21.261 events: human & posthuman; philosophy & computing; digital philology

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 21, No. 261.
       Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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   [1] From: max.saunders_at_kcl.ac.uk (17)
         Subject: Human and Post-Human: Cultural Origins and Futures

   [2] From: Soraj Hongladarom <hsoraj_at_chula.ac.th> (46)
         Subject: Final CfP - The Third Asia-Pacific Computing and
                 Philosophy Conference

   [3] From: Arianna Ciula <arianna.ciula_at_kcl.ac.uk> (21)
         Subject: Seminar: Project and perspectives on Digital Philology
                 (Verona - Italy - October 2007)

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         Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:29:35 +0100
         From: max.saunders_at_kcl.ac.uk
         Subject: Human and Post-Human: Cultural Origins and Futures

Human and Post-Human: Cultural Origins and Futures

King's College London, Saturday 29th / Sunday 30th September 2007.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists and experts
in the humanities, to discuss 'interfacing sciences, literature and
humanities'. The conference will concentrate on debates about the
concept of the 'human' and the possibilities of its transformation.
Topics to be covered include:

Discourses and representations exploring the nature of the human and
post-human, whether in scientific and pseudo-scientific writings,
popular science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, genetics, fiction,
utopian writing, cinema, or the media.

For more information please see:

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/english/events/

or:

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/phpnews/wmview.php?ArtCat=3

Max Saunders
Professor of English
King's College London

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         Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:31:12 +0100
         From: Soraj Hongladarom <hsoraj_at_chula.ac.th>
         Subject: Final CfP - The Third
Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy Conference

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

***Deadline of submission of abstracts (no more than 1,000 words):
September 30, 2007***

The Third Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy Conference
November 2-4, 2007
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Website: http://www.stc.arts.chula.ac.th/APCAP2007/

The Third Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy Conference will again
take place at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. The
conference is being held in succession to the successful Second Asia-
Pacific Conference in January 2005
(http://www.stc.arts.chula.ac.th/CAP/AP-CAP.html).

AP-CAP2007 is part of the series of conferences organized by the
International Association for Computing and Philosophy
(http://www.ia-cap.org). The conferences have been in held in various
regions of the world. As of now there are three major regions where
these conferences are held, namely in North America (NA-CAP), Europe
(ECAP) and Asia- Pacific.

As with the other CAP conferences, AP-CAP2007 will also deal with all
aspects of the "computational turn" that is occurring through the
interaction of the disciplines of philosophy and computing. And in
continuation from the second conference, papers dealing with
'cultural' aspects of computing and philosophy would be specially
emphasized, though papers in other areas will of course be welcome.
The conference is interdisciplinary: We invite papers from
philosophy, computer science, social science and related disciplines.

INIVTED SPEAKER

Rafael Capurro

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

Please send an extended abstract of not more than 1,000 words to Dr.
Soraj Hongladarom. Files in .DOC, .RTF, .TXT, or .PDF formats are
acceptable. Deadline for submission: 30 September 2007. Authors will
be notified of the committee's decision before October 15th.

PhD and master students are especially encouraged to submit. Student
speakers will not have to pay a conference fee.

Abstracts should be sent to Soraj Hongladarom at s.hongladarom_at_gmail.com

PUBLICATION

Papers presented at the Second Asia-Pacific Conference were
successfully placed in a variety of publications, including Computing
and Philosophy in Asia (Cambridge Scholars Press) and a number of
academic journals. It is foreseen that papers at the Third AP-CAP
will be published in the same way.

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CONTACT
Dr. Soraj Hongladarom, Center for Ethics of Science and Technology,
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Tel. +66(0)2218-4756; Fax +66(0)2218-4755

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         Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:35:45 +0100
         From: Arianna Ciula <arianna.ciula_at_kcl.ac.uk>
         Subject: Seminar: Project and
perspectives on Digital Philology (Verona - Italy - October 2007)

Università degli Studi di Verona
Dipartimento di Germanistica e Slavistica
Sezione di Filologia Germanica

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Progetti e prospettive di Filologia Digitale
- Project and perspectives on Digital Philology
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Verona, 4-5 October 2007
Aula Barbieri - Palazzo Giuliari

For more information, see
http://www.dgs.univr.it/dol/main?ent=3Dseminario&id=3D897.

--
Dr Arianna Ciula
Research Associate
Centre for Computing in the Humanities
King's College London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS (UK)
Tel: +44 (0)20 78481945
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/cch