---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for Chinese Studies Newsletter http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 07 Jun 2003 (HL) New in IGCS - Scholarly journals: Historiography East and West: A Multi-Lingual On-line Journal For Studies In Comparative Historiography And Historical Thinking Ed./Corp.: Brill Academic Publisher, Leiden, The Netherlands. URL.: http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/axelschneider/hgew/index.htm Language: English and Chinese, with some articles written in Dutch, French, German, and Japanese. ISSN: 1570-1867. Numbering: 1.1 (2003) -. Frequency: Semiannual. Supplied note: "This is a most exciting undertaking. Historiography East and West envisions the creation of a new space where scholars will be able both to advance understanding of Asian historical theory and practice through comparison with Western history-writing traditions, and at the same time invigorate Western historiography by encouraging its engagement with the history-writing traditions of Asia. This is precisely the direction we should be moving in if we hope to acquire a more inclusive, less parochially grounded, appreciation of how over time diverse human communities have thought, felt, and written about the past." (Paul Cohen, Harvard University, USA) Self description: "[...] The editorial board of Historiography East and West is committed to the idea of opening a worldwide discussion on issues of history writing and therefore invites contributors to submit their manuscripts in Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, and Japanese. Manuscripts will go through a process of peer-review and, once accepted for publication, will be accompanied by summaries in English and Chinese to make readers aware of their contents who are not able to read them in their respective language of publication. Outstanding articles first published in the online-journal will be selected for republication in a book every other year. [...]" Description: Edited by Axel Schneider, Leiden University, The Netherlands, and Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Vienna University, Austria. Availability: 1st issue free, then tables of contents only. Note: Documents available in RealPage, PDF and SVG formats only. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno E. Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINESE STUDIES -- editor http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ An archive of this list as well as an subscribe/unsubscribe facility is available at: http://listserv.uni-heidelberg.de/archives/igcs-l.html