[SIGCIS-Members] CFP Oral history Summer School - Deadline extended to May 27, 2009

[Thomas Haigh]

Following up Petri's email, here’s why you should apply if you're a grad student or post doc. 

First, Finland is great fun at that time of year. Stays light late, heavy drinking, tasty berries and vegetables, nice weather, deadpan humor. When you're there you'd probably also want to spend some time in Helsinki, and from they have a quick and affordable ferry from there to Tallin which is also lovely.

Second, the instructor lineup includes me and Tom Misa. Gerard Alberts is one of the organizers, Perti will obviously be there, and a meeting of the SOFT-EU project (http://www.science.uva.nl/history-of-computing/research/object.cfm/9B32BEE5-1321-B0BE-68D5DB731A41800C) is being held in conjunction with the summer school. So it's a great fit for people with history of computing interests and I'm hoping to see some of you there. 

Third, they have some money. That should probably have been point #1. It says http://www.hum.utu.fi/oppiaineet/kulttuurihistoria/memory.html  "Residential costs will be covered for all participants. A limited budget is available for a contribution to travel costs. The application must include a request for such assistance, including the amount." Transatlantic travel is cheaper than in recent years thanks to the global economic collapse. If coming from the US you might find the best bet is a cheap flight to London and then a separate ticket on a budget airline after a few days sightseeing. 

And of course oral history is a good thing to know about, and an increasingly popular activity in the history of computing as we're often dealing with the recent past.

Tom


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From: members-bounces at sigcis.org [mailto:members-bounces at sigcis.org] On Behalf Of Petri Paju
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Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] CFP Oral history Summer School - Deadline extended to May 27, 2009


Call for Papers - Deadline extended to May 27, 2009

"Oral History and Technological Memory: Challenges in Studying European
Pasts"

Summer School, 10–15 August 2009, University of Turku, Finland


See description and details in:
http://www.hum.utu.fi/oppiaineet/kulttuurihistoria/memory.html


How to apply:

Applicants are to send a cover letter, a CV and a motivation letter,
addressing the applicant’s interest in the issues related to the topic
of the Summer School by May, 27, 2009 to Prof. Hannu Salmi, email:
hansalmi(a)utu.fi. They will be informed about acceptance no later than
June 1, 2009.


Contact

For further information, contact  Dr. Petri Paju, Dept. of Cultural
History, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland, email:
petpaju(a)utu.fi.

Sponsors

* European Science Foundation
* Foundation for the History of Technology (the Netherlands)
* Research project Using IBM in Europe to Recapture the Lead (Academy of
Finland), part of a European consortium Software for Europe (ESF)
* Department of Cultural History, University of Turku, Finland

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