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This welcome message is designed to provide you with basic information about this network. It contains information on using the list (managing your subscription; tips on contacting and communicating via the list; mailing addresses of the list editors; a list of the current editorial board); rules for posting (style, editorial practice); information about the network's associated service on the World Wide Web; and contact information about the network's parent, H-Net.
I. The H-Antisemitism Network: Scope, Content, Purpose.
H-Antisemitism proposes to facilitate the exchange of
scholarly information on the subject of antisemitism,
conceived as broadly as possible. Without chronological or
disciplinary limitations, H-Antisemitism seeks to enable scholars
to communicate research and teaching interests, discuss
methodology, comment upon current historiography, and share
information about new data, sources of funding, and
publishing. It will explore with its subscribers new ways
of making electronic communications a useful tool for
serious students of antisemitism.
H-Antisemitism will be published daily by H-NET using the
mainframe computers of Michigan State University.
It will co-moderated by professors Richard S. Levy,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Jonathan Morse,
University of Hawaii and David Lieberman, Brandeis
University. A Board of Directors will advise the moderators,
set policy, and adjudicate problems arising from the operation
of the list.
The moderators see it as their task to weed out
extraneous postings and to make every effort to keep the
list functioning as a medium of scholarly discourse.
Postings shall in no way be censored. Nor will they have to
conform to some preconceived philosophy or agenda. However,
the moderators propose to distribute only those messages
which meet the standards of scholarly seriousness and
reasonably good manners. Let us emphasize that our
intention is not to exclude for the sake of exclusion but
rather to maintain quality. We are well aware that valuable
contributions can come from people who have published little
or nothing in the field. When doubt arises as to the
suitability of a posting, the moderators will be advised by
the board.
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from H-NET, which publishes over 100 daily scholarly lists
for humanists. Contributors to H-Antisemitism give the limited
right to redistribute their postings on the H-NET system,
have them stored in H-NET files, logs, and gophers. Authors
do not thereby surrender their copyright privileges. Any
other reproduction of the text outside H-NET must have
either the permission of the author or follow fair use
practices.
II. Editors.
The H-Antisemitism list is co-edited by
Yocheved Menashe
Israel Ministry of Education
menashe@mail.h-net.msu.edu
David Lieberman
Department of Musicology
Brandeis University
lieberman@brandeis.edu
The editors serve two-year renewable terms, with the approval of the
H-Net Executive Committee and rotate their duties. The current editor will
be identified in all messages coming from the list. The editors will
solicit postings (by email, phone and even by regular mail), will assist
people in managing subscriptions and setting up options, will handle
routine inquiries, and will consolidate some postings. Anyone with
suggestions about what H-Antisemitism can and might do is invited to send
in ideas. The editors will solicit and post newsletter-type information
(calls for conferences, for example, or listings of sessions at
conventions.) Like all H-Net lists, H-Antisemitism is moderated to edit
out material that, in the editors' opinion, is not germane to the list,
involves technical matters (such as subscription management requests), is
inflammatory, or violates evolving, yet common, standards of Internet
etiquette. Please read section III below for details about ownership,
style, formatting, and content of your messages. H-Net's procedure for
resolving disputes over list editorial practices is Article II, Section
2.20 of our bylaws, located at:
http://www.h-net.org/about/by-laws.html
III. Communicating Through the List.
A. Copyright notice. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. H-Net considers all
messages posted to its lists to be a form of publication. All
contributions to H-Antisemitism fall under Art. II, Sec. 2.04 of the H-Net
Bylaws
concerning copyright and intellectual property:
"Although authors of messages to H-Net lists retain the copyright in
those messages, sending a message to an H-Net list for posting will
constitute permission to H-Net and its subscribers for electronic
distribution and downloading for nonprofit educational purposes with
proper attribution to the author, the originating list, and the date of
original posting. Original messages to H-Net lists are not in the
public domain, and may not be used for other than educational,
nonprofit purposes without the permission of the copyright holder and
notification to H-Net." In general, the author retains copyright rights
to publication of any submission to the list, and grants to H-Antisemitism
and
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available to subscribers such submissions without further permission.
Postings (such as H-Net reviews) that are commissioned by H-Net are
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purposes with proper attribution to the author, location, and H-Net. A
full copy of the H-Net Constitution and Bylaws and other important
information may be found on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.h-net.org/about/.
B. Contributions: "Netiquette." The tone and content of H-Antisemitism
depend
directly on subscribers. The editors want to encourage lively,
informal, productive discussion and exchange of information. To that
end, we ask that contributions be considerate of the needs of a busy
audience of scholars, many of whom must pay for their access to the
internet. A number of excellent guides to online behavior and style
are available on the World Wide Web; we invite you consult them.
-- ALL MAIL TO THE LIST MUST BE SIGNED. The editors will delay posting until authorship and email address are confirmed.
-- CONTENT: Editors retain the right to review material for its pertinence, tone, style, and relevance to the list's mission. Ad hominems, unattributed quotations or innuendo, private messages forwarded for posting without permission, or messages that violate the norms of civility and professional courtesy will be rejected. Persistent violators can be removed from the subscription list.
-- STYLE: the default editorial style for the list is that of a letter to the editor. Your remarks can be crafted to suit the tone of an existing discussion thread, but in any case they should address the editor and not make direct personal references to others, except where you are replying directly to a simple query (e.g., "you can find this information in Webster's Third International Dictionary."). Avoid excessive quotation of messages you refer or reply to.
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V. The H-Antisemitism Site on the World Wide Web
In addition to providing interactive communications via electronic mail,
H-Antisemitism also maintains a site on the World Wide Web. The site is
located on the H-Net server at Michigan State University in East Lansing,
Michigan, USA. It may be located by following the hypertext links at
http://www.h-net.org.The H-Antisemitism web site contains the
following information and services:
- The archives of the H-Antisemitism list, known as its "logs." They are
in searchable and sortable format.
- The network's official documents: its welcome files, lists of board
members and editors, contact information, and other founding and
information documents.
- Hypertext links to resources in our subject: teaching materials,
research archives, other lists.
V. Advisory Board.
H-Antisemitism's daily activities are managed by the editors. Its long-term policies are developed by the advisory board. If you are interested in serving on the board, please contact the current editor. Board members referee incoming articles, reviews, and teaching materials; establish basic subscription restrictions and policy; advise the editors on disputes among editors and subscribers; monitor the list and make active contributions to discussion; and serve as the subscribers' voice in H-Net affairs. You are encouraged to contact any or all of the editorial board members with ideas and concerns about H-Antisemitism.
Current Advisory Board, H-Antisemitism:
Jonathan Morse, Professor of English
University of Hawaii
morsej001@hawaii.rr.com
David Lieberman
Department of Musicology
Brandeis U.
lieberman@brandeis.edu
VI. Our Parent Organization: H-Net
H-Net is an international consortium of scholars in the humanities and
social sciences that creates and coordinates electronic networks, using a
variety of media, and with a common objective of advancing humanities and
social science teaching and research. H-Net was created to provide a
positive, supportive, equalitarian environment for the friendly exchange
of ideas and scholarly resources.
The goals of H-NET networks are to enable scholars to easily communicate
current research and teaching interests; to discuss new approaches,
methods and tools of analysis; to share information on electronic
databases; and to test new ideas and share comments on the literature in
their fields.
H-Net's Constitution and Bylaws, along with a list of its officers and
committees, is available at:
http://www.h-net.org/about/
Among H-Net's many services are:
- Book and software reviews: timely, exhaustive, authoritative, professional, fast. Mailed through our lists and stored in searchable, printable, retrievable format on our site at the World Wide Web. http://www.h-net.org/reviews
- Job guide postings: at regular intervals, H-Net offers employment information in a broad array of fields in the humanities and social sciences. http://www.matrix.msu.edu/jobs
- H-Net calendar: announcements of conferences, papers, and professional activities, archived and searchable at our web site. You can visit our site and sample these and other services, at: http://www.h-net.org/announce
CONTACTING H-NET FOR MORE INFORMATION
On the World Wide Web: http://www.h-net.org Electronic mail: H-NET@H-NET.msu.edu
Postal mail:
H-Net
8A Morill Hall
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East Lansing, MI, 48824-1046
Phone: (517)432-5134
Fax: (517)353-5229
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Michigan State University
E-Mail: peter@mail.h-net.msu.edu
Associate Director: Heather Hawley
Michigan State University
E-Mail: hawley@mail.h-net.msu.edu