Subject: Conference: The Future of the Humanities in the Digital Age
David Green (david@ninch.org)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:25:28 -0500
Message-Id: <v01520d02b1dabd2fc9d3@[207.223.176.187]> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 17:25:28 -0500 To: ninch-announce@cni.org From: david@ninch.org (David Green) Subject: Conference: The Future of the Humanities in the Digital Age
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
July 21, 1998
THE FUTURE OF THE HUMANITIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
September 25-28, 1998: Bergen, Norway
<http://www.futurehum.uib.no/>
Apologies for the late announcement of this imminent and very interesting
conference. Featured speakers include (among many others):
* Diane Harley: The Humanities & Technology Project at the University of
California, Berkeley
* Paul McKevitt: Information Superhighways and IntelliMedia 2000+: bringing
together humanities, science and engineering
* Espen Aarseth: From Humanities Computing to Humanistic Informatics:
Creating a Field of Our Own.
* Lou Burnard: Computing for, in, and of the Humanities: an Oxford perspective
* Jim Everett: Teaching history in an emerging digital learning environment
- A British perspective
* Daniel Apollon: Reincarnation or extinction of humanities in the digital age?
* Mark Kornbluh: Building international communities of scholars and
teachers: H-Net, the Internet, and the university of the 21st century.
The conference will be webcast, so check the website for further details.
This conference is a the work of ACO*HUM, Advanced Computing in the
Humanities:a "Socrates thematic network project" aimed at developing an
international dimension for investigating the educational impact of new
technologies in all humanities disciplines.
"The SOCRATES/ERASMUS programme of the European Commission has
established thematic network projects in order to develop selected themes in
higher education and give them an international dimension.
"Advanced Computing in the Humanities (ACO*HUM) is one of twenty-eight
networks started in 1996. The theme of our network is the increasing use of
advanced computing in teaching and learning in the humanities, with its
problems and possibilities.
"About one hundred European universities, professional associations and
other organizations find this theme so important that they have chosen to
work on it together, rather than individually. In this way, they hope to cope
with the challenge for universities to change due to the new technologies and
their effects on our society.
"ACO*HUM is investigating the impact of new information and
communication technologies (ICT) on curriculum content, scientific
methodology and learning methods at institutions for higher education. The
project is also paying attention to the relevance of new technologies for
humanities content providers, such as museums, libraries, and archives."
<http://www.futurehum.uib.no/>
David Green
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