CALL FOR PAPERS

International Symposium "New Directions in Textual Scholarship"

March 26, 2010 Saitama University, JAPAN
March 27, 2010 Printing　Museum, Tokyo, JAPAN

As a result of increasingly widespread use of the internet, the basis
of research in the humanities has witnessed a dramatic shift from a
dependence on primarily print-based research materials to a heavy
reliance on digital resources. This poses a whole new set of problems
that in turn necessitate a reassessment of the very foundations of
textual scholarship. In discussions of these problems, numerous voices
from the Anglo-American and German scholarly traditions have offered
significant contributions and advanced the discourse in innovative
new ways. Unfortunately, this crucial topic remains virtually absent
from scholarly debates in Japan.

It is therefore with great pleasure that we announce an upcoming
international symposium dedicated to these issues, to be held over
March 26 and 27 at Saitama University and the Printing Museum in
Tokyo, Japan. As the first conference in Japan to address these key
issues, we hope to stimulate a discussion that will not only convey
the timeliness and energy of these debates to Japan, but moreover
contribute to the advancement of textual scholarship in a global
context. We are particularly honored to have keynote addresses by two
of the most distinguished scholars of the field, Peter Shillingsburg
and Bodo Plachta, each of whom has fundamentally informed the ongoing
development of the Anglo-American and German traditions of textual
scholarship. This conference is multi-lingual; the primary languages
will be English, German, and Japanese.

The Programme Committee invites submission of abstracts of between 500
and 750 words on the following aspects of humanities research,
especially in relation to topics and/or issues pertaining to textual
scholarship:

* Globalization
* Digitalization
* Interdisciplinarity

Presentations should be no more than 20 minutes in length. In addition
to the abstract itself, participants should provide their name, e-mail
address, and institutional affiliation.

The deadline for submission of papers to the Programme Committee is
September 25, 2009. All submissions will be refereed. Presenters will
be notified of acceptance during early November.

Publication of a conference volume is also planned.

Inquiries and proposals should be submitted electronically to the
Programme Committee at: [log in to unmask]

For conference updates and information, please consult our website:
http://www.kyy.saitama-u.ac.jp/users/myojo/textjapantest/


Sincerely,

Kiyoko Myojo
kmyojo at mail dot saitama-u dot ac dot jp
Faculty of Liberal Arts, Saitama University
Fax: +81(0)48-858-3056

Christian Wittern
wittern at kanji dot zinbun dot kyoto-u dot ac dot jp
Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
Tel: +81(0)75-753-6966




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 Christian Wittern
 Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
 47 Higashiogura-cho, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8265, JAPAN