This is a joint conference between:
Each year, the conference alternates between Europe and North America. In 2004, the conference was held in Göteborg, Sweden, and in 2003 it was in Athens, Georgia, USA. In 2005, it will be held at the University of Victoria, in British Columbia, Canada.
This is the largest conference of its kind in the field of Humanities Computing. The University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre (HCMC) is proud to be the host organization. This year we expect approximately 200 delegates from mostly Europe and North America, though many will be attending from other parts of the world.
Victoria, BC has the mildest climate in Canada, and is known as the "Garden City". It is located on Vancouver Island on the Pacific coast of North America. There is a reason why Victoria has been named one of the Top 10 Best Foreign Cities in the World by Condé Nast Traveler magazine. In fact, there is an island full of reasons and all of them point to this seaside, resort-style destination as the perfect location for our conference. Victoria is a city of charm, character, and vitality.
Victoria offers rugged West Coast beauty with year round outdoor adventure activities combined with a sophisticated air of British history amongst a city of gardens. Victoria offers world-class golf courses, salmon fishing and garden tours to name only a few options. With the mildest climate in Canada, Victoria is ideal for our conference.
Victoria's professional and community performing arts companies offer year-round entertainment, ranging from mainstream to experimental. From opera to symphony to an assortment of concerts, plays, musicals and films, Victoria has something to entice everyone. For more about the city, check out the Tourism Victoria Website.
The University of Victoria is one of Canada's leading comprehensive universities, with over 18,000 students in 10 faculties, as well as many interdisciplinary teaching and research centres. The natural beauty of the conference site can be seen in these Slideshows (one shows the cluster-housing accommodation). UVic's Humanities Computing and Media Centre, which is hosting the conference, provides computing and programming support for teaching and research in the Humanities through its three computer labs and its Research and Development office. The facility also hosts a yearly Digital Humanities / Humanities Computing Summer Institute, which provides workshops, seminars and lectures in humanities computing topics.