Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 17, No. 48.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 20:04:22 +0100
From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: report from Athens
Dear colleagues,
This is not a full report on the ACH/ALLC conference now in progress at the
University of Georgia in Athens GA. Rather it is a single reflection on the
most directly visible manifestation of our community. While it is true that
our numbers are small, even in relation to the size of Humanist, the signs
of genuine strength are everywhere here. A young postgraduate student
remarked to me how much more welcoming and simultaneously challenging this
community is in comparison to the other parts of the academic world she has
encountered. And today I saw this in particularly vivid form, in a paper
that took the form of a dramatic dialogue between Geoffrey Rockwell and
Stephen Ramsey, "Programming as Writing as Programming" -- Socratic,
Phaedrus-like and great good stimulating fun.
Next year the conference is being held in Goteborg, Sweden. Not your last
chance.
Yours,
WM
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