly, the Program Chair invites submissions devoted to interdisciplinary discussion of current research into particular aspects of textual work: the discovery, enumeration, description, bibliographical analysis, editing, annotation, and mark-up of texts in disciplines such as literature, history, musicology, classical and biblical studies, philosophy, art history, legal history, history of science and technology, computer science, library and information science, archives, lexicography, epigraphy, paleography, codicology, cinema studies, new media studies, game studies, theater, linguistics, and textual and literary theory.

As always, the conference is particularly open to considerations of the role of digital tools and technologies in textual theory and practice. Papers addressing newer developments such as forensic computing, born-digital materials, stand-off markup, cloud computing, and the sustainability of electronic scholarship are especially encouraged. Papers addressing aspects of archival theory and practice as they pertain to textual criticism and scholarly editing are also especially welcome.

This year the conference is introducing several new formats. Submissions may therefore take the following form:

1. Papers. Papers should be no more than 20 minutes in length. They should offer the promise of substantial original critical or analytical insight. Papers that are primarily reports or demonstrations of tools or projects are discouraged.

2. Panels. Panels may consist of either three associated papers or four to six roundtable speakers. Roundtables should address topics of broad interest and scope, with the goal of fostering lively debate between the panel and audience following brief opening remarks.

3. Seminars. Seminars should propose a specific topic, issue, or text for intensive collective exploration. Accepted seminar proposals will be announced on the conference Web site (http://www.textual.org) at least two months prior to the conference and attendees will then be required to enroll themselves with the posted seminar leader(s). The seminar leader(s) will circulate readings and other preparatory materials in advance of the conference. No papers shall be read at the seminar session. Instead participants will engage with the circulated material in a discussion under the guidance of the seminar leader(s). All who enroll are expected to contribute to creating a mutually enriching experience.

4. Workshops. Workshops should propose a specific problem, tool, or skillset for which the workshop leader will provide expert guidance and instruction. Examples might be an introduction to forensic computing or paleography. Workshop proposals that are accepted will be announced on the conference Web site (http://www.textual.org) and attendees will be required to enroll with the workshop leader(s). Workshop leaders should be prepared to offer well-defined learning outcomes for attendees.

Proposals for all four formats should include a title, abstract (one to two pages) of the proposed paper, panel, seminar, or workshop, as well as the name, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation for all participants. Format should be clearly indicated. Seminar and workshop proposals in particular should take care to articulate the imagined audience and any expectations of prior knowledge or preparation.

***All abstracts should indicate what if any technological support will be required.***

Inquiries and proposals should be submitted electronically, as plain text, to:

Professor Matthew Kirschenbaum
mkirschenbaum -at- gmail -dot- com

Additional contact information:

Department of English
2119 Tawes Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20740

Phone: 301-405-8505
Fax: 301-314-7111 (marked clearly to Kirschenbaum’s attention)

All participants in the STS 2011 conference must be members of STS. For information about membership, please contact Secretary Meg Roland at mroland@marylhurst.edu or visit the Indiana University Press Journals website and follow the links to the Society for Textual Scholarship membership page. For conference updates and information, see the STS website at http://www.textual.org.

Please post and recirculate this CFP as appropriate.

Robin G. Schulze
Professor of English
Head, Department of English
Penn State University
117 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802-6200

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DRHA Submissiom Deadline Extended

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Extended Deadline: 14th of April 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PERFORMANCES

DRHA 2010 Conference: Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts

Sunday 5th September – Wednesday 8th September 2010

Brunel University, West London

http://www.drha2010.org.uk

CONFERENCE THEME: Sensual Technologies: Collaborative Practices of Interdisciplinarity

The conferences overall theme will be the exploration of the collaborative relationship between the body and sensual/sensing technologies across various disciplines. In this respect it will offer an interrogation of practices that are indebted to the innovative exchange between the sensual, visceral and new technologies.

At the same time, the aim is to look to new approaches offered by various emerging fields and practices that incorporate new and existing technologies. Specific examples of areas for discussion could include:

Delineation of new collaborative practices and the interchange of knowledge

Collaborative interdisciplinary practices of embodiment and technology

Integration/deployment of digital resources in new contexts

Connections and tensions that exist between the Arts, Humanities and Science

Notions of the solitary and the collaborative across the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences

eScience in the Arts and Humanities

Use of digital resources in collaborative creative work, teaching, learning and scholarship

Open source and second generation Web infrastructure

Digital media in time and space

Music and technology: composition and performance

Dance and interactive technologies

Taking inspiration from SET: imaging, GPS and mobile technologies

Evaluating the experience among providers and users / performers and audiences

Interface Design and HCI

Performative Practices in SecondLife or other virtual platforms

New critical paradigms for the conferences theme

The DRHA (Digital Resources for the Humanities and Arts) conference is held annually at various academic venues throughout the UK. This years conference is hosted by Brunel University, West London. It will take place from Sunday 5th September to Wednesday 8th September 2010. It will be held across various innovative spaces, including the newly expanded Boiler House laboratory facilities, housed in the Antonin Artaud Building, and state of the art conference facilities plus high standard accommodation.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

– Richard Coyne – Professor of Architectural Computing at the University of Edinburgh.

– Christopher Pressler: Director of Research and Learning Resources and Director of the Centre for Research Communications, University of Nottingham.

– Thecla Schiphorst: Media Artist/Designer and Faculty Member in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.

– STELARC, Chair in Performance Art at Brunel University and Senior Research, Fellow in the MARCS Labs at the University of Western Sydney.

We invite original papers, panels, installations, performances, workshop sessions and other events that address the conference theme, with particular attention to the Sensual Technologies focus. We encourage proposals for innovative and non-traditional session formats.

DRHA 2010 will include a SecondLife roundtable/discussion event, led by performance artist Stelarc, which will enable international participants to present performative work via Second Life. For this event, we particular encourage submission of Machinima works that can be screened as part of this panel.

Short presentations, for example work-in-progress, are invited for poster presentations.

Anyone wishing to submit a performance or installation should visit http://www.drha2010.org.uk for information about the spaces and technical equipment and support available.

All proposals – whether papers, performance or other – should reflect the critical engagement at the heart of DRHA 2010.

The deadline for submissions will now be: 14 April 2010.

At this stage, only abstracts are due and these should be between 600 – 1000 words.

Full papers can be submitted after the conference for peer-review to specifically themed issues of the Body Space and Technology Journal (Brunel University), as well as to the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, (Intellect Publishing).

Letters of acceptance will be sent by mid/late May 2010.

Please see http://www.drha2010.org.uk more information and a link for online submission.

Franziska Schroeder

DRHA 2010 Programme Chair

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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

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