CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT: THE BIBLE AND COMPUTERS

Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:54:45 -0500
From: Adam Mendelsohn [amend@BRANDEIS.EDU]
Subject: CFP: "The Bible and Computers: Present and Future of a Discipline"

From: "J. de Prado Plumed" [jesusdeprado.n2@gmail.com]
Subject: Bible and Computers 2008 conference, El Escorial (Madrid)
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:52 AM

International Conference on "The Bible and Computers: Present and Future of a Discipline"

El Escorial (Madrid), June, 16th-19th, 2008

" Following the example set by the previous seven Conferences organised by the Association Internationale "Bible et Informatique", and especially after the last AIBI-7 Conference held in Leuven (2004), the Universidad Complutense de Madrid is organising a new International Conference on the Bible and Computers, which is scheduled to take place in June 2008.

The enormous advance and technical achievements provided in the last thirty years by the application of computers technology to the edition and analysis of Biblical texts require a critical evaluation from a historical perspective. This evaluation should focus on the mentioned achievements, but also on the failed objectives, and future challenges as well. There is a need to evaluate the current tools available in the field of Bible and computers, and a necessity to consider the adequate research trend in order to satisfy the increasing demand of software related to the computer assisted programs for linguistic analysis of the Bible."

Paper proposals and abstracts of maximum 1 page should be sent to the following e-mail address: mad08bei@filol.ucm.es
Presentations will be limited to 20 minutes.

The organisation will offer financial support to 5 young scholars or doctoral students interested in attending the conference. Applicants should send CV and a cover letter including a brief statement of their current research by email (mad08bei@filol.ucm.es).

Note that call for papers closes on January 31st 2008.
http://www.ucm.es/info/mad08bei/index.htm

(Via the H-JUDAIC list.)