Summary
The Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) is the primary international professional society for digital humanities. ACH was founded in 1978.[1] According to the official website, the organization "support[s] and disseminate[s] research and cultivate[s] a vibrant professional community through conferences, publications, and outreach activities." ACH is based in the United States, and has an international membership. ACH is a founding member of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO), a co-originator of the Text Encoding Initiative,[2] and a co-sponsor of an annual conference.
Conference edit
ACH has been a co-sponsor of the annual Digital Humanities conference (formerly ACH/ALLC, before that International Conference on Computing in the Humanities or ICCH) since 1989. From 2006, when ADHO was founded, the larger umbrella organization is the conference's official sponsor.
Journals edit
- Until 2004, Computers and the Humanities was the official journal of ACH.[3] (In 2005 it was renamed to Language Resources and Evaluation.[3]
- The print journal most closely associated with ACH is Literary and Linguistic Computing (Oxford University Press).
- The open-access, peer-reviewed journal of ACH is Digital Humanities Quarterly (ADHO).
Associated Organizations edit
ACH is joined in ADHO by:
- Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing (ALLC)
- Canadian Society for Digital Humanities/Société canadienne des humanités numériques (CSDH-SCHN)
Other related Organizations:
References edit
External links edit
- Official website