Fwd: A symposium in which Skt specialists and computer specialists will participate

[विश्वासो वासुकिजः (Vishvas Vasuki)]

Subject: Digital Textualities in South Asia, March 4-5, 2016

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Date: February 12, 2016 at 3:33:44 PM PST

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to send you the updated promo materials for the upcoming research symposium that we will be hosting at UBC,  “Digital Textualities in South Asia” (March 4-5, 2016). The aim is to start a conversation on how digital technologies are helping us make sense of the textual cultures of pre-digital South Asia, with hopes that new research initiatives can emerge, and ones that are already happening around the world can better work together. We will feature plenary lectures by Peter Robinson (Saskatchewan) and John Bryant (Hofstra), who will both talk on more general topics in the Digital Humanities.
 
The announcement is below, and our website is dtsa.ubcsanskrit.ca, where you can find a full schedule and plenty of other information. And even if you can’t make it to UBC, you may still take part in the proceedings through our live-stream, and we would love to get your contributions/feedback during the talks, no matter where you are located. Please pass on the info to any interested colleagues, and hope to see you all at the symposium, whether in-person or virtually!

All best wishes,
Adheesh

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Dr. Adheesh Sathaye
Dept. of Asian Studies
University of British Columbia
408-1871 West Mall
Vancouver BC CANADA V6T1Z2
adh...@mail.ubc.ca 
+1.604.822.5188


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Digital Textualities in South Asia: A Research Symposium at UBC
March 4-5, 2016
Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, UBC

How might new technologies help us preserve and make better sense of the vast but vulnerable textual cultures of pre-digital South Asia? This research symposium at UBC will bring together leading international scholars who are actively adopting and developing digital technologies for the study of South Asian textual cultures, in order to share insights, tools, and techniques, to propose broader research questions, and to chart future directions for collaborative inquiry. The discussions will be live-streamed on the symposium website: dtsa.ubcsanskrit.ca.

Featured plenary speakers:
Peter Robinson (University of Saskatchewan)
“As We May Read: Audiences, Authors and Editors in the Digital Age”
Friday, March 4, 5-7PM, Open Reception at 4.30PM

John L. Bryant (Hofstra University)
“Translation Is Revision: Imagining a Digital Tool for Editing Translation as a Fluid Text”
Saturday, March 5, 2-4PM


Symposium participants:
Manan Ahmed (Columbia), Stefan Baums (LMÜ, Munich), Tim Bellefleur (UBC), Philipp Maas (Vienna), Andrew Ollett (Harvard), Wendy Phillips-Rodríguez (UNAM, Mexico City), A. Sean Pue (Michigan State), Adheesh Sathaye (UBC), Dominik Wujastyk (Alberta)

For a complete schedule, information on speakers, and live-streaming resources, please visit dtsa.ubcsanskrit.ca.

All sessions are free and open to the general public. All posted times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC -8).

Made possible through the generous support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the UBC Faculty of Arts, the Departments of Asian Studies and English, Advanced Research Computing, the Museum of Anthropology, and the SFU/UBC Digital Salon.

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Vishvas /विश्वासः