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Specific Disciplinary or Pedagogical focus

These are devoted to a specific discipline or teaching activity, whether within a particular department or shared among a small group of departments. Some members hold academic appointments.

1. Bereich Historische Fachinformatik, Humboldt-Universität (Berlin) X], a department with several scholars, focuses on informatics in history, lists courses that may substitute for regular history department offerings.
2. Computerlinguistik und Technologie, Universität Bielefeld [X], in the Facultät für Linguistik und Literaturwissenschaft, offers programmes in the following two areas. Computerlinguistik is a concentration within the regular programme of Linguistics, which comprises three tracks: (1) Language, cognition and activity, (2) Language and digital media, (3) Spoken language. Texttechnologie is a minor programme that may be combined with any other major subject in the Faculty.
3. Concentration in Computers and English Studies, Department of English, Texas at Austin (U.S.) [X], seeks to develop and sustain a dialogue between print-based culture and the emergent culture(s) of electronic information; students develop both theoretical and practical understanding of print and electronic textuality, expertise in applying contemporary technology to more traditional problems in rhetoric or literary scholarship and teaching, and have the opportunity to explore new modes of research and instruction, continually assessing the impact of the technologies they use upon the construction of their objects of study and finally, of the field of inquiry itself.
4. Goldberg Program for Excellence in Teaching, Department of History, The Ohio State University (U.S.) [X] supports and encourages the thoughtful use of digital technology for teaching and learning by providing workshops, colloquia and tutorials. In addition to maintaining a multimedia archive, the Goldberg Program engages in “digital public outreach” to schoolteachers and the general public through the eHistory portal (eHistory.osu.edu) and through the History Teaching Institute (hti.osu.edu).
5. Institut für Multimedia und Datenverarbeitung in den Geisteswissenschaften, Philosophische Fakultät, Universität Rostock [X]. Research projects in cartography, hypertextual information systems, statistics and quantitative methods; courses in visualization, media theory, application of multimedia to historical studies.
6. Ancient World Mapping Center, (North Carolina at Chapel Hill) [X], exists to promote cartography and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient studies.
7. Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, ADFA (Canberra, Australia) [X], a research centre with involvement in the development of electronic scholarly editions and associated technologies.
8. Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities, Stanford (U.S.) [X], is engaged in the development of large databases of musical and textual materials for applications in research, teaching and performance.
9. Center for Electronic Projects in American Culture Studies (CEPACS) (Georgetown, U.S.) [X], founded in 1994 to coordinate and develop a range of electronic projects related to interdisciplinary studies in the culture and history of the United States. CEPACS supports a range of projects affiliated with the American Studies Program and English Department at Georgetown University.
10. Center for History and New Media (George Mason, U.S.) [X], Since 1994, the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University has used digital media and computer technology to democratize history—to incorporate multiple voices, reach diverse audiences, and encourage popular participation in presenting and preserving the past. CHNM combines cutting edge digital media with the latest and best historical scholarship to promote an inclusive and democratic understanding of the past as well as a broad historical literacy.
11. Center for Literary Computing, West Virginia (U.S.) [X], a research lab and instructional support center in the Department of English, providing a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment to support research and instruction.
12. Center for New Media, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore (MD) [X], "The Center for New Media at MICA is developing and coordinating partnerships with arts organizations, educational institutions, and industry to initiate collaborative opportunities in a complex interdisciplinary field. The Center for New Media serves as a bridge between the arts and its technology and educational partners by showcasing the research and media experimentation at MICA across the disciplines."
13. Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics, Carnegie Mellon (U.S.), [X], pursues distinctive research in applied ethics and ethics education. Its mission is to help recover ethics from academic abstraction by researching and presenting ethical issues in practical settings, but with appropriate interdisciplinary perspectives and theoretical bearings. The Center has explored abortion, conflict resolution, euthanasia, forgery, counterfeiting and other ethical problems through multimedia technologies.
14. Computerunterstützte Interpretation von Texten, Münster (Germany) [X], a project in the theological faculty focused on New Testament studies.
15. Cultural VR Lab, University of California at Los Angeles (U.S.) [X], creates highly accurate 3D computer models of culturally significant sites around the world. Since 1998, the Lab has been focusing on its pilot project, ancient Rome. Models have been made of buildings on the north and south side of the Roman Forum and also of the Early Christian Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.
16. Feminist Humanities Project, University of Oregon (U.S.) [X] is building, testing, and modeling methods for creating a comprehensive digital materials collection of primary texts and images for research on women and gender in history with an initial focus on a) women and gender in ancient Mesoamerica (the Nahuatl culture) and b) medicine and childbirth in medieval Europe. It is also assisting faculty in developing digital teaching units (DTUs) on a wide range of topics related to women and gender.
17. Gruss Lipper Digital Laboratory, New York, (U.S.) [X]. Provides an extensive range of digital collection building services for the five partners of the Center for Jewish History, from digitization and metadata creation/enhancement through to digital asset management and delivery to end users.
18. Media Center for Art History, Columbia (U.S.) [X], considers the application of imaging and information technologies for research, teaching, and publishing in art history and particularly the innovative analysis of architecture and the constructed environment.
19. Virginia Center for Digital History, Virginia (U.S.) [X], an outgrowth of the popular Valley of the Shadow American Civil War project. Goal is to develop high-quality, well-researched, and reliable history materials for the World Wide Web and deliver them to schools, colleges, libraries, historical societies, and the general public.
20. Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture, and Archaeology, University of California, San Diego (U.S.) [X], is developing new tools and techniques to reconstruct and analyze the history of great works of art, monumental structures as well as archaeological sites and artifacts.