1999-2000 Sawyer Seminar: Russian Visiting Scholars

[Sawyer Seminar Program]

Dear SEELANGerS:

The grant proposal below is for the 1999-2000 Sawyer Seminar at the
University of Chicago, entitled "Computer Science as a Human Science: The
Cultural Impact of Computerization."  The program, sponsored by the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation, includes funding for visiting scholars from Russia
(as well as Brazil, Japan and Scandinavia).

In the interest of reaching as many potential participants as possible, we
ask that you forward this announcement to Russian scholars or institutions
involved with topics related to computerization and culture.

E-mail inquiries may be directed to this address; more detailed information
about the seminar may be found at
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/sawyer/CSasHS.

Thank you,

Jason Pontius
Franke Institute for the Humanities
University of Chicago

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The University of Chicago

The 1999-2000 Sawyer Seminar
sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

COMPUTER SCIENCE AS A HUMAN SCIENCE:
THE CULTURAL IMPACT OF COMPUTERIZATION

Conference Scholarships for International Visiting Scholars from
BRAZIL, JAPAN, RUSSIA, and SCANDINAVIA

The Franke Institute for the Humanities of the University of Chicago
invites applications from International Visiting Scholars from BRAZIL,
JAPAN, RUSSIA, and SCANDINAVIA for five-day visits to participate in the
1999-2000 Sawyer Seminar on "Computer Science as a Human Science:  The
Cultural Impact of Computerization." Five-day visits have been timed to
coincide with quarterly conferences on the following themes:

AUTUMN 1999
Synesthetic Education and the Cultural Organization of the Senses
21-25 October 1999)

WINTER 2000
Human/Computer Creoles and Cultures
13-17 January 2000

SPRING 2000
Moral and Political Economies of Computer Cultures
6-10 April 2000

The successful applicants will give a paper at a conference and participate
in a workshop meeting.  The Seminar will provide travel, lodging and food
expenses for the Visiting Scholar's five-day visits.  Please submit your
c.v., a paper or article for the conference, and a letter of reference, and
indicate which quarter's theme you wish to address.  The deadline is 1
MARCH 1999.

Send application to:
Sawyer Seminar Program
Franke Institute for the Humanities
The University of Chicago
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, IL  60637  USA

For more information, email <sawyer-seminar at uchicago.edu> or see our
website at <http://humanities.uchicago.edu/sawyer/CSasHS> for more detailed
information.


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The 1999-2000 Sawyer Seminar at the University of Chicago
"Computer Science as a Human Science: The Cultural Impact of Computerization"
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/sawyer/CSasHS
sawyer-seminar at uchicago.edu