We are proud to announce the first joint conference between the Canadian Society of Digital Humanities/Société canadienne des humanités numériques (CSDH-SCHN.org) and the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH.org). We invite scholars, practitioners, and graduate students to submit proposals for papers, sessions and digital demonstrations during this collective meeting, which will be held at the 2015 Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Ottawa, Ontario from 1-3 June (congress2015.ca).  We encourage submissions on all topics relating to both theory and practice in the evolving field of the digital humanities.

Proposals for papers (20 min.), digital demonstrations, and panels (2 -6 speakers for a 1½ hour session) will be accepted until the 1st of December 2014 and must be submitted to https://www.conftool.net/csdh-schn-ach-2015/. Abstracts for paper proposals should be approximately 500 words long, and should clearly indicate the paper’s thesis, methodology and conclusions.  We also welcome proposals for Digital Demonstrations of innovative projects or tools. Demonstrations will be given table space and a backdrop so they can set up a poster and a computer for a 2-hour session. We encourage projects with software to show to apply for this venue.

There is a limited amount of funding available to support graduate student travel. Please note that all presenters must be members of CSDH/SCHN or ACH at the time of the conference.

Scholars in the digital humanities are engaged in diverse digital and computer-assisted research, teaching, and creation. CSDH/SCHN and ACH welcome proposals from all constituencies and disciplines, and encourages applications from women, people of color, LGBTQ, or other under-represented groups.

Selected papers from the conference will appear in special collections published in the CSDH/SCHN society journal, Digital Studies/Le champ numérique (http://www.digitalstudies.org), as well as in the ACH society journal, Digital Humanitiques Quarterly (http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/)

2015 Program committee: Jon Saklofske (program chair), Stéphane Levesque (local organizer), Jon Bath, Susan Brown, Tanya Clement, Miriam Posner, Dot Porter, Michael E. Sinatra, and Stéfan Sinclair.

The Canadian Society for Digital Humanities/Société canadienne des humanités numériques will be publishing a refereed selection of papers from its May 2014 Digital Humanities Without Borders meeting at Brock University in Digital Studies/Le champ numériques. The issue will be edited by the program chairs, Geoffrey Rockwell and Michael Sinatra. The publication of this special issue is scheduled for Summer of 2015.

Submissions are invited from all participants at the meeting. Speakers may supplement, expand on, or refine the material they presented at the conference. It is expected that most submissions will range from between 3000 to 6000 words (approximately 10-20 pages), but there is no minimum or maximum length. Digital Studies/Le champ numérique is also always willing to consider generically unusual submissions.

The expected timeline for this issue is as follows:

• October 28th: Submissions due
• January 30th: Reviews and editorial decisions
• March 1st: Revisions due
• March 30: Final copy approval
• April 30-May 15 Proofing and publishing

Submissions should be in a contemporary word processing format (Word or Open/Libre Office preferred), LaTeX, (X)HTML, or TEI XML. Bibliographic citations should conform to the latest Chicago Manual of Style (author-date format). DS/CN style avoids foot/endnotes as much as possible. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for any images or similar material in their manuscripts before submission.

Submissions should be sent by email to dscn@journalincubator.org before October 28th, 2014.

Digital Studies/Le champ numérique publishes in French and English.

Replaying Japan 2014
2nd International Japan Game Studies Conference
August 21st to 23rd, Edmonton, Canada
Location: Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, Rooms 420 and 430

With support from GRAND the University of Alberta is hosting the second international conference on Japan game studies. This academic conference is jointly organized with Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. Keynote speakers include:

• Tomohiro Nishikado (Taito, Video game developer known for Space Invaders)
• Mia Consalvo (Concordia University)
• Kevin Kee (Brock University)
• Vadim Butko (University of Alberta)
• Martin Picard (U de Montréal)

Registration is free, but we ask that people register so we have a sense of numbers. There will be a banquet on Thursday the 21st; cost will be $30. Please indicate if you want to attend the banquet on the registration form so we know how many to expect.

Registration now at: https://sites.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/replayingjapan2014/home/registration

See you there!

Twitter: #ReplayJapan2014

Replaying Japan is supported by the GRAND Network for Centres of Excellence, the Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies, the Prince Takamado Japan Centre of the University of Alberta, and the Japan Foundation.

– Brown, Susan (School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph, Canada), Brundin, Michael (Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory, University of Alberta, Canada), Chartrand, James (Open Sky Solutions, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), Knechtel, Ruth
(Canadian Writing Research Collaboratory, University of Alberta), MacDonald, Andrew (Open Sky Solutions, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), Rockwell, Geoffrey (Humanities Computing, University of Alberta, Canada), Sellmer, Megan (Humanities Computing, University of Alberta, Canada): “THE CWRC-WRITER BRIDGE: FROM CODER TO WRITER, XML TO RDF, DH TO MAINSTREAM” (http://dharchive.org/paper/DH2014/Poster-782.xml)

– Brown, Susan (University of Guelph), Adelaar, Nadine (University of Alberta), Dobson, Teresa (University of British Columbia), Knechtel, Ruth (University of Alberta), MacDonald, Andrew (McMaster University), Nelson, Brent (University of Saskatchewan), Peña, Ernesto (University of British Columbia), Radzikowska, Milena (Mount Royal University), Roeder, Geoff G. (University of British Columbia), Ruecker, Stan (IIT Institute of Design), Sinclair, Stéfan (McGill University), Windsor, Jennifer (University of Alberta), and INKE Research Group: “PROBING DIGITAL SCHOLARLY CURATION THROUGH THE DYNAMIC TABLE OF CONTEXTS” (http://dharchive.org/paper/DH2014/Poster-740.xml)

– Couture, Stéphane (McGill University, Canada), Sinclair, Stéfan (McGill University, Canada): “BEYOND THE TOOL : A REFLEXIVE ANALYSIS ON BUILDING THINGS IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES” (http://dharchive.org/paper/DH2014/Paper-805.xml)

– Eberle-Sinatra, Michael (Université de Montréal, Canada), Sinclair, Stéfan (McGill University, Canada), Dyens, Olliver (McGill University, Canada), Vitali Rosati, Marcello (Université de Montréal, Canada): “CRÉER UN CENTRE DE RECHERCHE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE SUR LES HUMANITÉS NUMÉRIQUES AU QUÉBEC : DÉFIS ET SUCCÈS” (http://dharchive.org/paper/DH2014/Poster-791.xml)

– Engel, Maureen (University of Alberta), Zwicker, Heather (University of Alberta), Frizzera, Luciano (University of Alberta), Pedraça, Samia (University of Alberta), Regattieri, Lorena (University of Alberta), Schoenberger, Zachary (University of Alberta), Windsor, Jennifer (University of Alberta): “VISUALIZING HOMELESSNESS” (http://dharchive.org/paper/DH2014/Poster-516.xml)

– Martin, Kim (University of Western Ontario), Greenspan, Brian (Carleton University), Quan-Haase, Anabel (University of Western Ontario): “STAK – SERENDIPITOUS TOOL FOR AUGMENTING KNOWLEDGE: BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL RESOURCES” (http://dharchive.org/paper/DH2014/Paper-314.xml)

– Martin, Kim (University of Western Ontario), Quan-Haase, Anabel (University of Western Ontario): “DESIGNING THE NEXT BIG THING: RANDOMNESS VERSUS SERENDIPITY IN DH TOOLS” (http://dharchive.org/paper/DH2014/Paper-425.xml)

– Montague, John Joseph (University of Alberta, Canada), Rockwell, Geoffrey (University of Alberta, Canada), Ruecker, Stan (IIT – Institute of Design, USA), Sinclair, Stéfan (McGill University, Canada), Brown, Susan (University of Alberta, Canada), Chartier, Ryan (University of Alberta, Canada), Frizzera, Luciano (University of Alberta, Canada), Simpson, John (University of Alberta, Canada): “SEEING THE TREES & UNDERSTANDING THE FOREST” (http://dharchive.org/paper/DH2014/Paper-924.xml)

– Siemens, Ray (University of Victoria): “ZAMPOLLI AWARD LECTURE: Communities of Practice, the Methodological Commons, and Digital Self-Determination in the Humanities” (http://dharchive.org/paper/DH2014/Plenary-11.xml)

– Sinclair, Stéfan (McGill University, Canada), Rockwell, Geoffrey (University of Alberta, Canada): “TOWARDS AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF TEXT ANALYSIS TOOLS” (http://dharchive.org/paper/DH2014/Paper-778.xml)

– Van Zundert, Joris (Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), Jannidis, Fotis (Würzburg University), Drucker, Johanna (University of California, Los Angeles), Rockwell, Geoffrey (University of Alberta), Underwood, Ted (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Kestemont, Mike (Antwerp University), Andrews, Tara (Bern University): “WHAT IS MODELING AND WHAT IS NOT?” (http://dharchive.org/paper/DH2014/Panel-671.xml)

– Stéfan Sinclair and Geoffrey Rockwell have a workshop titled “My Very Own Voyant: From Web to Desktop Application” (http://docs.voyant-tools.org/resources/run-your-own/voyant-server/)