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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Dear All, the following e-journal is open but not limited to Italian Studies: FULGOR, Flinders University Languages Group Online Review, is a freely accessible,fully refereed international e-journal, normally published twice a year by the Department of Languages , Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.The journal aims to publish high-quality academic work produced by scholars associated with tertiary institutions who are conducting research in the areas of French, Italian, Modern Greek and Spanish Studies, Applied linguistics, Language Education, Migration Studies. Previously-unpublished papers are invited from researchers in both Australian and overseas universities. Postgraduate and Honours students are also encouraged to submit papers. The journal from time to time will publish special issues, e.g. on a particular theme or containing a selection of conference papers. The journal reserves the right to publish invited papers. It is happy to receive reader feedback and to publish news of coming events and conferences.In keeping with its title, as an electronic journal FULGOR provides lightning-fast accessibility, strives to enlighten, and aspires to excellence. Cordiali saluti, Luciana d'Arcangeli Cassamarca Lecturer in Italian School of Humanities (room 208), Flinders University GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001 Australia [log in to unmask] *** "L'amare il proprio lavoro costituisce la migliore approssimazione concreta alla felicità sulla terra" - "Loving your work is the closest you can get to happiness on earth" P. Levi, La chiave a stella "Non si possono scoprire nuovi oceani se non si ha il coraggio di perdere di vista la riva" -"You can't discover new oceans if you don't have the courage to lose sight of the shore" Andre' Gide Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:28:28 -0700 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: [I-S] A modest proposal To: [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), 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. ********************************************************************** 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 _________________________________________________________________ New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/buy/ ********************************************************************** 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