Welcome to the main website of author, editor, scholar, poet Myriam Diaz-Diocaretz, also signing as Myriam Diocaretz. Since 2007 she holds the Socrates Chair in Humanism and Digital Society (Socrates Leerstoel, “Humanistische visies op de electronische samenleving”). She first held this post until December 2008 at the Maastricht ICT Competence Centre – MICC, at Maastricht University; in January 2009 she was appointed as Extraordinary Professor at Tilburg University to continue exercising her Socrates Chair at the Tilburg centre for Creative Computing – TiCC in the Faculty of Humanities. Her current trans-disciplinary research relates philosophy, humanism, ICT and Knowledge Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Future and Emerging Technology. Since April 2006, she is also the Secretary-General of the European Writers’ Council / la Fédération des associations européennes d'écrivains, «EWC-FAEE A.I.S.B.L.» (Brussels), the federation of authors’ (writers and literary translators) national and trans-national associations in 32 European countries. EWC’s mission is to advocate for authors’ and creators’ moral, legal and economic rights in the 21st century, with a special focus on Intellectual Property and copyright the digital age.
Recent publications include: —“Rhythms and Robot Relations,” Myriam Diocaretz and H.Jaap van den Herik, editors, Special Issue of the International Journal of Social Robotics, Volume 1,Number 3 / August 2009,Journal no. 12369, 205-265, Springer, Netherlands. http://www.springer.com/engineering/robotics/journal/12369 —The 5th European Public Lending Right Conference Proceedings 2008 - Bucharest 19-21 September 2008. Myriam Diocaretz, editor, digital publication, European Writers’ Congress, The European Writer: ISSN 1560-4217. —Proceedings of the 4th European Public Lending Right Conference- Budapest 20-22 April 2007, Myriam Diocaretz, editor, digital publication June 2007, European Writers’ Congress. June 2007. —“Interactivity and the New Technological Imaginary” (Acta Poetica 27 2006). —The Matrix in Theory, ed. Myriam Diocaretz with Stefan Herbrechter, Rodopi, New York/Amsterdam, 2006.
Brief bio-biblio-text: Myriam Diocaretz has lectured extensively on critical studies, digital issues, eCulture, the digital age and authors’ rights, digital libraries, and on Humanism and Converging Technologies. She is the author, editor, and co-editor of over 18 books and over fifty scholarly essays in English, French and Spanish on poetics, translation studies, gender, and dialogical criticism. Selections of her poetry (originally written in Spanish) and essays (originally in English) have been translated into several languages including Italian, Croatian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Dutch. In the last five years she has published research and reports on ICT innovation, e-publishing, e-content, mobile Internet services, rich media authoring tools and LivingLabs innovation. As an academic editor she has established five scholarly book series in French, English and Spanish respectively, including Critical Studies (Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York), which she directs since 1989. International consultant for ICT services and monitoring of e-rights. She is the Chief Executive of MDD-Consultancy—Information Society Services, a company she founded in 1991. Since 2004 she has been selected as Independent Expert for the European Commission DG INFSO & Media for project reviews and evaluations on digital culture and cultural heritage, access to and preservation of cultural and scientific resources, and e-learning; also for the eTEN programme, and recently for DG Research, Social Sciences and Humanities (Seventh Framework Programme). She was a member of the i2010 digital libraries High Level Expert Group—Copyright Subgroup (INFSO & Media, 2006-2008) and is a member of several steering groups and international committees. Studies: PhD. in Comparative Studies, State University of New York; M.A. Stanford University; Lic. en Letras, University of Concepcion, Chile. Previous work experience: Senior Researcher, Head of the eCulture Unit, European Centre for Digital Communication/ Infonomics, 2001-2006, Maastricht; Worldwide Training Manager at WorldCom, Amsterdam; Training Co-ordinator at Stream International, Amsterdam. Several academic positions and guest lectures at universities in the USA and Europe.
