Call for participants in a workshop on Early Bengali Books Online: 1778-1914:
A New Digital Humanities Resource to Transform Scholarship
National Library Kolkata 6-7 January 2011
The AHRC and the British Library are jointly funding Digital Knowledge Exchange workshops in India. This is part of a series of strategic engagements among researchers and cultural institutions in the UK and India. The AHRC is co-funding these workshops as part of its developing India research strategy as well as its new ‘Digital Transformations’ research programme.
The AHRC is seeking to fund up to 10 researchers to participate in a workshop to be held in the National Library of Kolkata on 6 and 7 January 2011. The AHRC will pay travel, subsistence and accommodation and will organise flight and accommodation arrangements for participants.
Applications are sought from researchers based at UK research organisations with an interest in any aspect of Bengali language, history or culture and/or specialists in digital humanities who are interested in the transformative potential of digital resources more generally. We encourage applications that stimulate an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary approach. Applications are also welcomed from early career researchers. The details of the programme will be devised once the participants are known. We will ask all participants to prepare presentations for the workshop, but we will not be seeking formal research papers.
The Indian Higher Education Cell (HE Cell) will be coordinating the participation of India-based researchers.
Please see Further Information below for details of the call and how to apply.
AHRC are running a light touch application process for this call. Applications are sought from researchers with an interest in any aspect of Bengali language, history or culture and/or specialists in digital humanities who are interested in the transformative potential of digital resources, more generally. We encourage applications that stimulate an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary approach. Applications are also welcomed from early career researchers. The details of the programme will be devised once the participants are known. We will ask all participants to prepare presentations for the workshop, but we will not be seeking formal research papers.
Applicants are asked to submit by email a one page statement on their suitability to attend the workshop, accompanied by a short (2 page maximum) c.v. outlining current post and major research outputs or projects of relevance to this theme to CreativeandPerformingArts@ahrc.ac.uk by Friday 5th November. The email must be clearly identified by using the text: AHRC/BL Bengali Books Workshop in the email title field.
Please note that by submitting an application, applicants are committing themselves to attend the workshop if selected.