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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Archives of IT is organising a one-day academic-practitioner forum on the Histories of the Internet in January 2024 and we are now looking for proposals for papers and discussions.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><br><span style='color:black;background:white'>The forum will be hosted at the Livery Hall of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists in Central London with space for 50 participants and the opportunity for more to join online.</span><br><span style='color:black;background:white'> It would be great if you would be personally interested in participating and we hope you could share this information with your network and alert anyone you think would benefit from the opportunity to propose a session.</span><br><span style='color:black;background:white'> </span><br><b><span style='color:black;background:white'>More about the Forum</span><br></b><span style='color:black;background:white'>The forum is designed to:</span><span style='background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>• foster more critical, multidisciplinary perspectives on the history of computers, telecommunications, the internet, and related digital media;</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><br><span style='color:black;background:white'>• illuminate how people, policies, initiatives and other social factors have shaped and are shaping technological developments;</span><br><span style='color:black;background:white'>• feature talks and panels identifying a variety of competing perspectives on innovations or other key events in the history of information and communication technologies</span><br style='box-sizing: inherit;line-height:inherit !important;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><br><span style='background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Calling for Abstracts of Proposed Papers</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>We are now calling for abstracts of proposed papers that will bring together the insights gained from historical perspectives on the internet technologies and applications in education, civil society, business, industry, politics and government.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><br><span style='color:black;background:white'> </span><br><span style='color:black;background:white'>Their aim will be to explore what can be learned from these histories and how historical perspectives can support future research, policy and practice for a network society.</span><br><span style='color:black;background:white'> </span><br><b><span style='color:black;background:white'>Abstracts of proposed papers should be between 300-600 words and sent to </span><br></b></span><b><a href="mailto:forum@archivesit.org.uk"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white'>forum@archivesit.org.uk</span></a></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>. The deadline is 9am, Monday 29 May.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><br><span style='color:black;background:white'>Those whose abstracts of proposed papers are accepted will be asked to provide a full paper, between 3,000 to 7,000 words, a month before the event.</span><span style='background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Click here for <b><a href="https://archivesit.org.uk/ait-forum-on-the-histories-of-the-internet-call-for-papers/" target="_blank" title="Full details about the AIT Forum"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Full details about the AIT Forum</span></a></b></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0F5C1A;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Tom Abram</span></b><span style='color:#201F1E;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0F5C1A;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Director – Archives of IT</span></b><span style='color:#201F1E;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#06400C;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="mailto:research@archivesit.org.uk"><span style='color:#0563C1'>research@archivesit.org.uk</span></a></span><span style='color:#201F1E;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="http://www.archivesit.org.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0F5C1A'>www.archivesit.org.uk</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#201F1E;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0F5C1A;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>> <a href="https://archivesit.org.uk/sign-up/" title="https://archivesit.org.uk/sign-up/"><span style='color:#0F5C1A'>Subscribe</span></a> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0F5C1A;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>to<span style='background:white'> our e-newsletter</span></span><span style='mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0F5C1A;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0F5C1A;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Follow us on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ArchivesIT" title="https://twitter.com/ArchivesIT"><b><span style='color:#0F5C1A'>@ArchivesIT</span></b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#06400C;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0F5C1A;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#0F5C1A;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Please support us at </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#06400C;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="https://archivesit.org.uk/get-involved-4/make-a-difference/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>https://archivesit.org.uk/get-involved-4/make-a-difference/</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Registered Charity No: 1164198</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. 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