Hi,

I’m not Lisa.

But I will be taking on her role at the upcoming Digital Humanities 09 Conference in College Park, MD. I will be blogging from the conference, which begins with a keynote speech by Lev Manovich on Monday evening, June 22. If I can manage, I will even do some “live blogging.”

DH09 is the joint international conference of ALLC and ACH, the most prominent umbrella organizations for digital humanists. Depending on how you want to date things, it has run continously since 1973 (when ALLC held its first conference), 1989 (when ALLC and ACH held their first joint conference), or 2006 (when the joint ALLC/ACH conference was first called “Digital Humanities 06″). The conference alternates between North America and Europe. Last year’s meeting was at the University of Oulu in Finland. Next years meeting has not been set. Who knows, if the South Jersey Center for Digital Humanities @ Stockton College flourishes, the international community of digital humanities might descend upon Jimmie Leeds Road one day!

Here’s a link to the abstract book for the conference. Take a look. I’ve got a few ideas for sessions I want to see, but you can feel free to make your own recommendations.

John