<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">The <i>IEEE Annals of the
History of Computing </i>invites submissions for a special issue titled
“<b>Governance in the History of Computing</b>.” Edited by Gerardo Con Diaz
(University of California, Davis), this special issue will showcase how formal
and informal forms of governance (from law and policy to self-policing) have
shaped the history of computing broadly conceived. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">            In recent
years, scholars have developed a keen interest on the historical relationships
between information technology and governance. Their work is revealing that
computing and telecommunications technologies have been inseparable from the
web of formal and informal forms of governance in which they are embedded. In
the process they are showing how the study of law, policy, and regulation can
shed new light on every major theme in the history of computing—from the design
and commercialization of specific technologies, to the politics of their usage,
representation, and disposal. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">            This special
issue aims to bring these scholars together. We welcome papers that draw from the
history of computing and its allied fields, including STS, media studies,
environmental studies, business history, and gender and sexuality studies, to
name a few. Papers addressing any time period from the early nineteenth century
to recent past are welcome, as are those with any geographical focus. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:0.5in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Garamond,serif">Some
topics of interest include:<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">Computing,
free speech, privacy, and censorship<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">Criminal
activity, due process, and punishment<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">Corporate
governance and industry standards<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">Gender
and race politics of IT governance<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">Computing
and environmental policy<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">Internet
standards and regulation<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">Ownership
rights and piracy<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">Influential
court opinions at the local, national, or international level<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">If you are interested, please submit an abstract (250 words)
to Gerardo Con Diaz (</span><a href="mailto:Condiaz@ucdavis.edu"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">Condiaz@ucdavis.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Garamond,serif">) by <b>January 26, 2018. </b>Accepted papers will
be due for peer review in the summer of 2018. You may also contact him with any
questions, or to discuss potential topics.<span></span></span></p></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2" face="georgia, serif">Gerardo Con Diaz</font></i><br></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Assistant Professor</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Science and Technology Studies<br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">University of California, Davis</font></div><div><a href="http://www.condiaz.com" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif">www.condiaz.com</font></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>