TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– To introduce the theme of this special issue which contains a selection of papers presented at the Association for History and Computing UK (AHC‐UK) annual conference in 2004.Design/methodology/approach– The role of the AHC in the UK is described and the reasons for choosing the theme of the 2004 conference, Recasting the Past: Digital Histories, are outlined along with the original call for papers.Findings– The contributors to this issue come from a wide geographic area and reflect the delegates at the conference by being archivists, historians, librarians and researchers.Originality/value– Provides an introduction to the special issue. VL - 39 IS - 4 SN - 0033-0337 DO - 10.1108/00330330510627917 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/00330330510627917 AU - Anderson Ian G. AU - Tedd Lucy A. ED - Ian Anderson ED - Lucy A. Tedd PY - 2005 Y1 - 2005/01/01 TI - Digital Histories T2 - Program PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 293 EP - 296 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -