The AHRC ICT Methods Network is keen to receive proposals for activities
which fall within the Methods Network remit to support and promote advanced
ICT methods in research in the arts and humanities.  Don’t miss the 31
December deadline!
 
The AHRC ICT Methods Network invites the arts and humanities Higher
Education community in the UK to submit proposals for Methods Network
activities. Activities may include workshops, seminars, focused workgroups,
postgraduate training events and publications.
 
The Methods Network is keen to support both single and cross-disciplinary
proposals and those that encourage new collaborative frameworks between
technical specialists and arts and humanities scholars. The primary emphasis
is on the use and reuse of digital resources.
 
Proposals for hybrid activities such as workshop/seminar/workgroup
combinations are also welcomed, as are proposals for any other activity
which falls within the Methods Network remit to support and promote the uses
of advanced ICT methods in academic research.
 
Funding of up to £5000 is available for workshops and hybrid activities.  
Workshops provide training in advanced ICT methods for community members
within academic institutions. They engage with issues such as: formal
methods in analysis of source data and the creation of technical models;
working with multiple technologies; and other matters of vital practical
interest to the community.
 
Funding of up to £2000 is available for seminars.  These may concentrate on
highly-defined topics of interest and also problem areas within the
community or may have a more general focus.
 
For information on eligibility and how to apply for funding see the Methods
Network website (www.methodsnetwork.ac.uk).
 
For further information about submitting a proposal contact Hazel Gardiner
([log in to unmask]).
 
 
Forthcoming Methods Network-Funded Activities
 
We welcome applications from individuals who would like to attend Methods
Network workshops and seminars, but must emphasise that registration is
essential for these activities.  Participants are also expected to make an
active contribution to the activity. Occasionally a Methods Network event
will be by invitation only, but all resulting materials, including (where
appropriate) podcasts, wikis, training workbooks, reports and publications
will be made freely available to the community via the Methods Network
website.  The registration form is available on the Methods Network website.
 All enquiries about registration for the Methods Network activities listed
below should be sent by email to [log in to unmask]  For further information
about the following activities see the Methods Network website.
 
Visualization and Remote Sensing for the Arts and Humanities: An Access Grid
Support Network - A workshop organized by Vince Gaffney, Institute for
Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham (October 2006).
 
Film, Visualization, Narrative - A seminar run by Adam Ganz, Royal Holloway,
University of London (17 November 2006).
 
Technical Innovation in Art Historical Research: Opportunities and Problems
- A seminar run by Anna Bentkowska-Kafel, The Courtauld Institute of Art and
King's Visualization Lab, CCH, King's College, London and Tim Benton, Open
University (20 November 2006).
 
Advanced Technologies for Collaborative Performance - A workshop run by Alan
Blackwell, Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge (December 2006).
 
 
Approaches to the Forensic Investigation of Primary Textual Materials - A
workshop run by Andrew Prescott, Humanities Research Institute, University
of Sheffield (January 2007).
 
Theoretical Approaches to Virtual Representations of Past Environments - A
workshop run by Kate Devlin, Goldsmiths College, University of London (March
2007).
 
New Protocols for Electroacoustic Music Analysis - A workshop run by Leigh
Landy, De Montfort University, Leicester (13 June 2007).
 
Recent activities sponsored by the Methods Network
 
Open Source Critical Editions - A workshop run by Juan Garces, Centre for
Computing in the Humanities, King’s College, London (22 September 2006).
 
Development of Skills in Advanced Text Encoding with TEI P5 - A workshop run
by Lou Burnard, Sebastian Rahtz and James Cummings, Oxford University (18-20
September 2006).
 
The Future of Information Technology in Music Research and Practice - A
workshop run by Dave Meredith, Goldsmiths College, University of London (8
September 2006).
 
Historical Text Mining - A workshop organized by Paul Rayson, Lancaster
University and Dawn Archer, University of Central Lancashire (20-21 July 2006).
 
Digital Restoration for Damaged Documents - A workshop organized by Julia
Craig-McFeely, DIAMM, Royal Holloway, University of London (29 June 2006).
 
Large-Scale Manuscript Digitization - A workshop organized by Peter
Robinson, Institute of Textual Scholarship and Electronic Editing,
Birmingham University and Marilyn Deegan, Centre for Computing in the
Humanities, King's College London, (5 June 2006).
 
Corpus Approaches to the Language of Literature - A workshop organized by
the Oxford Text Archive, Oxford University (17-18 May 2006).
 
Digital Visibility: A Workshop on Neglected Digital Resources - A workshop
co-sponsored with the LAIRAH project at University College London (26 April
2006).
 
Making 3D Visual Research Outcomes Transparent - A symposium co-sponsored by
the Methods Network, King's Visualization Lab, and PIN, Prato, Italy/EPOCH
(23-25 February 2006).