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H-Net ("Humanities & Social Sciences Online") is an interdisciplinary forum for scholars in the
humanities
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and
social sciences
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. It is best known for hosting
electronic mailing list
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s organized by
academic discipline
An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...
s; according to the organization's website, H-Net lists reach over 200,000 subscribers in more than 90 countries.
The H-Net Network has grown until it is now endorsed by many academic professional organizations. Its over 180 topic- or discipline-specific lists are often the primary internet forum for scholars. Individual lists are edited by a team of scholars and each has a board of editors. H-Net is hosted by the Department of History at
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...
.
Online services
In addition to its email lists, H-Net provides three related online services:
*H-Net Reviews: 46,000+ reviews of books and other publications, commissioned and published on its website and through its
listservs
*H-Net Job Guide: academic position announcements, available on its website and through email
*H-Net Academic Announcements: announcements of academic conferences, calls for papers, and programs
Discussion networks
Many of the lists deal with various areas of historical study. Within two years of its founding, H-Net was recognized as being "among the most dynamic and effective contributions" to the internationalization of scholarship.
History
H-Net began in 1992 as an initiative of Prof.
Richard J. Jensen
Richard Joseph Jensen (born October 24, 1941) is an American historian, who was professor of history at the University of Illinois, Chicago, from 1973 to 1996. He has worked on American political, social, military, and economic history as well as ...
of the History department at the
University of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is a public research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, adjacent to the Chicago Loop. The second campus established under the University of Illinois ...
, to assist historians "to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to share information on access to library catalogs and other electronic databases; and to test new ideas and share comments on current historiography."
[Richard Jensen, "H-Net announces 13 new scholarly lists in history,]
E-Mail of 24 Jun 1993
Thomas Zielke, "Official Introduction of The History Network
H-Net is now organized as an international consortium of scholars in the humanities and social sciences and its networks are hosted by
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...
.
In 2010, the H-Net president is historian
Jean A. Stuntz of
West Texas A&M University
West Texas A&M University (WTAMU or WT) is a public university in Canyon, Texas. It is the northernmost campus of the Texas A&M University System and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). It was established on S ...
.
See also
*
hprints
hprints ( pronounced in English as aitch prints) is an archive for electronic preprints of academic papers in the fields of arts and humanities. It can be accessed freely via the Internet since it is an open access repository aiming at making ...
, an
open access
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repository for Nordic academic research in the arts and humanities
Notes
References
* Matthew Gilmore
"H-Net: Digital Discussion for Historians" ''Perspectives: The Newsletter of the American Historical Association'', 45: 5 (May 2007).
* Richard J. Jensen
(1997). A discussion of H-Net and its origins from the perspective of the founder.
* Mark Lawrence Kornbluh
"H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine,"''Perspectives: The Newsletter of the American Historical Association'', 37: 2 (February 1999).
* Joel D. Kitchens
"Clio on the Web: An Annotated Bibliography of Select E-Journals for History,"''Perspectives: The Newsletter of the American Historical Association'', 38: 2 (Feb. 2000).
* John McClymer
''The AHA Guide to Teaching and Learning with New Media'' (Washington:
The American Historical Association
The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world. Founded in 1884, the AHA works to protect academic freedom, develop professional s ...
), 2005.
* Andrew McMichael
"The Historian, the Internet, and the Web: A Reassessment,"''Perspectives: The Newsletter of the American Historical Association'', 36: 2 (Feb. 1998).
* Jeremy D. Popkin,
From Herodotus to H-Net: The Story of Historiography'' (Oxford UP, 2015, ).
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External links
H-Net CommonsH-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
Tertiary educational websites
Digital humanities
Social sciences organizations
Electronic mailing lists
Internet properties established in 1992