Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 19, No. 631.
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[1] From: "Ray Siemens" <siemensr_at_MALA.BC.CA> (65)
Subject: Announcing the 2006 Digital Humanities Summer
Institute
[2] From: "Ray Siemens" <siemensr_at_MALA.BC.CA> (73)
Subject: Announcing Scholarships to the 2006 Digital Humanities
Summer Institute
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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 06:48:26 +0000
From: "Ray Siemens" <siemensr_at_MALA.BC.CA>
Subject: Announcing the 2006 Digital Humanities Summer Institute
[Please redistribute / please excuse cross-posting]
Announcing the
2006 Digital Humanities Summer Institute
University of Victoria, June 19-23, 2006
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/institute/
* Mandate
The Digital Humanities Summer Institute provides an environment ideal
to discuss, to learn about, and to advance skills in new computing
technologies influencing the work of those in the Arts, Humanities
and Library communities. The institute takes place across a week of
intensive coursework, seminar participation, and lectures. It brings
together faculty, staff, and graduate student theorists,
experimentalists, technologists, and administrators from different
areas of the Arts, Humanities, Library and Archives communities and
beyond to share ideas and methods, and to develop expertise in
applying advanced technologies to activities that impact teaching,
research, dissemination and preservation.
* Host and Sponsors
The institute is hosted by the University of Victoria's Faculty of
Humanities, its Humanities Computing and Media Centre, and its
Electronic Textual Cultures Lab, and is sponsored by the University
of Victoria and its Library, University of British Columbia Library,
Simon Fraser University Library, Malaspina University-College, Acadia
University, the Society for Digital Humanities / Société pour l'étude
des médias interactifs, the Association for Computers and the
Humanities, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of
Canada's Image, Text, Sound and Technology Program, and others.
* Curriculum
Institute Lectures:
Alan Galey (Western U), Sheila Petty (U Regina), David Gants (U New
Brunswick), Christian Vandendorpe (U Ottawa), Teresa Dobson (U
British Columbia), Dominic Forrest (UQAM), Edrex Fontanilla (Brown U)
and Matthew Zimmerman (NYU).
Introductory offerings:
[1] Text Encoding Fundamentals and their Application
(instructed by Julia Flanders [Brown U] and Syd Bauman [Brown U])
[2] Digitisation Fundamentals and their Application
(instructed by Doug Stetar and CDHI staff [Malaspina U-C])
Intermediate offerings:
[3] Intermediate Encoding: Advanced TEI Encoding Issues, Metadata,
Text Transformations, and Databases
(instructed by Susan Schreibman [U Maryland] and Amit Kumar
[U Illinois, Urbana-Champaign])
[4] Multimedia: Tools and Techniques for Digital Media Projects
(instructed by Edrex Fontanilla [Brown U])
Advanced consultations:
[5] Large Project Planning, Funding, and Management
(instructed by Lynne Siemens [Malaspina U-C], with seminar
speakers including John Lutz [U Victoria], Claire Warwick
[University College, London], Alan Galey [Western U], Susan
Schreibman [U Maryland], Scott Gerrity [U Victoria], Julia
Flanders [Brown U], Stan Ruecker [U Alberta], and Ray Siemens
[U Victoria] and Claire Carlin [U Victoria]).
[6] Contexts, Pragmatics and Theory of E-Books
(led by Ray Siemens [U Victoria], Teresa Dobson [U British
Columbia], and Stan Ruecker [U Alberta]).
[7] Digital Humanities Databases, Overview and Evaluation
(led by Mark Olsen [U Chicago])
* Registration Fees ($ CDN)
Standard registration fees for the institute are $1100 for faculty and
staff, and $500 for students. Late fees will apply as of April 30th.
* Website
For further details -- such as the list of speakers, a tentative
schedule, the registration form, and accommodation information -- see
the institute's website, at this URL: http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/institute/.
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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 06:49:15 +0000
From: "Ray Siemens" <siemensr_at_MALA.BC.CA>
Subject: Announcing Scholarships to the
2006 Digital Humanities Summer Institute
[Please redistribute / please excuse cross-posting]
Announcing Scholarships for the
2006 Digital Humanities Summer Institute
University of Victoria, June 19-23, 2006
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/institute/
* Scholarships
We are pleased to announce that funding from the Social Sciences
and Research Council of Canada, and other partners, makes possible
the offering of a limited number of scholarship subsidized spots in
the 2006 Summer Institute. These will be awarded to scholars in the
digital humanities, both students and professionals. The application
deadline is March 31st. Applicants will be informed of their success
before April 7th.
* Mandate
The Digital Humanities Summer Institute provides an environment ideal
to discuss, to learn about, and to advance skills in new computing
technologies influencing the work of those in the Arts, Humanities
and Library communities. The institute takes place across a week of
intensive coursework, seminar participation, and lectures. It brings
together faculty, staff, and graduate student theorists,
experimentalists, technologists, and administrators from different
areas of the Arts, Humanities, Library and Archives communities and
beyond to share ideas and methods, and to develop expertise in
applying advanced technologies to activities that impact teaching,
research, dissemination and preservation.
* Host and Sponsors
The institute is hosted by the University of Victoria's Faculty of
Humanities, its Humanities Computing and Media Centre, and its
Electronic Textual Cultures Lab, and is sponsored by the University
of Victoria and its Library, University of British Columbia Library,
Simon Fraser University Library, Malaspina University-College, Acadia
University, the Society for Digital Humanities / Société pour l'étude
des médias interactifs, the Association for Computers and the
Humanities, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of
Canada's Image, Text, Sound and Technology Program, and others.
* Curriculum
Institute Lectures:
Alan Galey (Western U), Sheila Petty (U Regina), David Gants (U New
Brunswick), Christian Vandendorpe (U Ottawa), Teresa Dobson (U
British Columbia), Dominic Forrest (UQAM), Edrex Fontanilla (Brown U)
and Matthew Zimmerman (NYU).
Introductory offerings:
[1] Text Encoding Fundamentals and their Application
(instructed by Julia Flanders [Brown U] and Syd Bauman [Brown U])
[2] Digitisation Fundamentals and their Application
(instructed by Doug Stetar and CDHI staff [Malaspina U-C])
Intermediate offerings:
[3] Intermediate Encoding: Advanced TEI Encoding Issues, Metadata,
Text Transformations, and Databases
(instructed by Susan Schreibman [U Maryland] and Amit Kumar
[U Illinois, Urbana-Champaign])
[4] Multimedia: Tools and Techniques for Digital Media Projects
(instructed by Edrex Fontanilla [Brown U])
Advanced consultations:
[5] Large Project Planning, Funding, and Management
(instructed by Lynne Siemens [Malaspina U-C], with seminar
speakers including John Lutz [U Victoria], Claire Warwick
[University College, London], Alan Galey [Western U], Susan
Schreibman [U Maryland], Scott Gerrity [U Victoria], Julia
Flanders [Brown U], Stan Ruecker [U Alberta], and Ray Siemens
[U Victoria] and Claire Carlin [U Victoria]).
[6] Contexts, Pragmatics and Theory of E-Books
(led by Ray Siemens [U Victoria], Teresa Dobson [U British
Columbia], and Stan Ruecker [U Alberta]).
[7] Digital Humanities Databases, Overview and Evaluation
(led by Mark Olsen [U Chicago])
* Registration Fees ($ CDN)
Standard registration fees for the institute are $1100 for faculty and
staff, and $500 for students. Late fees will apply as of April 30th.
* Website
For further details -- such as the list of speakers, a tentative
schedule, the registration form, and accommodation information -- see
the institute's website, at this URL: http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/institute/.
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