ABSTRACT
Where will Information Technology leave humanities education five, ten, twenty ... years from now. This essay addresses that question in the context of several current "crises" facing humanities scholarship and education. These crises have followed from the displacement of traditional philological work from the center of the literary and cultural studies' curriculum—in particular editorial theory and method, history of the language, and bibliographical studies. The coming of digital technology 50to the humanities has revealed the historical necessity of recovering these basic disciplinary skills.
