H-Soz-u-Kult (''Humanities – Sozial und Kulturgeschichte'') is an online information and communication platform for

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

s which disseminates academic news and publications. The project is committed to the principles of

open access Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 definition), or libre op ...

and community network. Since its founding in 1996 the central editorial office is located at the History Department of the

Humboldt University Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. H-Soz-u-Kult is part of

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and one of the most important online communication and information services for Historians in the

German-speaking world This article details the geographical distribution of speakers of the German language, regardless of the legislative status within the countries where it is spoken. In addition to the German-speaking area (german: Deutscher Sprachraum) in Europe, ...

. It is read by more than 20,000 email subscribers in over 70 countries. In 2012, around one million page views by up to 210,000 unique visitors were registered per month on the website. H-Soz-u-Kult publishes a wide range of

book review __NOTOC__ A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is merely described (summary review) or analyzed based on content, style, and merit. A book review may be a primary source, opinion piece, summary review or scholarly revie ...

s, conference reports, job offers, scholarships, tables of contents of

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s, literature reports and other news from the historical science community. Most publications are in German but the number of English publications continually increases. The book reviews are the main emphasis of H-Soz-u-Kult – more than 12,000 reviews were accessible on its website in 2013. H-Soz-u-Kult’s main editorial office at the

of Berlin is supported by a pro bono editorial staff which consists of over 40 researchers from almost all fields of historical science. H-Soz-u-Kult is a part of Clio-online, a partner in a wide range of other academic projects, and was supported by the

German Research Foundation The German Research Foundation (german: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ; DFG ) is a German research funding organization, which functions as a self-governing institution for the promotion of science and research in the Federal Republic of Germ ...

for many years. The editorial range has been augmented with contributions from the complementary forums history.transnational and zeitgeschichte-online since 2004 and infoclio.ch since 2009. Current articles from the academic world can be accessed via H-Soz-u-Kult’s website, email and RSS-feeds. H-Soz-u-Kult is the official media partner of the German Union of Historians.

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H-Soz-u-Kult (english web page)
{{Authority control Academic publishing Open access journals History organisations based in Germany Digital humanities Social sciences organizations Electronic mailing lists German-language journals Internet properties established in 1996