The Association for History and Computing (AHC) was an organization dedicated to the use of computers in

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

research. The AHC was an international organization with the aim of promoting the use of computers in all types of historical study, both for teaching and research. It was originally proposed at a conference at Westfield College, University of London, in March 1986. It was founded during a second conference at the same location a year later in March 1987. The Association oversaw a journal, ''History and Computing'' (now International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing, published by

Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. History Edinburgh University Press was founded in the 1940s and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Edinburgh ...

References

External links

Journal of the Association for History and Computing (2005-2010)

AHC website
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version 2001 - internet archive
Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom History organisations based in the United Kingdom

History and Computing History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

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