Call for Papers
Interdisciplinary Conference of AHLiST
(Association of History, Literature, Science and Technology)

Location: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
(National University of Madrid, Spain)

Date: June 23-25, 2010

The 2010 conference theme is “deciphering”, with all its possible referents, including: Do we decipher digits, words, natural phenomena, and scientific results? How do we decipher them?

Possible topics and areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
1. Convergence and divergence among literature, technology and science
i) Technology/Science and Literature ii) Cognitive Science and Literature
iii) Ideology, Science and Technology iv) Single or Comparative Author Studies
v) Fiction, Poetry and Science Studies vi) Digital or Hypertext Literature
vii) Computer Mediated Communication and Humanities Studies

2. Interdisciplinary links among history, science and technology
i) History and Science ii) Historic Cartography
iii) New Technologies and Archeology iv) Restoration and conservation
v) Archive and Library Systems on line

3. Technology, texturality, and language
i) Accessible Information Technology in Education
ii) Computational Linguistics; Computational Lexicography
iii) Paleography and Pattern Recognition
iv) Digitalization Projects and Document Image Analysis
v) Information Retrieval, Database Systems and Data integration
vi) Technology and Humanities Teaching and Research
vii) Virtual Classroom; Interactive Technology and Language Learning
viii) Integration between Computational Methods and Theories
with Research in Humanities

Submission Guidelines:
To propose a paper, please submit a cover page with your name; institutional affiliation; contact information (mailing address, phone number, and email), a 250- word abstract; a 100-word bio. Presentations will be limited to 15-20 minutes (about eight double-spaced pages).

To propose a panel, please submit a cover page including the title of the panel and the names of 3-4 presenters; a panel abstract of 150-250 words; a separate page with the names of presenters, their contact information (mailing address, phone number, and email) and institutional affiliation(s), the titles of their presentations; and a 250-word abstract for each paper. Panels will be one hour and fifteen minutes long.

The conference committee requests the submission of materials in the body of an email or as an attachment in Word, text, or PDF document sent to:

ahlist1@gmail.com

Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2009.

All presenters must be members of the Association by conference time. For more detail please visit: www.mmedis.com

***Selected, peer-reviewed articles will be published in The Journal of History, Literature, Science and Technology (JHLiST).