17th joint conference of the Association for Computers and the
Humanities (ACH) and the Association for Literary and Linguistic
Computing (ALLC)

ACH/ALLC 2005 invites submissions of abstracts of between 750 and 1500
words on any aspect of humanities computing,broadly defined to
encompass the common ground between information technology and
problems in humanities research and teaching. As always,we welcome
submissions in any area of the humanities,particularly
interdisciplinary work.We especially encourage submissions on the
current state of the art in humanities computing,and on recent new
developments and expected future developments in the field. Suitable
subjects for proposals might focus on:

?traditional applications of computing in the humanities,including (but not limited to)text encoding, hypertext,text corpora,computational lexicography,natural language processing,linguistics, translation studies,literary studies,text analysis,edition philology and statistical models;
?computational models and applications related to multilingualism and multicultural issues;
?the application of information technology to issues related to minority,indigenous and rare languages;
?emerging digitization efforts:new best practices,experiences,recommendations,training;
?humanities teaching;
?the application of information technology to cultural and historical studies (including archaeology and musicology);
?new approaches to research in humanities disciplines using digital resources dependent on images, audio,or video;
?the application to humanities data of techniques developed in such fields as information science and the physical sciences and engineering;
?pedagogical applications of new media within the humanities;
?applications of technology in second language acquisition;
?commercial applications of humanities computing,e.g.web technology,natural language interfaces, archival organization and accessibility;
?applications in the digital arts,especially projects and installations that feature technical advances of potential interest to humanities scholars;
?information design in the humanities,including visualization,simulation,and modelling;
?thoughtful considerations of the cultural impact of computing and new media;
?theoretical or speculative treatments of new media;
?the institutional role of new media within the contemporary academy,including curriculum development and collegial support for activities in these fields;
?the broader social role of humanities computing and the resources it develops.
?the institutional role of humanities computing and new media within the contemporary academy, including curriculum development and collegial support for activities in these fields.

All submissions will be refereed. Proposals for (non-refereed,or
vendor)demos and for pre-conference tutorials and workshops should be
discussed directly with the local conference organizer as soon as
possible.

Types of Proposals

Proposals to the Programme Committee may be of three
types:(1)papers,(2)poster presentations and/or software
demonstrations,and (3)sessions (either three-paper or panel
sessions). Papers and posters may be given in English, French, German,
Italian, Spanish or Swedish.

Publication

A book of abstracts of all papers,poster presentations and sessions
will be provided to all conference Participants and will be published
on the conference web page. A special volume of the journal Literature
and Linguistic Computing with selected proceedings is planned for
publication after the conference;all papers submitted in publishable
form before the end of the conference will be considered for this
collection.The final version for publication in LLC must be in
English.