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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear Jim and all colleagues, I am a new entry in this mailing list, so maybe I should firstly introduce myself. My name is Veronica Periani and I am just starting a PhD at the University of Birmingham, UK, on the connections between Italian contemporary literature and Web 2.0, with a particular focus on the new literary trend termed "New Italian Epic'. Although, for obvious reasons, I still don't have any experience about articles' publication, I find interesting Jim's reflections, especially the comparison he advances between publications modalities in humanities and hard sciences. If I understand correctly, what you propose, Jim, is not the creation of another online journal, rather speeding up the peer-review process? In a few words, extending the purpose of this mailing list, also including peer review on articles by list members? I think this could be feasible and not particularly complicated, if a certain number of collegues were available. Let's wait and see what happens... P.S. By the way, I often make reference to this database of Italian journals: http://www.italinemo.it/. It includes Italian studies journals from all over the world. Greetings, Veronica. 2009/10/27 James Ward <[log in to unmask]> > italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies > Cari colleghi, > I would like to propose an idea for discussion among colleagues on this > list: an on-line journal of Italian studies. At the present time, there > exists, to my knowledge, no such journal; the only on-line resource of this > type of which I am aware is the excellent H-Italy, hosted by Michigan State > University (www.h-net.org/~italy <http://www.h-net.org/%7Eitaly>), which > publishes timely reviews of Italy-related books, and has discussion forums > for specific topics. Why shouldn't we have a similar resource for scholarly > articles? > This proposal comes out of my personal experience. Currently, if I submit > an article to a journal, I must wait at least 6 months to hear a response, > then wait another 8-15 months before the article appears in print. At that > point, I can begin to receive feedback from colleagues on the article and > the ideas in it. Why should the flow of ideas and information in the > humanities be so slow? After all, in the hard sciences, the on-line > publication of articles and abstracts in a timely manner has been the norm > for many years, which generates immediate feedback and advances the pursuit > of knowledge immensely. Are the humanities really different from the hard > sciences in some fundamental way? Or might we benefit also from such an > accelerated rhythm of the free and timely exchange of ideas? After all, we > already have such forums as this as a means of asking scholarly questions on > a specific topic. Why not extend this to articles as a whole? > Che ne dite? Perhaps this forum could be a place to discuss this idea. I'm > looking forward to hearing responses from colleagues on this proposal. > Cordiali saluti. > Jim Ward, Berkeley, CA > > > ------------------------------ > Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more.<http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen1:102009> > ********************************************************************** To > join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME to: > [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave > italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or > to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our > web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html