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CALL FOR PROPOSALS/PAPERS
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LAGOS HUMBOLDT KOLLEG IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES-2017 (LHKDH-2017)
(1st International Conference in Digital Cultures and Digital Scholarship in Nigeria)
November 14 – 18, 2017
University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Theme:
COMMUNICATIONS, CULTURES AND SCIENCES IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY: CREATING THE SPACE AND THE SPARK FOR INNOVATIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Rare Book School (RBS) is now accepting applications for two winter courses in New York City! RBS offers five-day, intensive courses focused on the history of manuscript, print, and digital materials taught by world-renowned scholars and professionals. RBS is also accepting applications on a rolling basis for our fall courses in Charlottesville and New York City. 

Visit our website at rarebookschool.org or email rbsprograms@virginia.edu for details. 

22–27 October in Charlottesville 

I’m delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for the conference BLOCKS PLATES STONES: Print Matrices/Printing Surfaces in Collections & Research, 21 September 2017 at bit.ly/BlocksPlatesStones-Register. The conference will take place at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, followed by a reception at the British Academy. Please find details, the flier and the draft programme below, and please share widely.

Preserving the history of space exploration faces unprecedented challenges and opportunities in this digital, big data era.  New forms of electronic communication and data including oral histories and social media are changing the nature of historical records and increasing their ease of collection.

Big Data on Human and Social Sciences – History, Issues and Challenges

Organisation: Institute of Contemporary History and the History Lab (Columbia University)
Where: Lisbon
When: 6 and 7 November 2017
Call for proposals: 10 September 2017 [EXTENDED DEADLINE]

The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association annual conference will be held March 28-31, 2018 at the J.W. Marriott in Indianapolis, Indiana. Scholars from a wide variety of disciplines will meet to share their Popular Culture research and interests.

Rare Book School (RBS) is now accepting applications for five fall courses in Charlottesville and New York City! RBS offers five-day, intensive courses focused on the history of manuscript, print, and digital materials taught by world-renowned scholars and professionals. 

22–27 October in Charlottesville

- Introduction to the History of Bookbinding, taught by Jan Storm van Leeuwen

Given the number of librarians on H-Net, this may be of interest. Please excuse cross-posting.

Call for Proposals: Journal of New Librarianship, "New Generation of Librarianship"

The Journal of New Librarianship ( http://www.newlibs.org/ ) seeks short columns (500 to 1000 words) that explore, examine, and discuss issues surrounding the New Generation of Librarianship. 

n. 19 – 5/2018     The ghost of the author and the author of the ghost

edited by Ana María González Luna and Paolo Caponi