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Subject: Creation of new French web-journal on immigration
> Creation of new French web-journal on immigration
>
> Announcing a new web-journal and resource bank at:
> http://barthes.ens.fr/clio/actes.html, created by the Groupe de
> recherches Socio-historiques (Research Group on Socio-history) at the
> Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. The journal is entitled "Actes de
> l'histoire de l'immigration" (Proceedings on the History of
> Immigration).
>
> "Actes" is unique because in addition to housing traditional articles
> on the history of immigration (focusing primarily on France but with
> articles on other countries as well), the journal also makes use of
> the unique capabilities of the web to provide resources not available
> elsewhere. For example, the journal houses an interactive "atlas on
> immigration" (direct link at: http://barthes.ens.fr/atlasclio.html).
> This interactive atlas allows visitors to choose immigrants by
> nationality, gender, etc. and to see their representation in the
> French population displayed graphically within seconds. Another
> invaluable feature of the journal is the copies of primary documents
> pertaining to immigration that it includes. Visitors can thus read,
> for example, what labor unions in France were saying about
> immigration at the turn of the 20th century, in the 1920s and 1930s,
> and so forth.
>
> The journal provides the latest reports on on-going research in this
> field and announcements on upcoming events (primarily in France) on
> the subject. In short, it is a precious tool for primary and
> secondary research on immigration; it also provides a forum for
> exchange of information and ideas about immigration history.
>
> Its long-term goal is to serve as a laboratory exploiting the
> capabilities of the web - by using sound archives, color photos,
> perhaps even video - to shed new light on the history of immigration
> generally, and in France specifically.
>
> The editors of the site are hoping to link it to other related sites.
> Please let me know if you might be willing to host a link to this
> terrific resource.
>
> Mary D. Lewis Woodrow Wilson
> Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities
> Kahn Liberal Arts Institute
> Neilson Library 3/52
> Smith College
> Northampton, MA 01063
>
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> Visit the Website website at http://barthes.ens.fr/clio/actes.html
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