Humanities AND computers? Some may flinch at the thought, but there is no doubt that the information technologies revolution has already permeated through society and the University canīt remain unaware when everything else is changing. Oxford University has been one of the first to respond to the challenge since the nineteen seventies. The Humanities Computing Unit of Oxford University is a well known and prestigious facility that provides support and advice in humanities computing to members of the University and beyond. They are engaged in national and international research ventures and have participated in the most interesting projects on this field being carried out in the UK.

I have been lucky enough to spend three months as a visiting researcher at the HCU this autumn, with Dr. Stuart Lee as my supervisor. Not only did I learn a lot about humanities computing, but also made good friends who kindly bore my daily inquisition with good grace. This report consists of a series of conversations with different researchers at the HCU, where they talk about the Unit, its history, their daily work, some current projects and humanities computing in general. I hope that the report helps to make their valuable work better known outside the UK, and also raises the subject of the necessity of similar initiatives in the Spanish universities.