On Jan 27, 2011, at 7:19 PM, Young, John K wrote:

> Dear all (and with usual apologies for cross-posting),
> 
> Now that you may be making more specific plans for our March conference, please note that the conference rate ($89 per night for a single room) at the Penn Stater hotel will remain in effect until Feb. 14.  To make your reservation, please visit our website, at http://textualsociety.org/conference-registration-forms-and-information/.  
> 
> Here is the relevant information: "Hotel accomodations are available at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. The Society has reserved a block of rooms and in order to take advantage of the special conference rate you will need to use the following booking code: SOCC11A. You may find more information at http://www.pshs.psu.edu/PennStater/pshome.asp or by calling (800) 233-7505."  If you make your reservation online, you will need to click on "Groups" from the Penn Stater reservation page in order to use the STS code.
> 
> Let me also use this occasion to remind everyone about the need to register for the conference and join/renew as STS members in advance.
> 
> And many thanks to Matt Kirschenbaum for organizing a wonderful conference, and Jim West for making all the local events arrangements.
> 
> Best,
> John
> 
> 
> John Young
> Associate Professor of English
> Marshall University
> (304) 696-2349
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Kirschenbaum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 4:33 PM
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> Cc: Nussmeier, Anthony Mark
> Subject: STS 2011 Conference Program (provisional)
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Attached please find the provisional conference program. Please note that it is subject to change, and you should double check the scheduling of your paper against the final conference program to be distributed on site at Penn State. Future iterations of the program will be available from http://www.textualsociety.org, so you might wish to check there occasionally for updates as well.
> 
> As always I have done my best to avoid obvious collisions of topic during the same concurrent session and to group like papers together on panels. This has not always been possible, but has been in the vast majority of cases.
> 
> I also hear that it has become something of a tradition to write to the program chair and petition rearrangement of the schedule to accommodate this or that individual preference. Please be forewarned that I will be very chary of such requests, entertaining them only if it absolutely means the difference between someone attending and not attending the conference.
> 
> Adjustments in titles of papers is fine, but please send them to me sooner rather than later if possible. Likewise, any corrections regarding name or affiliation.
> 
> A reminder to PLEASE sign up for one of the four seminars and workshops offered on Wednesday afternoon:
> 
> http://textualorg.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/workshops-and-seminars1.pdf
> 
> ** It is vital that we as the membership of the organization support the generous individuals who have volunteered their time to launch these new formats for us. **
> 
> I think the program is tremendously exciting and demonstrates a diverse, vibrant community at the intersection of textual scholarship, digital humanities, and other interdisciplinary areas. I hope you will all agree. I'd also like to publicly thank Jim West at Penn State for all of the behind the scenes work he is doing to get ready for us there.
> 
> Best, Matt
> 
> --
> Matthew Kirschenbaum
> Associate Professor of English
> Associate Director, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) Director, Digital Cultures and Creativity (DCC, a Living/Learning Program in the Honors College) University of Maryland
> 301-405-8505 or 301-314-7111 (fax)
> http://mkirschenbaum.net and @mkirschenbaum on Twitter