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Digital Humanities 2008
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Introduction
On behalf of the local organizers I am delighted to welcome you to the 25th Joint International Conference of the
Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing (ALLC) and the Association for Computers and the Humanities
(ACH) at the University of Oulu.
This is a very special year because this is also the 1st Joint International Conference of the ALLC, ACH and the
Society for Digital Humanities – Société pour l’étude des medias interactifs, as this year the SDH-SEMI joined the
Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), and I wish to extend a special welcome to them.
With over 16 000 students and 3000 staff members, the University of Oulu is one of the largest universities in
Finland. Linnanmaa, the campus area where the conference is being held, not only houses the University, but also
Technopolis, the largest technology centre in Finland, and VTT, the State Technical Research Centre. We hope that
this strong infl uence of technology and the opportunities it affords for multidisciplinary research will be of particular
interest to the conference delegates.
Many people have contributed to putting together the conference programme. I wish to thank the International
Programme Committee and particularly its Chair, Espen Ore, for all the hard work that they have put into making
this conference a varied and interesting one. I also wish to thank John Unsworth and Ray Siemens, who passed on
their experiences of the 2007 conference and helped us set up the conference management site.
I wish to thank Riikka Mikkola, Mikko Jokelainen, Ilkka Juuso and Toni Saranpää, who have all contributed to making
this conference happen. I also thank Tapio Seppänen of the Engineering Faculty for all his help and support.
I hope you will fi nd the conference stimulating and useful and that you enjoy meeting the fellow humanities computing
scholars from all over the world. If this is your fi rst time in northern Finland, I hope you like it and that it entices
you to come and visit us again.
Tervetuloa! — Welcome!
Lisa Lena Opas-Hänninen
Local Organizer
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