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Association for History and Computing UK

2004 Conference

'Recasting the Past: Digital Histories'

Institute for Historical Research, London
27th November 2004

This year the conference has taken the theme of 'Recasting the Past:
Digital Histories'. The aim of the conference is to explore how the ever
increasing number and variety of digital and electronic sources have
changed the way in which history, and historical sources, are created,
selected, researched, taught, written, presented and used. Even historians
who do not use computer methodologies are likely to encounter sources in
digital form or have their access to analogue sources mediated by
electronic means. Whilst the digital form can transcend the constraints of
time and space it brings new problems and challenges to historians and
historical research. Some of the questions the this conference seeks to
explore include:

Availability and Access
On what basis are selection and prioritisation criteria made for
digitisation?
Are digital resources limited by the way they are funded?
Do commercial interests dictate digitisation?
Are historians interests represented in this process?
Are digital sources the type historians need?
How are digital resources described and accessed?
What are historians' information retrieval strategies in the digital age?

Research
How do historians evaluate digital resources?
Do digital resources fundamentally differ from their analogue counterparts?
How is digitisation affecting research activity?
Does the research climate help or hinder the creation and use of digital
resources?
What possibilities do 3D digitisation and virtual reality open up for
historians?

Writing and Teaching
How does digitisation affect the way history is written?
How does multimedia communication alter the structure of narrative
discourse?
Can historians write a 'digital history'?
What is the role of the historian in a multi-dimensional digital history?
How do digital resources affect the way history is taught?

200 word abstracts are invited on any of the three themes above. As well as
historians submissions are also encouraged from archivists, librarians,
curators and others who are responsible for creating and using digital
resources. Submissions from Further Education and Postgraduates are
particularly welcome.

Postgraduates presenting a paper are eligible for a free place, £50
contribution towards expenses and membership of the AHC for one year.

Successful contributors will be invited to submit a full paper to the
international, peer reviewed journal 'History and Computing'.

Abstracts should be sent to Dr. Ian Anderson (Convenor AHC-UK) at the
address below, not later than Friday 28th May. Submission as an email
attachment in MS Word or RTF format is preferred. All submissions will
be 'blind' peer reviewed.

Dr. Ian G. Anderson
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII)
University of Glasgow
George Service House
11 University Gardens
Glasgow
G12 8QQ
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