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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>Apologies for cross-posting...<BR>
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We are pleased to announce the formation of the Australasian Association for Digital Humanities (aaDH).<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#172DCD"><U><a href="http://aa-dh.org/">http://aa-dh.org/</a><BR>
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The formation of the Association is the outcome of a workshop, sponsored by the Australian Academy of the Humanities, held on 22 March 2011 at the Australian National University . The workshop brought together 40 leading researchers, project directors and sector representatives to plan for the establishment of an Australasian professional association. Two international guests, Professor Ray Siemens (Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing at Victoria University) and Dr Patrik Svensson (Director of HUMlab, the digital research centre at Umeå University, Sweden) gave keynote lectures that positioned Australasian digital humanities research in a global context<BR>
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The Association was formed to strengthen the digital humanities research community in our region and to work with other international associations within the field. The professional association will act to support and extend links between digital humanities researchers, improve professional development opportunities and provide international leverage for local projects and initiatives.<BR>
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We will hold our Annual General Meeting at the 'Sustainable data from digital research: Humanities perspectives on digital scholarship at the University of Melbourne, 12-14th December.<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#172DCD"><U><a href="http://paradisec.org.au/2011Conf.html">http://paradisec.org.au/2011Conf.html</a><BR>
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In the first year we will develop a sustainable membership model for the association, but in the interim period please subscribe to our email list to keep up-to-date with events and opportunities.<BR>
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Kind regards,<BR>
Deb Verhoeven<BR>
(for the interim committee)<BR>
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Dr Paul Arthur, ANU, Chair (Chair’s Welcome)<BR>
Professor Jane Hunter, UQ, Vice Chair<BR>
Dr Craig Bellamy, VeRSI, Secretary<BR>
Dr Katherine Bode, ANU<BR>
Professor Hugh Craig, University of Newcastle<BR>
Dr Ian Johnson, University of Sydney<BR>
Mr Gavan McCarthy, University of Melbourne,<BR>
Dr Sydney Shep, Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand<BR>
Dr Tim Sherratt, National Museum of Australia<BR>
Professor Deb Verhoeven, Deakin University, Melbourne</SPAN></FONT></FONT>
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