CaSTA (the Canadian Symposium on Text Analysis) 2008 will be held at University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, 16-18 October 2008. The conference theme is “New Directions in Text Analysis.” There will also be a pre-conference seminar on “Digitizing Early Material Culture”

Invited speakers on“New Directions in Text Analysis” are

• David Hoover, Professor of English at New York University
• Hoyt Duggan, Professor Emeritus in English at University of Virginia
• Geoffrey Rockwell, Associate Professor in Humanities Computing and Multimedia at University of Alberta
• Cara Leitch, PhD candidate in English at University of Victoria

And on “Digitizing Early Material Culture,”

• Meg Twycross, Professor Emeritus of English, Lancaster University
• Lisa Snyder, Associate Director of the Experiential Technologies Centre, University of California Los Angeles

The conference program and registration information can be found at the CaSTA 2008 Website: https://ocs.usask.ca/casta08 -- Dr. Brent Nelson, Associate Professor Department of English 9 Campus Dr. University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A5 ======================= my office ph.: (306) 966-1820 main office ph.: (306) 966-5486 fax.: (306) 966-5951 e-mail: nelson@arts.usask.ca =======================