Willard McCarty <MCCARTY@vm.epas.utoronto.ca> (01/11/90)
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 920. Wednesday, 10 Jan 1990. (1) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 90 10:03:00 EST (24 lines) From: DJT18@hull.ac.uk Subject: CATH 90: From Rhetoric to Reality (2) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 90 10:14 CDT (32 lines) From: <MG6BE8@PANAM> Subject: International Humor Conference (3) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 90 10:16 CDT (42 lines) From: <MG6BE8@PANAM> Subject: Contemporary Legend Conference (4) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 90 13:25:39 PST (46 lines) From: "[DCGQAL]A0234" <XB.DAS@STANFORD.BITNET> Subject: [DCGQAL]A0234!Eastern Europe (5) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 90 17:15:37 EST (27 lines) From: ROBERTS@UMDC Subject: an Annenberg/CPB special funding Initiative (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 90 10:03:00 EST From: DJT18@hull.ac.uk Subject: CATH 90: From Rhetoric to Reality For distribution to all Humanists, please The Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Modern Languages is organising a Workshop as part of CATH 90, to be held at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, 2-5 April 1990. "For some time now the promise of a computer revolution has been held out to teachers in the humanities in higher education. But how real are the opportunities it offers? What effect are computers having on the humanities?" Further details of CATH 90 may be obtained from Dr R Dyckhoff, Local Organiser, CATH 90, Dept of Computational Science, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, Scotland, UK. Information about the CTI Centre for Modern Languages, or a free copy of ReCALL with Software Guide may be obtained from Mrs June Thompson, Information Officer, CTICML, School of Modern Languages & Cultures, University of Hull, HU6 7RX, UK, Email: CTI.Lang@uk.ac.hull. Reply to Jan Eveleth's message, Tues 19 Dec 89, re E-dictionaries Harraps multilingual dictionaries on CD-ROM would seem ideal for your purposes. In the UK they are available from Multi Lingua, 61 Chiswick Staithe, Hartington Road, London W4 3TP (2) --------------------------------------------------------------38---- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 90 10:14 CDT From: <MG6BE8@PANAM> Subject: International Humor Conference I would appreciate it if the following announecemnt could be posted. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL HUMOR CONFERENCE Sheffield, England The Eighth International Humor Conference will take place at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England between July 29 and August 4, 1990. Abstracts for the conference are due on February 15, 1990. The estimated cost of the conference is $450.00 which includes registration and room and board exclusive of transportation to Sheffield. For more information on the conference and abstracts write to: Mark Glazer, President International Society for Humor Studies College of Arts and Sciences The University of Texas at Pan American Edinburg, Texas 78539 (512) 381-3551 e-mail: MG6BE8@PANAM.BITNET (3) --------------------------------------------------------------48---- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 90 10:16 CDT From: <MG6BE8@PANAM> Subject: Contemporary Legend Conference I would appreciate if you could post the following announcement. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORATY LEGEND THE EIGHT INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR 23-27 JULY 1990 Center for English Cultural Tradition and Language, Sheffield, English. Each summer since 1982 the Center for English Cultural Tradition and Language has hosted a seminar for scholars working in the area of contemporary legend. The encouraging response to these meetings has prompted us to host a further seminar to be held in the summer of 1990. This, it is hoped, will enable those interested in contemporary legend to keep in touch with current research and also provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. The meeting, scheduled to extend over a five day period, will function as a series of seminars in that the majority of those attending will be expected to present papers and/or contribute to the discussion sessions. If you wish to participate in the seminar, abstracts of papers (up to 400 words and typed in double spacing) should reach the convenor at the address below by the 1st of March,1990. Similarly if you would like to propose any special discussion sessions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. For further information regarding the conference, please contact: Paul Smith, The International Association for Contemporary Legend Research, Department of Folklore, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, AIC 5S7. (4) --------------------------------------------------------------53---- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 90 13:25:39 PST From: "[DCGQAL]A0234" <XB.DAS@STANFORD.BITNET> Subject: [DCGQAL]A0234!Eastern Europe On a purely personal and informal basis, I've become involved in an colloquy which appears to be heading in the direction of a project / proposal / effort to help foster some primitive form of electronic communications network behind the Iron Curtain. Perhaps the first way to begin the process is mereley to promote the establishment of store-front computer and copy centers in various cities or on various campuses, similar to Kinko's or Copy Mat. The idea is that such facilities are not raw material dependent, but could support any of a variety of the entreprenureal and free market developments that seem to be emerging all over Eastern Europe, through desktop publishing, computer access, availability of generic software, and perhaps even some computer courses. It will take some initial seed money, maybe a grant or two, or some guardian angel, and a lot of willingness. The results of such an experiment could be particularly interesting, however, and might well be worth while in the long term. As always, there are barriers, legal, bureaucratic, personal, and inertial. I'd be pleased to hear reactions from any HUMANISTs who might contribute suggestions, encouragement, help, or reality checks. Cordially, Chet Grycz Scholarship and Technology Study Project ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Czeslaw Jan Grycz | BITNET: "[DCGQAL]A0234 Grycz" <XB.DAS@STANFORD> University of California | - or - CJGUR@UCCMVSA Kaiser Center, Eighth Floor | AppleLink: A0234 300 Lakeside Drive | MCI Mail: 262-7719 Oakland, California | Phone: (415) 987-0561 94612-3550 | FAX: (415) 839-3573 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =END= (5) --------------------------------------------------------------35---- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 90 17:15:37 EST From: ROBERTS@UMDC Subject: an Annenberg/CPB special funding Initiative The Annenberg/CPB Project Announces A Special Funding Initiative The Project seeks proposals from a broad range of 2- and 4-year colleges and universities that would use technologies to make academic programs more accessible to more types of students. Priority will be given to projects that can serve individuals who face constraints of schedule, distance, physical impairment, and/or cost. Submission Deadline: May 15, 1990 For guidelines, write or call: The Annenberg/CPB Project 1111 Sixteenth Street NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 955-5256 or send electronic mail to: roberts@umdc.bitnet