Thursday
November 8

5:00-7:00 pm
Coast Bastion

Registration and Informal Welcome Reception

Appetizers, sweets, and other refreshments.

XML Workshop, November 7 and 8, led by Susan Schreibman (U Maryland).

Friday
November 9
8:15-8:45 am
Liberal Studies

Registration

Coffee, Tea, Juice and Muffins

Poster Session Set-up

8:45-9:00 am
Gustafson Theatre

Welcome

• David Thomas (Vice President, Instruction & Research, Malaspina U-C)
• John Lepage (Dean, Arts and First Nations, Malaspina U-C)

9:00-9:50 am
Gustafson Theatre

Opening Plenary Talk
Chair: John Lepage

• Towards a Curriculum for Humanities Computing: Theoretical Goals and Practical Outcomes.  Susan Hockey (University College London)

9:50-10:15 am
Liberal Studies

Coffee, Tea and Snack

10:15-Noon
Gustafson Theatre

Paper Session 1: Humanities Computing Programs and Courses
Chair: John Unsworth

• The MA in Humanities Computing at the University of Alberta.  Sean Gouglas (U Alberta)
• A European Curriculum: Towards an MA in Humanities Computing.  Dirk Van Hulle and Edward Vanhoutte (U Antwerp)
• Humanities Computing for Non-Specialists.  Stan Beeler (U Northern British Columbia) and Deneka MacDonald (U Glasgow)
• Look No Hands: An Introductory Modular Course on Computing for Students in the Humanities.  Michael Best (U Victoria)

Noon-1:00 pm
Lunch Area

Light Meal and Refreshments

1:00-2:15 pm

[Gustafson Theatre]

Paper Session 2: Developing Humanities Computing Initiatives 
Chair: Willard McCarty

• Research-Centered Humanities Computing at Calgary.  Murray McGillivray (U Calgary)

• Wiring the Humanities at the University of Oregon: Experiences from Year 3.  Daniel Gilfillan and Judith Musick (U Oregon)

• The University of Victoria IT Plan. Peter Liddell (U Victoria)

[Liberal Studies]

Panel 1: Humanities Computing and Electronic Pedagogy
Chair: Andrew Mactavish

• Humanities Computing: Performance, Practice, and Pedagogy.  Marshall Soules (Malaspina U-C)
• Electrifying the Humanities: Electronic Pedagogy, Interdisciplinary Studies and Writing in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture.  Lissa Holloway-Attaway and Brandy Brown Walker (Georgia Tech)
• The Humanities Computing Center and/or the Curriculum: Integrating Student Learning with Humanities Research.  Len Hatfield (Virginia Tech)

2:15-2:40 pm
Liberal Studies

Coffee, Tea and Snack

Poster Session

• XML and Beyond: Markup, Display and the U Victoria Lydgate MS and Robert Graves' Diaries.  Undine Bruckner and  Martin Holmes (U Victoria)

2:40-3:30 pm
Gustafson Theatre

Plenary Talk
Chair: Geoffrey Rockwell

• Knowledge Representation in Humanities Computing.  John Unsworth (U Virginia)

3:30-4:00 pm
Liberal Studies

Coffee, Tea and Snack

Poster Session

• Is the Internet Big Enough for Shakespeare? Working with Multitexts and Multimedia on The Internet Shakespeare Editions.  Michael Best (U Victoria)

4:00-5:15 pm
Gustafson Theatre

Paper Session 3: Disciplinary Curriculum and Disciplinary Change
Chair: Susan Schreibman

• A Technology Edge for Arts Students: Reinventing the Notion of the Liberal Arts.  Terry Butler (U Alberta)
• Texts, Tasks, and Tools: Or, The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same.  Steven M. Lane (Malaspina U-C)
• Multimedia: Is It a Discipline?  Geoffrey Rockwell (McMaster U)

5:45 pm -
Page Point Inn
(Bus departs at 5:15, following Paper Session 3 )

Reception and Banquet.

Music: Malaspina Jazz Trio

Those who have purchased banquet tickets will be transported to and from the Page Point Inn by bus, departing from the Liberal Studies building after Paper Session 3.

Saturday
November 10
8:30-9:00 am
Liberal Studies

Registration

Coffee, Tea, Juice and Muffins

9:00-9:50 am
Gustafson Theatre

Plenary Talk
Chair: Susan Hockey

• Essential Problems of Humanities Computing: Curriculum.  Willard McCarty (King's College, London)

9:50-10:15 am
Liberal Studies

Coffee, Tea and Snack

Poster Sessions

• The Canadian Letters and Images Project, On-line: The War Experience as Told by Canadians.  Stephen Davies (Malaspina U-C)

10:15-Noon

[Gustafson Theatre]

Paper Session 4: Communities and the Computing Curriculum
Chair: Nancy Ide

• Hardware, Software and Expert Communities: The Place of a Humanities Computing Curriculum.
  William Winder (U British Columbia)
• Humanities Mathematics: When Computing Doesn't Work.  Patrick Juola (Duquesne U)
• Developing a Software Engineering Course for Humanities Graduate Students. Thomas B. Horton and John Unsworth (U Virginia)
• Supporting a Humanities Computing Curriculum: The Proposed Companion to Humanities Computing and its Development.  Susan Schreibman (U Maryland), Ray Siemens (Malaspina U-C), and John Unsworth (U Virginia)

[Liberal Studies]

Panel 2: E-Pedagogy, Course Design, and Delivery
Chair: Marshall Soules

• Course Web Sites and Instruction: Traditional and Interdisciplinary Applications Maximiliaan van Woudenberg (U Alberta)
• Computing in the Humanities at the University of Toronto at Scarborough: Adapting to a De-Centered Classroom.  Kristen Guest (U Toronto, Scarborough)

Noon-1:00 pm
Lunch Area

Light Meal and Refreshments

1:00-2:40 pm

[Gustafson Theatre]

Paper Session 5: Theoretical Issues and Perspectives
Chair: Michael Best

• Theorising Technology: Technologising Theory.
  Susan Schreibman (U Maryland)
• Highlighting "Human" in Humanities Computing: Including Cyberfeminism in the Computing Curriculum. Wendy Robbins (U New Brunswick)
• Balancing Global and Local Perspectives in a Humanities Computing Curriculum.  Stéfan Sinclair (U Alberta)
• Practice, Technology, and Academic Capitalism in the Arts and Humanities Computing Curriculum.  Andrew Mactavish (McMaster U)

[Liberal Studies]

Panel 3: The Multimedia / Humanities Computing Lab
Chair: Terry Butler

• What’s It Really Take to Set Up a Humanities Computing Lab?  Rocco Piro (McMaster U)

• Multimedia Lab Layout Design and Complementary Teaching Techniques to Maximize Learning.  A. William Smith (U Lethbridge)

2:40-3:10 pm
Liberal Studies

Coffee, Tea and Snack

Poster Session

• The PATOIS Project: Creating an Electronic Teaching Resource for Archaeologists.  Peter McKinney (U Glasgow)

3:10-4:00 pm
Gustafson Theatre

Closing Plenary Talk
Chair: Peter Liddell

• What Humanists Need To Know About Computers (and Computer Science).  Nancy Ide (Vassar College)

4:00 pm-
Liberal Studies

Closing Reception

Sponsored by the Mid-Island Science, Technology, & Innovation Council (MISTIC) and Economic Development Nanaimo

Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments

Wine Tasting, led by Gordon Johnson (Malaspina U-C & Discovery Room)

Beer Tasting, led by Barry Laddell (Longwood Brewpub)

Music: Malaspina Jazz Trio

Evening

Dinner, on own.  A list of restaurants will be provided.

Sunday
November 11

Several outings are being arranged, for those who wish.  Local possibilities include the following:

• a guided sea-kayaking tour of local gulf islands;
• a guided walking tour of Newcastle Island in the Nanaimo harbour;
•  a tour of and beer tasting at the Longwood Brewpub.

Further details are available here, and will be mailed electronically to conference registrants in late October.

For self-guided sightseeing, please inquire with Michelle or Rene at Nanaimo Travel, 250-754-1331 or travel@nanaimo.ark.com.