[H-verkko] CFP: Digital History in Finland, Wednesday, 9.12.2015

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Agricolan artikkelipyyntöihin on lähetetty uusi ilmoitus:
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Digital History in Finland, Wednesday, 9.12.2015
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Call for Papers: Digital History in Finland, Wednesday, 9.12.2015

The Digital History in Finland Network  (#DigiHistFi) will organise a one-day
symposium on Digital History in Finland at the University of Helsinki on
Wednesday 9th of December 2015. The motto of the network and symposium is:
History first, digital second.

Digital History is an area within the emerging field of Digital Humanities that
is combining humanities and social sciences with contemporary information and
communication technologies. Digital history aims to further historical practice
by applying computational methods to various types of historical source
materials and data. While there is a tradition, for example, among corpus
linguists to use computational methods, the study of history has been slower to
take up new approaches in a productive manner. In Finland, the computational
approach to history has so far rarely impacted on the core of the historian's
craft in such a way that those who have not already any previous interests in
digital humanities would pay attention. Yet, the potential for revisiting old
and creating new research questions through computational methods is
considerable. This is what the network and symposium seeks to explore further. 

The idea of this symposium is to bring together historians working on different
aspects of digital history in Finland to talk about their research and meet
other scholars interested in similar questions.

We invite submissions of short papers of 15-20 minutes (abstracts of 100 words)
on any aspect of digital history. We especially encourage submissions of project
ideas and sketches of emerging work. In the morning session it is also possible
to present papers through skype. So, it is strongly encouraged that historians
from all Finnish organisations participate.

The deadline for submitting a paper is Friday 30.10.2015. Please send the title
of the presentation and 100 word abstract to: digihistfi at gmail.com. Notification
of acceptance and symposium practicalities of the symposium will be by
13.11.2015.

For information, contact: digihistfi at gmail.com

Programme committee: 

Mikko Tolonen (University of Helsinki), mikko.tolonen at helsinki.fi Chair

Mats Fridlund (Aalto University), mats.fridlund at aalto.fi

Anu Lahtinen (University of Helsinki), anulah at iki.fi

Ilkka Mäkinen (University of Tampere), ilkka.makinen at staff.uta.fi

Jessica Parland-von Essen (University of Helsinki), parland at csc.fi

Hannu Salmi (University of Turku), hansalmi at utu.fi

Jaakko Suominen (University of Turku), jaasuo at utu.fi

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Ilmoituksen lähetti: Anu Lahtinen <digihistfi at gmail.com>
Ilmoitus vanhentuu: 2.11.2015