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Announcing Scholarships for the
2007 Digital Humanities Summer Institute
University of Victoria
June 18-22, 2007
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
2007 Summer Institute. These will be awarded to scholars in the
digital humanities, both students and professionals. The application
deadline is March 1st. Applicants will be informed of their success
before March 15th. The application form is available on line at:
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/institute/apply_scholarship.php.
* Additional ACH Travel Bursary
The Association for Computers and the Humanities (www.ach.org) is
Offering several bursaries to assist graduate students by defraying travel
and lodging costs, up to $750 CDN. You may apply for the this bursary at
The same time as for Institute scholarships by indicating on the scholarship
application form that you are a graduate student member of the ACH and would
like to be considered for the ACH bursary.
* 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:
Chad Gaffield (U Ottawa, SSHRC); Hugh Craig (U Newcastle); France Martineau
(U Ottawa); Matthew Driscoll (Arnamagnaean Institute, Copenhagen); David
Hoover (NYU); Bill Bowen (U Toronto); Bertrand Gervais (UQAM); Ollivier
Dyens (Concordia U)
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 Allison Benner [U Victoria])
Intermediate offerings:
[3] Edition Production
(instructed by Dot Porter [U Kentucky])
[4] Multimedia: Tools and Techniques for Digital Media Projects
(instructed by Aimée Morrison [U Waterloo])
Advanced consultations:
[5] Large Project Planning, Funding, and Management
(led by Lynne Siemens [U Victoria], with seminar speakers).
[6] Advanced Consultation in Text Encoding
(led by Susan Schreibman [U Maryland]).
[7] Text Analysis, A Masterclass
(led by Hugh Craig [U Newcastle])
* Registration Fees ($ CDN)
Early registration fees for the institute are $950 for faculty and
staff, and $450 for students. Standard 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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Dot Porter, University of Kentucky
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Program Coordinator
Collaboratory for Research in Computing for Humanities
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Editorial Assistant, REVEAL Project
Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments
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