This message has been posted on various humanities lists. Please excuse me if you have already seen it. Espen Ore ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSOCIATION FOR LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC COMPUTING ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES JOINT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ALLC-ACH '96 JUNE 25-29, 1996 UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN, NORWAY CALL FOR PAPERS This conference -- the major forum for literary, linguistic and humanities computing -- will highlight the development of new computing methodologies for research and teaching in the humanities, the development of significant new computer-based resources for humanities research, especially focusing on developing applications. TOPICS: The Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing and the Association for Computing and the Humanities invite submissions on topics and applications focused on the humanities disciplines, such as: languages and literature, history, philosophy, music, art, linguistics, anthropology and archaeology, creative writing, cultural studies, etc. We are interested in receiving technical proposals that focus on the cutting edge issues of the application of scientific tools and approaches to humanities disciplines; discipline-based proposals that focus on some of the more traditionally defined applications of computing in humanities disciplines, including text encoding, hypertext, text corpora, computational lexicography, statistical models, and syntactic, semantic, stylistic and other forms of text analysis; broad library and research-based proposals that focus on significant issues of text documentation and information retrieval; and tools-focused proposals that offer innovative and substantial applications and uses for humanities-based teaching and research, throughout the academic and research worlds. Submissions on humanities computing in developing countries and software/courses/courseware in undergraduate education are welcomed. The official language is English. The deadline for submissions is 30 NOVEMBER 1995. REQUIREMENTS: Proposals should describe substantial and 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 (e.g., a study of the style of an author) 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. INDIVIDUAL PAPERS: Abstracts of 1500-2000 words should be submitted for presentations of thirty minutes including questions. SESSIONS: Proposals for sessions (90 minutes) are also invited. These should 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 up 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. POSTERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS ALLC-ACH '96 will include poster presentations and software and project demonstrations (either stand-alone or in conjunction with poster presentations) 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 will 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. Posters are actually several large pieces of paper that present an overview of a topic or a problem. Poster presenters are given space to display two or three posters, and may provide handouts with examples or more detailed information. Poster presenters must be present at their posters at a specific time during the conference to describe their work and answer questions, but posters will remain displayed throughout the conference. Specific times will also be assigned for software or project demonstrations. Further information on poster presentations is available from the Program Committee chair. Posters proposals and software and project demonstrations will be accepted until January 15, 1996 to provide an opportunity for submitting very current work that need not be written up in a full paper. Poster or software/project demonstration proposals should contain a 300 to 500 word abstract in the same format described below for paper proposals. Proposals for software or project demonstrations should indicate the type of hardware that would be required if the proposal is accepted. Doctoral students are encouraged to consider poster submission as a viable means for discussing ongoing dissertation research. As part of its commitment to promote the development and application of appropriate computing in humanities scholarship, the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing will award up to five bursaries of up to 500 GB pounds each to students and young scholars who have papers accepted for presentation at the conference. Applicants must be members of ALLC, and must be aged 30 years or less at the start of the conference. Those wishing to be considered for an award should indicate this in their conference proposal. The ALLC will make the awards after the Programme Committee have decided which proposals are to be accepted. Recipients will be notified as soon as possible thereafter. A participant in a multi-author paper is eligible for an award, but it must be clear that s/he is contributing substantially to the paper. FORMAT OF SUBMISSIONS Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged. 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: TITLE: title of paper KEYWORDS: three keywords (maximum) describing the main contents of the paper AUTHOR(S): names of authors AFFILIATION: of author(s) CONTACT ADDRESS: full postal address of main author followed by other authors E-MAIL: electronic mail address of main author (for contact), followed by other authors (if any) FAX NUMBER: of main author PHONE NUMBER: of main author 1. Electronic submissions Electronic submissions are accepted as ASCII-files (please specify if encoding schemes have been used for characters outside ASCII range), MS-Word for Windows or Macintosh, and WordPerfect for Windows. Those who submit abstracts electronically, especially abstracts containing graphics and tables are kindly asked to fax a copy of the abstract in addition to the one sent electronically. Notes, if needed, should take the form of endnotes rather than footnotes. Electronic submissions should be sent to: [log in to unmask] with the subject line "<Author's surname> Submission for ALLC-ACH96". 2. Paper submissions Submissions should be typed or printed on one side of the paper only, with ample margins. Six copies should be sent to ALLC-ACH96 (Paper submission) Espen Ore Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities Harald Haarfagresgt. 31 N-5007 Bergen NORWAY EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY Presenters will have available an overhead projector (video based - overheads on plain paper rather than transparencies), a slide projector, a data projector which will display Macintosh, DOS/Windows, and video (but not simultaneously), an Internet connected computer which will run Macintosh OS programs or DOS/Windows programs, and a VHS (PAL) videocassette recorder. NTSC format will be available; if you anticipate needing NTSC, please note this information in your proposal. Requests for other presentation equipment will be considered by the local organizer; requests for special equipment should be directed to the local organizer no later than December 31, 1995. DEADLINES Proposals for papers and sessions November 30, 1995 Proposals for poster presentations January 15, 1996 Notification of acceptance February 15, 1996 PUBLICATION A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published in the series Research in Humanities Computing edited by Susan Hockey and Nancy Ide and published by Oxford University Press. Accepted abstracts will also be published on the WWW server at the Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities (URL=http://www.hd.uib.no/allc-ach96.html) INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Proposals will be evaluated by a panel of reviewers who will make recommendations to the Program Committee comprised of: Jan-Gunnar Tingsell, Gothenburg University (ALLC) (chair) Chuck Bush, Brigham Young University (ACH), Gordon Dixon, Manchester Metropolitan University (ALLC), Nancy Ide, Vassar College (ACH), Willard McCarty, University of Toronto (ACH), Elli Mylonas, Brown University (ACH), Lisa Lena Opas, University of Joensuu (ALLC), Harold Short, Kings College (ALLC) Local Organizer: Espen Ore, University of Bergen (ALLC) LOCATION The University of Bergen was founded in 1946 but its history goes back to 1825 with the founding of the Bergen Museum. The University has an enrolment of some 17,000 students. It is located in the central part of the city of Bergen. Hosting this conference, the Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities was founded in 1972 and is located at the University of Bergen. Bergen, Norway's second largest city with a population of 220,000, was founded in 1071 according to the sagas. The city was an important Hanseatic trading centre and has retained an international profile that dates back to the early Middle Ages. There are direct flights to Bergen from Copenhagen, London, Oslo, and Paris. There is also a train connection with Oslo, and a ferry between Newcastle and Bergen. Hotel rooms in different price ranges will be available within walking distance from the conference center, and economically priced student accommodation will be available outside central Bergen. It is expected at this time that the fee for early registration for the conference will be in the US$125 to US$150 range, with an additional late registration fee. Detailed information about the conference will be made available in January or February of 1996. For further information please communicate with: Espen Ore Local Organizer, ALLC-ACH '96 Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities Harald Haarfagresgt. 31 N-5007 Bergen NORWAY Phone: + 47 55 21 28 65 Fax: + 47 55 32 26 56 E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.hd.uib.no/allc-ach96.html Please give your name, full mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address, with any enquiry. ALLC-ACH '96 info-list: If you want to receive information about the conference via e-mail you can subscribe to the mailing list by sending an empty e-mail message (from your own e-mail address) to: [log in to unmask]