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Historein, a Greek English-language history journal which has been published since 1999, is now available electronically, with the support of the National Documentation Centre (EKT).
The move involves making available online all existing 11 issues of the journal, which contain more than 130 articles on historiography – as the history of historical writing is known – and the theory of history.
Providing immediate open access to its content reflects the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
The latest issue of the journal, entitled Politics and History: How to Deal with Tormented Pasts, addresses the question of how to come to terms with dark pasts amid memory laws, history wars, transitional justice and the creation of an international framework of norms regarding the teaching of history at school.
All submissions to Historein, which is published by the Athens-based Cultural and Intellectual History Society, are reviewed by an international panel of academics. The journal, which is also published annually in hardcopy by Nefeli, also carries reviews of the major works appearing on Greek history.
The transition to an open-access journal was implemented by the National Documentation Centre as part of its digital convergence programme, which is co-funded by the state and the European Union’s Regional Development Fund.
The journal will also be available online through the National Information System for Research and Technology, a rich digital resource of 4.5 million pages of electronic repositories, journals and digital libraries.
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September 19, 2012
Historein history journal goes open access
September 10, 2012
History and Theory of Historiography: Prizes and Conference
- ICHTH has begun its selection process of offering, for the first time, two prizes in the study of historiography and historical theory: 1) doctoral dissertation prize (defended between 2009 and 2011) and 2) best book prize. For any book or dissertation written in languages other than English, please submit a detailed summary of no less than 2,000 words in English. The deadline is Nov. 30, 2012. We encourage nominations and self-nominations from our members or from anyone interested in promoting the study of historiography and historical theory. Together with the work, which should be submitted in digital format, please also submit a detailed CV. All the application materials should be sent to Professor Chris Lorenz [c.f.g.lorenz@vu.nl] by the deadline for consideration.
- ICHTH is going to organize an open conference on “Historians as Engaged Intellectuals: Historical Writing and Social Criticism” at Ruhr University-Bochum, Sept. 19-21, 2013. Any ICHTH members interested in presenting their papers at the conference could submit a 150 words abstract to Professor Stefan Berger [stefan.berger@rub.de] by Dec. 30, 2012.
- http://www.historiographyinternational.org/
Antonis Liakos 