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From: "Society for Literature & Science" 

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Date: 20 Oct 1997 13:26:57 -0700
From: "Wayne Miller" 
Subject: Forwarded: Call for Papers: Humanities Computi
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 18:18:12 +0200
From: hunyadi@llab2.arts.klte.hu
CALL FOR PAPERS: SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
ASSOCIATION FOR LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING
ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES
JOINT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ALLC/ACH '98
"VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES"
JULY 5-10, 1998
LAJOS KOSSUTH UNIVERSITY, DEBRECEN, HUNGARY
ALLC/ACH '98 invites submissions of between 1000 and 2000 words on any
aspect of humanities computing, broadly defined as the point of
intersection between computing methodologies and problems in humanities
research and teaching, encompassing both traditional and new, and
discipline-specific and inter-disciplinary, approaches.
Appropriate discipline areas include, but are not limited to, languages
and
literature, history, philosophy, music, art, film studies, linguistics,
anthropology, archaeology, creative writing, and cultural studies. We
particularly encourage submissions from non-text-based areas and from
library science, both of which have been under-represented in the past.
Other areas of interest include the creation and use of digital
resources (what has been characterised as 'extending the scale and
breadth of scholarly evidence') and the application to humanities data
of techniques developed in such fields as information science and the
physical sciences and engineering (including neural networks and image
processing).
We are interested in receiving
- - technical proposals that focus on new computational tools and
approaches to research in humanities disciplines;
- - proposals that focus on traditional applications of computing in
humanities disciplines, including (but not limited to) text encoding,
hypertext, text corpora, computational lexicography, statistical
models,
and syntactic, semantic, stylistic and other forms of text analysis;
- - proposals which present and discuss applications of computing
methodologies and tools to audio and visual materials;
- - proposals that focus on significant issues of creation,
representation, discovery, delivery, management and preservation of
digital and other resources relevant to the humanities;
- - proposals that either present or evaluate software applications and
uses for humanities-based teaching;
- - proposals dealing with the role of humanities computing in
undergraduate and graduate training and institutional support for
humanities computing.
PhD students are encouraged to submit proposals. Those describing
finished research may be submitted as papers. Ongoing dissertation
research may be submitted as poster proposals. See below for details.
Students and young scholars should also read the note on bursaries
later
in this document.
Papers may be given in English, French, and German, but to faciliate
the
reviewing process we ask that proposals for papers in a language other
than
English are submitted with an English translation.
The deadline for submissions of paper/session proposals is 20 NOVEMBER
1997.
The deadline for submissions of poster/demo proposals is 31 JANUARY
1998.
FORMAT OF PROPOSALS
Proposals may be of four types: papers, posters, software
demonstrations,
and sessions. The type of submission should be specified in the header
of
the proposal.
PAPERS
Proposals for papers (1000-2000 words) should describe completed
research
which has given rise to substantial results. Individual papers will be
allocated 30 minutes for presentation, including questions.
Proposals should describe original work. Those that concentrate on the
development of new computing methodologies should make clear how the
methodologies are applied to research and/or teaching in the
humanities,
and should include some critical assessment of the application of those
methodologies in the humanities. Those that concentrate on a particular
application in the humanities should cite traditional as well as
computer-based approaches to the problem and should include some
critical assessment of the computing methodologies used. All proposals
should include conclusions and references to important sources. Those
describing the creation or use of digital resources should follow these
guidelines as far as possible.
POSTERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
Poster presentations and software and project demonstrations (either
stand-alone or in conjunction with poster presentations) are designed
to
give researchers an opportunity to present late-breaking results,
significant work in progress, well-defined problems, or research that
is
best communicated in conversational mode.
By definition, poster presentations are less formal and more
interactive
than a standard talk. Poster presenters have the opportunity to
exchange
ideas one-on-one with attendees and to discuss their work in detail
with
those most deeply interested in the same topic. Each presenter is
provided
with about 2 square metres of board space to display their work. They
may
also provide handouts with examples or more detailed information.
Posters
will remain on display throughout the conference, but a block of time
separate from paper sessions will be assigned when presenters should be
prepared to explain their work and answer questions. Specific times
will
also be assigned for software or project demonstrations.
The format for proposals for posters and software demonstrations are
the
same as those for regular papers.
Proposals for software or project demonstrations should indicate the
type
of hardware that would be required if the proposal is accepted.
SESSIONS
Sessions (90 minutes) take the form of either:
(a) Three papers. The session organizer should submit a 500-word
statement describing the session topic, include abstracts of 1000-1500
words for each paper, and indicate that each author is willing to
participate in the session; or
(b) A panel of four to six speakers. The panel organizer should submit
an abstract of 1500 words describing the panel topic, how it will be
organized, the names of all the speakers, and an indication that each
speaker is willing to participate in the session.
The deadline for session proposals is the same as for proposals for
papers.
FORMAT OF SUBMISSIONS
All submissions must be sent electronically. Please pay particular
attention to the format given below. Submissions which do not conform
to
this format will be returned to the authors for reformatting, or may
not
be considered if they arrive very close to the deadline.
All submissions should begin with the following information:
TYPE OF PROPOSAL: paper, poster, session or software demonstration.
TITLE: title of paper or session
KEYWORDS: three keywords (maximum) describing the main contents of the
paper or session
If submitting a session proposal, give the following information for
each
paper:
TITLE: title of paper
KEYWORDS: three keywords (maximum) describing the main contents of the
paper
AUTHOR: name of first author
AFFILIATION: of first author
E-MAIL: of first author
If submitting a paper proposal, give the following information:
AUTHOR: name of first author
AFFILIATION: of first author
E-MAIL: of first author
AUTHOR: name of second author    (repeat these three headings as
necessary)
AFFILIATION: of second author
E-MAIL: of second author
CONTACT ADDRESS: full postal address of first author or contact person
for
session proposals
FAX NUMBER: of first author
PHONE NUMBER: of first author
Proposals should take the form of ASCII or ISO-8859/1 files. Where
necessary, a header should indicate the combinations of ASCII
characters
used to represent characters outside the ASCII or ISO 8859/1 range.
Notes, if needed, should take the form of endnotes rather than
footnotes.
Submissions should be sent to:
submit-allcach98@llab2.arts.klte.hu
with the subject line "