The University of Birmingham is pleased to be holding the U21 Cultural Heritage and Technology Conference from 15 - 17 September 2010. The event has been organised to coincide with the British Science Festival also being hosted in Birmingham from 13 - 17 September 2010.
Culture and Heritage is a core research area for the U21 group and the application of technology in these areas has been defined as a strategic developmental area by the group. The sector has been supported, initially, by a workshop in Virginia aimed at defining shared interests and areas of development. The meeting on "Digital Humanities" at Virginia was extremely successful demonstrating that the partner institutions were enthusiastic for collaboration. In order to move towards substantive output, break-out groups identified a series of actions associated with a more formal U21 grouping related to Culture, Heritage and Technology.
Sessions at the follow-up conference Cultural Heritage and Technology will be loosely around Objects, Environments, Text and Behaviour.
View the provisional programme here.
Registration and Call for Papers
Colleagues are invited to Birmingham to present papers or to attend the conference as a delegate and explore the opportunities for collaboration with U21 partners.
Those wishing to present a paper associated with the Digital Heritage theme should send an abstract of up to 250 words by July 16, 2010 to u21registration@contacts.bham.ac.uk. Please include a title and the author/s name, email contact and affiliation. Please also nominate the themes your paper most closely addresses.
The conference will have a full social itinerary including field trips to sites of interest in the region. Please register by clicking this link
There is no fee for attending this conference, which is open to all academic staff of Universitas 21 partner universities.
Accomodation at £47 per person per night including breakfast will be in single study student bedrooms, clusters of 4 – 6 bedrooms with a shared lounge/kitchen at the Vale Village. The kitchen is equipped for making hot drinks only, but guests will not be able to self cater. For parking at the Vale Village, please obtain a parking permit form from reception on arrival at the Hub. The University has a train station on campus, with direct links to Birmingham New Street. Vale Village has two bars Rio’s and Bar One, Bar opening times will be advised by the conference organiser upon arrival and subject to availability. There are a variety of vending machines in the Hub reception. Telephones are available in your bedrooms, please purchase your international calling cards from reception. Pay phones are also available in the Hub reception. Internet is provided by Ask4 – details are available on arrival at reception, no student rooms have televisions but it is available through the internet via Ask4.
Check in times 14:00 hrs Check out 10:00 hrs
Local U21 Contacts for Support
For enquiries about funding or local support to attend this conference you should contact you own U21 Manager, contact details of whom can be found on the main Universitas 21 website.
Please find below also U21 Contacts for two recently joined partner universities:
University of Amsterdam: Ms Willeke Jeeninga
University of Connecticut: Dr Ross Lewin
Interested in Marie Curie Fellowship?
Please note that no more bursaries are available for attendance at the U21 Digital Humanities conference!
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University of Birmingham to support applicants within U21 Network CHAT for Marie Curie Fellowship
The University of Birmingham would be keen to host interested researchers (post-docs and experienced or established researchers) within the U21 Network for "Cultural Heritage And Technology" (CHAT) in relevant research areas as a Marie Curie Fellow.
In summary, Marie Curie Fellowships are available as Intra-European Fellowship (IEF) for researchers within the EU, who wish to acquire or enhance their competence and skills in order to attain and/or strengthen a leading independent position, and as International Incoming Fellowship (IIF) from outside the EU, for excellent researchers (any nationality) to carry out some mutually beneficial research and to transfer their know-how to the host organisation, which may lead to future collaborative links and activities. Fellowships can last from 12 months to 24 months. The deadline for application is 17th August 2010, 5pm Brussels time.
Academic colleagues from U21 partner institutions interested in applying for one of the Marie Curie Fellowship Schemes to spend some time at the University of Birmingham working in the area of Digital Humanities should contact Katharina Freise in the first instance.
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The UK Arts and Humanities Research Council and the US Council of Library and Information Resources have confirmed that they will be in attendance at the Birmingham U21 Cultural Heritage and Technology conference to discuss heritage initiatives and development with delegates.
