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The John and Bebe Petrou Foundation, the Department of English, and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) are very pleased to announce the 2006 Bebe Koch Petrou Lectures on NEW MEDIA STORYTELLING at the University of Maryland, College Park. There will be two speakers associated with this event, coming to campus on separate days. All events are free and open to the public. The first will be on Monday, April 17th. SHELLEY JACKSON will present "Shelley Jackson's Interstitial Library" at 3:30 in Susquehanna Hall 1120. There will also be a more casual colloquium discussion at MITH (McKeldin Library, B0131) earlier in the day at 11:00, which all are welcome to attend. Jackson is an internationally recognized writer, electronic artist, and theorist and practitioner of new performance media.

MITH is pleased to pass along word of the First Annual Nebraska Digital Workshop, sponsored by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities (CDRH) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, September 22-23, 2006. This is an oustanding opportunity for pre-tenure faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students working in digital humanities.

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