Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing

Welcome to the Centre for Literary and Linguistic Computing (CLLC), a unit within the Faculty of Education and Arts in the University of Newcastle. The Centre was established to continue the development and application of statistical and computing tools for the analysis of (literary) texts.

We undertake research funded by the University and outside bodies. Collaborative projects with outside bodies can be undertaken if suitable funding is available.

Centre Highlights

  • Emeritus Professor John Burrows presented the Wisbey Lecture in King's College, University of London in September 2006
  • In 2004 the CLLC hosted an international conference on humanities computing
  • Emeritus Professor John Burrows travelled to New York in June 2001 to receive the 2001 Busa Award
  • A Practicable Future for Computing in the Humanities: An International Symposium, The University of Newcastle, July 2001

Current Collaborations

  1. Priority Research Centre in Bioinformatics “Biomarker discovery and Information-based Medicine – on the classification and description of literary texts using bioinformatics and information theory quantifiers.”
  2. Centre for the Study of Research Training and its Impact “the Stylistics of PhD examination reports.”