3.1063 Beckford; ALLC/ACH; hermeneutics (169)
Willard McCarty (MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca)
Fri, 16 Feb 90 22:37:03 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 1063. Friday, 16 Feb 1990.
(1) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 10:44:18 CST (12 lines)
From: ENCOPE@LSUVM
Subject: Applying for Beckford Seminar
(2) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 90 16:20:48 MST (80 lines)
From: "R. Jones" <JONES@BYUVM>
Subject: ALLC/ACH 1990 International Conference
(3) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 90 12:07:25 EST (58 lines)
From: iwml@UKC.AC.UK
Subject: COMPUTERS AND BIBLICAL HERMENEUTICS
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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 10:44:18 CST
From: ENCOPE@LSUVM
Subject: Applying for Beckford Seminar
Your may recall my announcement yesterday of Ken Graham's call for QUICK
proposals for his international Beckford roundtable. A very generous
colleague of Ken's has come forward to volunteer to receive e-mailed
proposals, thereby saving the time of international or even
intra-Canadian postal transmission. Send your proposals to Dana
Paramskas (LNGDANAP@UOGUELPH) and Dana will send them on to Ken Graham.
Please do NOT send them to me (Kevin Cope) as I'm leaving shortly for
sabbatical research in Britain. Thanks, and thanks to Dana! -- KLC
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 90 16:20:48 MST
From: "R. Jones" <JONES@BYUVM>
Subject: ALLC/ACH 1990 International Conference
ALLC/ACH International Conference
First Announcement
The ALLC/ACH (Association for Literary and Linguistic
Computing, Association for Computers and the Humanities) 1990
International Conference will be held June 5-10 in Siegen,
Federal Republic of Germany. Below is an outline of the
conference. Names of speakers and a more detailed description of
the conference will be given later.
Monday, June 4th
Arrival, registration, reception
Tuesday, June 5th
8:30 Registration
9:30 Welcome and opening remarks
10:00 Plenary talk: "The Humanities Workstation:
Environments for Today and Tomorrow"
10:45 Break
11:15 Plenary panel on workstations for the humanities
12:30 Lunch
14:00-17:30 Parallel sessions & demonstrations
Wednesday, June 6th
9:00 Plenary talks: "Electronic Texts: Issues and
Concerns" (two speakers)
10:30 Break
11:00 Plenary panel on electronic texts
12:30-17:30 Same as Tuesday
Thursday, June 7th
9:00-12:30 Text Encoding Initiative Workshop
14:00-17:30 Media Conference
Friday, June 8th
9:00 Plenary talks: "Methods and Applications in
Humanities Computing" (two speakers)
10:30 Break
11:00 Plenary panel on humanities computing
12:30-17:30 Same as Tuesday
19:00 Conference dinner
Saturday, June 9th
9:00 Plenary talk: "The Humanist and Electronic
Communication"
10:00 Plenary panel on electronic communication
11:00 Break
11:30 Closing session
Afternoon free
Sunday, June 10th
Excursion to Kassel
Additional information will be posted later as it becomes
available. For registration and hotel information write to:
1990 ALLC/ACH International Conference
Professor Helmut Schanze
University of Siegen
Adolf-Reichweinstr. 5
D-5900 Siegen
Federal Republic of Germany
e-mail: ANGST@DSIHRZ51
The registration fee will be approximately DM200 for ACH and ALLC
members if received by April 1st, 1990; slightly higher for non-
members and late registration.
Randall L. Jones
Brigham Young University
Executive Secretary,
Association for Computers and the Humanities
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 90 12:07:25 EST
From: iwml@UKC.AC.UK
Subject: COMPUTERS AND BIBLICAL HERMENEUTICS
Invitation to comment:
In preparation for the coming conference organised by l'Association Bible
et Informatique (AIBI) in Tu"bingen in August 1991, Ferdinand Poswick,
at Maredsous, has suggested that some of the preliminary questions should
be considered in advance, with a view to obtaining a wide range of
ideas. To that end, I list below some of the questions from the more
difficult area - hermeneutics. The session is due to be chaired by Alan
Groves at Westminster, and raises basic questions about how far the
computer can be used as a tool in the area of hermeneutics.
(1) What limitations are there to using a computer as a tool in hermeneutical
studies?
(2) What is the influence of the theory of communication?
(3) Is there a false ideal of objectivity?
(4) What presuppositions exist regarding the text and the tool (the computer)?
(5) Who will benefit from scientific research in this area?
(6) The computer restricts research mainly to linguistic concerns.
Are pragmatic aspects completely excluded?
(7) The tool requires a high degree of logic and precision. What about the
psychological and religious dimensions of a biblical text?
(8) How do we build a bridge between computer-linguistics and pastoral work?
It would be good to have ideas and responses to individual questions,
groups of questions, or just a response to the general point. It would
also be of benefit to have responses from colleagues outside the area of
biblical studies as well as inside!
Many thanks
Ian Mitchell Lambert PhD research student
Tangnefedd Department of Theology
Windmill Road University of Kent at Canterbury
Weald United Kingdom
Sevenoaks
Kent Co-ordinator
TN14 6PJ AIBI Network
(Association Internationale
Bible et Informatique, Maredsous,
Belgium)
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