From:  Jack Owens, Idaho State University (USA)
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In an effort to support Humphrey Southall's efforts to make the
History-GIS list more useful, I forward the following conference
announcement from the list H-AHC (H-Net list of the Association
for History and Computing).  Regards, Jack

>
> Subject: AHC One Day Conference - Newcastle
> Date:    Wed, 5 Sep 2001
> From:    C L James <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Dear All
>
> The Association for History and Computing (UK) is pleased to announce
> its 2001 one day conference,
>
> Beyond the Boundaries: Technologies for Local History
> on 24 November 2001
> at the University of Newcastle
>
> The Association for History and Computing (UK) was founded in 1987 to
> provide a forum for the growing number of historians  who use computers
> to support their research and teaching. The AHC's second annual one-day
> conference will consider the application of technology to local history,
> focusing on four exciting  projects.  By improving access to researchers
> and students to  historical sources in different media, are computers
> providing new  opportunities to relate the study of localities to the
> larger world?
>
> Speakers are:
>
> Patrick Salmon, University of Newcastle. Welcome & opening remarks.
>
> Paul Massey, University of Teesside. Mediaeval Dispersion Pattern
> Analysis for the Tees Valley.
>
> Eileen Carnaffin, Tomorrow's History. Tomorrow's History - Made in the
> North East: a major new digital resource for local studies in the North
> East of England.
>
> Cressida Chappell, History Data Service; Hamish James, History Data
> Service; Don Spaeth, LTSN Subject Centre for History,
> Classics & Archaeology. Counting Heads: Enhancing the Historical
> Censuses Collection for Learning and Teaching.
>
> Cynthia Brown, University of Leicester,  East Midlands Oral History
> Archive.  An Ear to the Future: oral history and information technology.
>
> For more details see the conference website at:
> www.ncl.ac.uk/ltan/ahcconf.htm
>
> Pauline McCormack
> Learning Technology Co-ordinator
> Learning & Teaching Support Unit
> Robinson Library
> University of Newcastle upon Tyne
> NE1 7RU
>
> www.ncl.ac.uk/ltan

--
J. B. "Jack" Owens, Ph.D.
Professor of History
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID 83209 USA
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