Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 13, No. 333.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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[1] From: "James J. O'Donnell" <jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu> (48)
Subject: a new Augustine seminar
[2] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (51)
Subject: NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETINGS 2000
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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 15:22:42 -0500 (EST)
From: "James J. O'Donnell" <jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>
Subject: a new Augustine seminar
In spring 1994 I taught an Internet seminar on the work and thought of
Augustine of Hippo, with 500 auditors from around the world. Now, about
three generations later in Internet time, I propose to repeat the seminar,
with multiple improvements.
In spring 2000 (beginning 1/17/2000) I will teach a course for advanced
undergrads and grad students at Penn called "The Unknown Augustine". For
now, see http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augsem.html. The purpose of the
course is to introduce students to Augustine and his work, but to do so in
a nontraditional way. We will begin by emphasizing his "ordinary" work --
sermons and letters, including texts newly discovered in the last twenty
years -- in order to form a picture of the man and his message and his
style. Only then will we return to the more familiar works, concluding
rather than beginning the course by reading the Confessions. It is being
offered at Penn as Latin 409 (for those who will do substantial reading in
the original) and Religious Studies 432 (for those who will do most or all
readings in English).
I am writing to offer you two ways to participate in this course.
(1) A small number of individuals will be invited to be
full participants alongside the students who meet in a
Penn classroom. We have new software systems to facilitate
this and it would be a good experiment in just how far and
well "distance learning" can interact with traditional
forms. This is the most exciting option. The University
has agreed to allow us to do this for a one-time fee of
$200 and I will limit the number of participants in this
form to no more than one "virtual" student for each
registered traditional student. If you are interested in
this option, please write me directly. You will be expected
to participate fully and perform all assignments, but your
work will be non-graded and not-for credit.
(2) If you would simply like to "audit" a limited set of
the course's activities (mainly an e-mail discussion
facilitated by weekly summaries of the in-class discussion),
please send e-mail to listproc@ccat.sas.upenn.edu with
the simple message "subscribe augsem Your Name" -- and you
will be added to that list. This old list (augustine@ccat.sas)
will be discontinued after I send this message -- many of the
addresses have gone bad and many of the recipients are no longer
interested. There is no charge for this kind of participation,
which will resemble (for those of you who were there) the
1994 internet seminar in form.
With best wishes to all for the new year: I hope many of you will choose
to join us in wrestling with Augustine in all his brilliance,
obstreperousness, charm, and stubbornness!
Jim O'Donnell
Classics, U. of Pennsylvania
jod@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 19:51:09 -0500
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETINGS 2000
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
January 3, 2000
PLEASE FORWARD
NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETINGS 2000 SERIES:
"COPYRIGHT & THE CULTURAL COMMUNITY"
<http://www.ninch.org/copyright/townmeetings/2000.html>
January 11 - Chicago Historical Society
February 4 - Syracuse University
February 26 - College Art Association Conference, New York
March 7 - Triangle Research Library Network, North Carolina
April 5 - Visual Resources Association Conference, San Francisco
May 18 - American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, Baltimore
With support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the National Initiative
for a Networked Cultural Heritage announces a new series of six Copyright
Town Meetings for the cultural community during the year 2000.
The series of day-long and half-day meetings builds on the popular
1997-98 Town Meetings on Copyright & Fair Use, organized jointly with the
American Council of Learned Societies and the College Art Association,
which focused on the Conference on Fair Use and its aftermath.
The 2000 series of Town Meetings will be held in Chicago, Syracuse, New
York City, Chapel Hill, San Francisco and Baltimore and will be hosted by
the Chicago Historical Society, Syracuse and Cornell Universities, the
College Art Association, the Triangle Research Library Network (North
Carolina), the Visual Resources Association and the American Association
of Museums.
Issues to be covered by the meetings include changes in copyright law as
it affects working online; fair use and its online future; the status of
the public domain; ownership and access of online copyrighted material;
distance education; and the development and implementation of
institutional and organizational copyright policies and principles.
A hallmark of the Town Meetings will be the balance of expert opinion and
audience participation. Speakers to date will include among others:
Robert Baron, Howard Besser, Kathleen Butler, Kenneth Crews, Eric Eldred,
Dakin Hart, Peter Hirtle, Tyler Ochoa, Rodney Petersen, Christine Sundt,
Barry Szczesny, Sandy Thatcher, Richard Weisgrau and Diane Zorich.
For full details on the Town Meetings, including information about
registration and any admission fees, agendas and speakers as they are
announced, as well as for later reports on the meetings, see
<http://www.ninch.org/copyright/townmeetings/2000.html>
For a full report on the 1997-98 Town Meetings series, see
<http://www.ninch.org/News/CurrentAnnounce/TownMeeting-FinalReport.html>
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Local committees have organized the town meetings, which have been
coordinated and reviewed by the NINCH Town Meetings Working Group. The
Copyright Town Meetings series is a component of the NINCH Copyright
Education Program, organized by the NINCH Advocacy Working Group.
NINCH TOWN MEETINGS WORKING GROUP:
Kathe Albrecht, American University/Visual Resources Association
Mary Case, Association of Research Libraries
Robert Baron and Katie Hollander, College Art Association
Kenneth Crews, Indiana University
Georgia Harper, University of Texas
Sanford Thatcher, Pennsylvania State University Press/Association of
American University Presses
Pat Williams & Barry Szczesny, American Association of Museums
Martha Winnacker, University of California.
NINCH ADVOCACY WORKING GROUP
Kathe Albrecht, American University/Visual Resources Association
Rachel Allen, National Museum of American Art/Museum Computer Network
Kimber Craine, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Anita DiFanis, Association of Art Museum Directors
Susan Fox, Society of American Archivists
Charles Henry, Rice University
Pat Williams/Barry Szczesny, American Association of Museums
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