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An international workshop will take place at the Huygens Institute
for the History of the Netherlands, and is the joint effort of two
major Europe-wide initiatives: CLARIN (Common Language Resource and
Tools Infrastructure) and NeDiMAH (Network for Digital Methods in
the Arts and Humanities). Applications are invited from those you
would like to attend, or present a paper.<br>
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The goal of the workshop is to demonstrate how the application of
language technology has produced a new understanding of texts in
different fields of Humanities. The proliferation of digital
resources in the Humanities is leading to the elaboration of new
methods, concepts, and theories by means of which researchers can
query and interpret large-scale textual collections. The workshop
will bring together researchers who already apply language
technology, and those who would like to learn about the current
state of art in this new and evolving area. The organizers invite
researchers (especially early career scholars) who plan to apply
language technology but do not already have the necessary skills and
technical background. The second main goal of the workshop is to
enhance exchange of experiences, disseminate know-how, and to
explore potential future collaborations.<br>
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<em>Keynote speaker</em>: Professor<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="font-weight:
bold;">Tony McEnery</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(<a
href="http://cass.lancs.ac.uk/" target="_blank" style="color:
rgb(82, 172, 218); text-decoration: none;">ESRC Centre for Corpus
Approaches to Social Science</a>, Lancaster University). Other
speakers to be confirmed.<br>
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If you would like to participate, you have until 3 September 2014 to
apply for a place. Please complete this simple online form (<a
href="http://bit.ly/explorehistory" target="_blank" style="color:
rgb(82, 172, 218); text-decoration: none;">http://bit.ly/explorehistory</a>),
where you are asked for some details and a short statement of the
reasons for your interest in participating. Thanks to generous
funding from NeDiMAH and CLARIN, participation will be free of
charge, and funds will be available to reimburse travel and
accommodation expenses for a number of participants. NeDiMAH is
funded by the European Science Foundation (ESF).<br>
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If you would like to submit a proposal to give a presentation at the
workshop on your research results, please send it by email to<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="mailto:exploringhistory@clarin.eu" style="color: rgb(82,
172, 218); text-decoration: none;">exploringhistory@clarin.eu</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>by 17:00 CET on Friday 3rd
September 2014. <span>Proposals for presentations should be 400-500
words in length. </span><span>This is not essential for
participation, and if you do not submit a presentation, you will
still have a chance to give a short presentation of your work, or
to ask questions. Proposals should focus on research results, not
descriptions of projects, resources or methods.<br>
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Please get in touch if you have any questions about the event.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Martin Wynne
IT Services, University of Oxford
Oxford e-Research Centre
Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics
Director of User Involvement, CLARIN ERIC</pre>
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