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ACCEPTHISPLUS
The list will contain the names of all delegates (real or virtual).

ACCESS-GRID-HRI
To support communication among those participating or with an interest in an AHRC-funded e-Science workshop series, running from 1/10/06 to 31/3/07, to explore the use of the Access Grid for sharing e-resources in advanced research.

AHESSC
This list is used by AHESSC to make announcements of interest to the arts and humanities e-Science community.

AHRC
A list for monthly email newsletters and major announcements from the Arts and Humanities Research Council

AHRC-CREATIVEWRITING
To discuss issues arising in the course of the Creative Writing Research Training project

AHRCDIGITALTRANSFORMATIONS
A focused email list for holders of awards in the AHRC's Digital Transformations programme, so that we can share information.

ANTIQUITYANDTHERUIN
Used by contributors to the Ruins conference (Paris June08) and other scholars and graduate students for advance/follow-up discussions.

AOALIST
The AOAlist group was created at the end of 2002 by a group of researchers interested in the actor-oriented approach. This approach has been developed and worked by Norman Long and colleagues in the Agricultural University of Wageningen, in the Netherlands. Originally applied in the field of rural development, an important number of researches has extended its application to many areas of the analysis of processes of social change and development interventions. The list purpose is to facilitate the opinion's interchange among the participants, and the organization of 'virtual seminars' through it.

ARCH-HISTORY
Announcements of interest to architectural historians in further and higher education and heritage bodies: calls for papers; conferences; lectures; publications; courses; funds; vacancies; organisations.

ARM-RESEARCH
A forum for discussion and stimulation of research and development of archives and records management ARM theory and professional practice, principally in the UK. Particularly providing UK ARM research students with a supportive environment, while welcoming all ARM practitioners with similar aims.

AX-SNET
This list is used by members of AX-SNet to share information and research on archive users and access.

BACS
This list is used by BACS to make announcements to circulate information from its members and associates with reference to Chinese Studies in the UK.

BAKS
Announcements and discussion list for the Korean Studies community in the United Kingdom.

BAMS
Events, announcements, and discussion list for the British Association of Modernist Studies.

BIRKBECKC19
The list is used to distribute news and updates from the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies at Birkbeck, University of London.

BNAC
This list will be used by and for members of the Britain Nepal Academic Council, and associated academic colleagues, for sharing information on conferences, workshops and #other events in relation to Nepal studies

BSA-RACE-FORUM
This list is used by the Race & Ethnicity Study Group and Race Forum (British Sociological Association), to make announcements of forthcoming events and programmes.

BSLS-ANNOUNCE
This list provides information and announcements relevant to the members of the British Society for Literature and Science.

CANCIONEROS
This list has been created for the discussion of issues surrounding the electronic publication of Cancioneros. Topics for discussion include, but are not restricted to,transcription of original documents, collation, variation, mss description, etc.

CENTRAL
A communication channel, e-list and conversational archive for the research centre 'CeNTRAL' based within the University of Bristol Graduate School of Education.

CEPHAD
CEPHAD aims at stimulating the flow of ideas between research in philosophy and research in design

CHART
Chart is the discussion list of CHArt, the Computers and History of Art group. It provides an open forum for queries and debating issues related to the use of Computers for art historical research and scholarship.

CHILDLORE
The children's folklore mailing list is intended to foster discussion and exchange of information relating to children's traditional culture, including their oral culture(lore and language), self-directed play and games, customary practices and material traditions.

CIRO
This is an email list for members of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Opera Studies hosted by the School of Music, Cardiff University.

CLASSICS-TEACHING
This list is intended to provide a forum for classicists wishing to discuss the development of learning and teaching in their subject, as part of the work of the HE Academy Subject Centre in History, Classics and Archaeology.

COLLECTIONSCYMRU
The aim of this list is to be a channel for discussion and information sharing for students, researchers, professional conservators and collection managers, and para-professionals caring for collections in museums, archives, libraries and historic buildings in Wales.

COLOURSTUDIES
This is a group for the multidisciplinary study and discussion of colour. It includes linguists, psychologists, geographers, opthamologists and more. The Group is open to anyone with an interest in colour, but it is intended to be an academic and research forum.

COMPLEX-STRUCTURES-SCI-HERITAGE
This list is to help participants in the research cluster 'understanding complex structures (etc.)' communicate between the three cluster workshops - to share news and ideas for further collaborations.

COMPLEXITY-CREATIVE-ECONOMY
The project aims to explore how complexity theory and its methodological approaches can help in providing a better understanding of the creative economy as a field of research by connecting various distinctive approaches. The aim is to outline a broader framework that bridges the interrelation of ideas, people and practices in the creative economy with the broader socio, cultural and economic contexts.

CRESC
This list is used by the ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC) to make announcements about its research activities, publications and projects to its mailing list members.

CRITICAL-HERITAGE-STUDIES
This list is a discussion forum for the Association of Critical Heritage Studies. We are a network of scholars working in the interdisciplinary field of heritage and museum studies. The Association works to promote dialogue and networking between researchers from different fields and disciplinary backgrounds and between researchers, practitioners and activists. This list is also used by the steering committee to make announcements regarding the biannual conference of the Association.

CULTURAL-DIVERSITY
An email list to facilitate discussion of the issues surrounding cultural diversity in museums, libraries and archives.

CULTURAL-MEMORY
CM explores the construction, manipulation and transmission of memories. CM explores the role played by memory in identity formation. CM explores minority communities, especially work in post-colonial studies. Material studied includes film, literature, art, oral history, anthropology.

CULTURAL-RELATIONS-DIPLOMACY
The members of this list share information on and discuss issues related to international cultural relations across disciplines. Keywords include (but are not limited to): cultural relations/dialogue, arts/cultural policy, diplomacy, foreign policy, national identity, cultural/linguistic diversity, globalization, power, hegemony.

CULTURES-OF-POLITICAL-COUNSEL
This list is used by the Cultures of Political Counsel Project to make announcements to members about strategy, events and publications.

DCM
The Death, Commemoration and Memory (DCM) Research Group is based within the School of Arts, Culture and Environment at the University of Edinburgh. Founded in 2008, it provides a forum for postgraduates and staff whose research engages with any aspect of the Groups remit, attracting junior and senior scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. This list has been established to disseminate information on the group and provide a platform for discussion among the group's members.

DIGGING-INTO-DATA
A list for the UK winners of the second phases of the international grant competition, Digging into Data

DIGITAL-MANUAL
This list is used as a discussion forum by the project team, research participants and network members of the AHRC-funded project: Creation and Publication of the 'Digital Manual': Authority, Authorship and Voice". The online discussions will add to the #contextualisation and dissemination of the project themes.

DIGITALCLASSICIST
A list for discussion of issues relating to the study of the ancient world (at all levels) in collaboration with digital humanities, computer science, and other quantitative disciplines.

DMM-LIST
Discussion list of the Diaspora, Migration and the Media section of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)

EARLYMODERNDRESSTEX
This list is used by members of the AHRC Early Modern Dress & Textiles Research Network to make announcements, raise discussion and disseminate information relating to the Network projects and themes

EDINBURGHBELTANE-HUMANITIES
A list for the humanities staff in the Beltane partnership.

EHSWOMEN
Mailing list for the Women's Committee of the Economic History Society

FEMINISTACADEMICS
A list for academics (PhD students through to Professors) who consider themselves to be feminist. Please share news of research, funding, networking, conferences and ideas for a website.

FLASHMOB
To discuss and convene flashmob and related place-specific performative activities to inform performance research

GALICIAN-STUDIES
This list is for all those working in the field of Galician Studies to make announcements and share information about research, teaching, and developments in Galician Studies.

GASCOIGNE-SEMINAR
This list is a discussion list for scholars working on George Gascoigne and other early Elizabethan writers, to facilitate the exchange of ideas about the generation at the very beginning of the English literary renaissance. Gascoigne dominated the early Elizabethans and influenced Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare and many others. The list began as a forum for the continuation of discussions begun at The Gascoigne Seminar in September 2007.

GEM
List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK, in particular the use of IT, learning in and from museums, and related research.

GEO-LIBS
Library services supporting higher education and research in the geological sciences.

GERMANPHILOSOPHY
The list will be used to provide information to and allow discussion between participants in the German Philosophy Seminar at the IGRS (University of London), convened by Dr. Johan Siebers, and to inform members of other relevant events.

HEALTH-AND-HUMANRIGHTS
A network of academics, lawyers, health professionals and NGOs:

HUMS-CAREERS
This list is to enable careers advisers to exchange ideas and information relating to their work with humanities students.

IAQ-MUSEUM
For those researching the properties of indoor air quality, climate and the implications of this on objects, works of art, and archival records.

ILLUSTRATION-RESEARCH
This list has been established to create new and reinforce established networks for disseminating information about events, conferences and publications related to Illustration Research.

IRISH-STUDIES
This is a general discussion forum for Irish studies with an initial focus on the Queen's University Belfast and JSTOR digitization project which will deliver 100 full text journals, 205 full text monographs and 2,500 manuscript images with detailed metadata. The resource will be free in the UK and Ireland. It is anticipated that list members will engage in discussion on the development of further research resources relating to Ireland.

JACUK
The purpose of the group is to share expertise and understanding of the Japanese collections and to maintain a high profile of these collections in a national and international context. Initial exploratory funding for the group has come from MLA and we await further details for an implementation grant to develop ideas further.

JISCWW1
This group is aimed at joining individuals and organisations within HE, the cultural heritage sector and public service broadcasting, in order to join up ways in which each area plans to digitally commemorate the events of the First World war. This join-up will deliver content from across the public sector in order to increase education and research on WW1

LASCARSEAFARING
This list arose from the Lascar Seafaring workshop (April 2011) as a resource for researchers working on the global lives of Asian sailors.

LEGACIESOFWAR-RESISTANCE
This list is used to discuss the War and Resistance strand of the Legacies of War project based at the University of Leeds, which aims to commemorate the centenary of the First World War from 2014-18.

LESBIANLIVES
This email list provides a forum to discuss lesbian lives in the ethos of the Lesbian Lives conference. We aim to be an international social, cultural, political and artistic venue for sharing ideas and information of relevance to Lesbian Lives. We hope to develop dialogues and discussions that understand that 'the lesbian perspective still continues to be a critical gaze from a charged margin and the Lesbian Lives Conference continues to be a friendly experience of energetic engagement' O'Donnell, 2008.

LIST-EVENT
This is a discussion list on the artist John Latham, his theory on event structures and flat time, but mainly on his archive which is being catalogued and digitised.

LONDONHUB-AHSS
A network focussing on the research training and development needs of doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, specifically in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

MASCULINITY-STUDIES
This list is for use by researchers in the field of masculinity studies accross academic disciplines to post announcements and generate discussions in this field.

MASSOBS
This is a discussion and announcement list for those interested in Mass-Observation: the original social research organisation and the contemporary national writing project.

MAT-REN
Issues surrounding the costs and consumption of works of art and domestic goods in Italy 1300-1650, and information regarding the Material Renaissance research project.

MCG
The Museum Computer Group list provides a forum for discussion between museum, gallery and H.E. professionals about the various uses of computing in museum contexts.

MECCSA-PGN
Bring together postgraduate students in Media, Communication, Film and Cultural Studies to form research, and teaching and learning networks and also ensure peer support.

MEDIEVALISTS-IN-SCOTLAND
This list is used by medievalists working IN Scotland (not necessarily ON Scotland) for networking: looking for potential collaborators for research; planning, announcing or advertising conferences, workshops, events, publication opportunities, jobs, studentships, post-docs, grants etc.

MILLENNIALISM
A discussion list for scholars working in the field of millennialism/ apocalypse studies. It is moderated by the Centre for Millennialism Studies, Liverpool Hope University, UK.

MONEY-MUSEUMS
This email list is to encourage the sharing of information by anyone working with numismatic collections or in money museums.

MOVCAP
This is an annoucement and discussion list for scholars and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, interested in the issues and concerns of movement capture, analysis and preservation/archiving - arising out of the AHRC Beyond Text project: "The theory, practice and art of movement capture and preservation: an interdisciplinary investigation"

MUSEUM-COLLECS
This list is to discuss the uses of stored collections in UK museums, to assist the UCL research project that is addressing this issue.

MUSEUMS-INFO
This list is used to distribute current information to anyone working in or for the museums domain and related sectors in Wales.

NARRATIVEINQUIRY
This cross disciplinary list is for scholars in the area of narrative inquiry broadly who are interested in the aesthetics of their approaches. This cross-fertilisation of social and human science with art and humanities may include, for example, autoethnographers, performance and experimental ethnographers, cultural and communication scholars with an interest in performance, narrative and dialogic narrative researchers, those using the arts in social science enquiry, to name but a few.

OPERA-SCHOLARS
A list for the discussion of developments in opera scholarship and research. Conference announcements may be included.

PORT-STUDIES
This list is hosted by the Centre for Port and Maritime History (University of Liverpool / Liverpool John Moores University), but is open to all scholars working on Port and Maritime Studies.

POST-16-MEDIA-TEACHING
Support,discussion, debate and networking for those involved in post 16 provision of Media and Film Studies. Encouraging the development of widening participation initiatives in FE/HE and sharing of teaching and learning strategies.

RADICAL-MUSICOLOGY
This is a list for the editorial board members for the journal Radical Musicology.

REFUGEE-THESAURUS
This discussion list is for use by the team developing the online Refugee Thesaurus resource, for discussing new ideas and changes / updates that need to be made.

RENAISSANCE-OF-SUBJECTIVITY
This message board is chiefly intended to house discussions on selfhood, subjectivity and interiority in Shakespeare's Renaissance. Ultimately, we hope to continue these discussions up to and after the one-day conference held in June 2007.

ROMAN-ART-TEACHING
This list is used by its members to share information and ideas about teaching aspects of Roman art at university level.

ROME
The Rome Research Network was created to promote and aid research into renaissance or early modern Rome. Through our mailing group and annual work-in-progress seminar we aim to provide an arena for the exchange of ideas, intellectual queries and practical help in all aspects of the study of Rome from c. 1400-1700. All those undertaking postgraduate research in this field are welcomed to post information about relevant events and publications or to ask for advice about any aspect of their research.

SCOS
This is the Discussion List of SCOS,The Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism. It provides a forum for critical debate on the culture and symbolism of organized life,with a focus on innovative research that crosses disciplinary & functional boundaries and that reflects on the forms and voices found in organizational analysis.

SEALG
The list provides an open forum for discussion on issue relating to librarianship on-in Southeast Asia. It aims to create a network of librarians who are eager to share information and materials, discuss concerns and offer advice in an informal environment.

SOWINGTHESEEDS
Sowing the Seeds is a partnership of individuals and organisations devoted to the economic and social history of the Middle Ages. It exists to foster collaboration between scholars and scholarly projects as well as act as a support network, particularly for early career historians. The Sowing the Seeds Network is supported by the Economic History Society, Centre for History and Economics (Cambridge) and CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities , Cambridge). Learn more about the Seeds. All scholars, including students, working on any aspect of medieval economic and social history are welcome to join.

SPORTPHIL
Official email list for the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport.

SSPN
This list exists to promote the exchange of information and ideas related to social policy in Scotland.

SSQRG
This list exists to help facilitate communication between geographers involved in the Sexualities, Space and Queer Research Group of RGS/IBG

STARTING-OUT
This list is a discussion list for new and early career lecturers in dance, drama and music and other performing and creative arts disciplines. The aim of the list is to provide a forum for the sharing, discussion and dissemination of ideas, issues, concerns and questions related to enhancing learning and teaching in practice- and studio-based disciplines.

TEXTUALSCHOLARSHIP
The aim of this list is to provide an international and interdisciplinary forum for the theory and practice of textual scholarship. Both members and non-members of STS and ESTS are welcome to join.

UK-CLA
Mailing list for the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association

UKHRG
The list's purpose is to encourage sharing of preliminary research information / announcements between academic and practitioner communities involved in socio-economic and policy research in the heritage sector (focusing on the historic and natural environment). A further aim of the list is to support and share knowledge creation in line with the common policy research framework developed by UKHRG (launched in October 2005). UKHRG meetings are co-ordinated by the Heritage Lottery Fund, and include representatives of the major heritage agencies in the UK. The e-resources and wider circulation JISCmail list for UKHRG are co-ordinated by Dr Ian Baxter, based at the University of Cambridge's Institute of Continuing Education. An archive version of the UKHRG website (files to 2010) can be found at: http://www.gcu.ac.uk/ukhrg

UPSTREAM-NANO
A mailing list for public engagement work related to nanotechnology.

UWSCREATIVE
Email list for research and PhD community of the UWS School of Creative and Cultural Industries.

VIDEO-TAG
Video Technical Advisory Group - VIDEO-TAG. The video group acts principally as an advisory group and discussion forum on the use and expansion of videoconferencing and other video applications in the UK academic community.

VISA-3D
VISA-3D is a discussion list sponsored by the JISC 3D Visualisation in the Arts Network, hosted by King's Visualisation Lab at the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London, UK. Its aim is to serve as a forum for a community-wide discussion for those interested in or actively engaged in the creation or use of digital 3D representations in Arts and Humanities contexts.

VSG
This list is used by the Visitor Studies Group members to exchange ideas, knowledge and research findings related to visitor studies and evaluation.

WEDGWOOD
This list managed by the Wedgwood Museum. It is for use by those with an academic interest in the ware and history of Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd and its subsidiaries.

WMATRIX
This list is intended to support users who are using corpus based methods in the humanities, social science and computer science disciplines, in particular corpus linguistics, conceptual history and natural language processing, via the Wmatrix toolkit.

WNOMS
Mailing list for the Welsh Network of Modernist Studies (WNoMS), an umbrella organisation which brings together scholars working on modernism in Wales to facilitate better #communication and collaboration. The list circulates information about upcoming modernism events in Wales as well as circulating call for papers for conferences, books and #journals.

WOIRN
WOIRN is a network of women academics working on all aspects of Irish life and culture, from disciplines as varied as sociology, geography, art history, cultural studies, literature and history.

WWWOH-ANNOUNCE
Announcements for World Wide Web of Humanities project, a Transatlantic Digitisation grant funded jointly by JISC and NEH.

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