Peter G. Liddell Humanities Computing Award

Call for Applications/Nominations

Applications from students or nominations from faculty members are now being accepted for the Peter G. Liddell Humanities Computing Award. One or more awards of up to $1,000 are provided for undergraduate students with minimum third-year standing or to graduate students who have completed a project within the context of a course or thesis in the Faculty of Humanities that makes a significant creative or innovative contribution to humanities computing. Both individual and team projects are eligible; in the case of a team project, the award would be divided equally among team members.

The Humanities Computing and Media Centre established this award in 2006 with revenue generated by Half-Baked Software, Inc.  This company was created in collaboration with the University’s Innovation Development Corporation to commercialize innovative software. 

Examples of project types include but are not limited to

• an on-line edition of a text;
• a website in lieu of a term paper;
• text analysis research answering a research question;
• novel applications of existing technology to a humanities research question.

Winning projects must fulfill the following criteria:

• The project must be done in conjunction with a course offered in the Faculty of Humanities.
• The project must be complete rather than a work in progress.
• The electronic interface must function properly.
• The interface must be visually attractive.
• The project must demonstrate sound principles with regard to accessibility and digital humanities practice.

Either students or instructors may submit the attached application/nomination form to the office of the Dean of Humanities (Clearihue C305) by April 2. The adjudicating body will be the Advisory Committee to the Associate Dean of Humanities joined by founding donors Stewart Arneil and Martin Holmes of the Humanities Computing and Media Centre and Half-Baked Software. Questions about the award may be addressed to either Stewart Arneil (sarneil@uvic.ca) or Martin Holmes (mholmes@uvic.ca).

Winners will be announced at a ceremony to take place in April.

Current Liddell Humanities Computing Award Winner