*************************************************************************** Histnews: The Electronic History Newsletter Friday, October 22, 1993 Vol.1, No.9 Subscriptions: listserv@ukanvm.bitnet or listserv@ukansvm.cc.ukans.edu Submissions: histnews@ukanvm.bitnet or histnews@ukansvm.cc.ukans.edu FTP Archive: byrd.mu.wvnet.edu:/pub/history/internet/hist_news Gopher: HNSource.cc.ukans.edu Editor: Bob Pasker (rbp@brown.edu) **************************************************************************** Table of Contents 1. Journal of European Studies (1/42) (29 lines) Keywords: journal, Europe, CFP 2. Job: Ethnic Studies (15 lines) Keywords: employment, studies 3. RENAISSANCE Telecourse (113 lines) Keywords: pedagogy, Renaissance, workshop 4. Newberry Library Fellowships (116 lines) Keywords: fellowships, ethics, religion, women, 5. NEH Seminar: Film-Literature-Urban Culture in Weimar Germany (22 lines) Keywords: seminar, urban, Germany, film, literature 6. American Philosophical Society Grants (19 lines) Keywords: grants, law, American Indians, 7. MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC: Call for Papers (48 lines) Keywords: CFP, Medieval 8. New list on Medieval Literacy (21 lines) Keywords: LISTSERV, medieval, literacy 9. Oxford Text Archive (42 lines) Keywords: e-text, FTP 10. Bibliographic Software (1 lines) Keywords: software, bibliography, PC 11. International Philosophical Preprint Exchange one-month status report (32 lines) Keywords: e-text, FTP, gopher 12. Classics Gopher Service (1 lines) Keywords: Classics, gopher, e-text 13. GreekKeys for Macintosh System 7.1 (4 lines) Keywords: 14. Government Information Locator Service (GILS) (19 lines) Keywords: e-text, gopher, ftp, government 15. Achaemenid bibliography (15 lines) Keywords: Achaemenid, OI, FTP 16. American Association of University Women Fellowships 1994-95 (18 lines) Keywords: fellowships, AAUW, women 17. Center for Military History publications now online. (4 lines) Keywords: military history, GPO, FTP 18. NCSA Mosaic For MS Windows Beta Release (0.7b) (12 lines) Keywords: Internet, FTP 19. New method for retrieving files from LISTSERV: LISTGopher (77 lines) Keywords: LISTSERV, gopher 20. National Archaeological Database (1 lines) Keywords: archeology, database /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 1. Journal of European Studies (1/42) Keywords: journal, Europe, CFP FFI: Tim Unwin, tunwin@uniwa.uwa.edu.au _Journal of European Studies_ is a major journal, published quarterly, which deals with the literature, ideas and culture of Europe since the Renaissance. Vol. 23, part 3 (September 1993), contains the following articles: "Image and body: the optical alignment of Walter Benjamin and Luis Bunuel" (E.D. Yeats) "Changing perceptions of Jules Michelet as historian: History between Literature and Science, 1831-1874" (John Hooper) "Something about nothing: Michel Tournier's _La Jeune Fille et la mort_" (W.D. Redfern) "The triumph of chance over necessity" (essay review of Jean Baudrillard, _L'Illusion de la fin_) (Amal Banerjee) The volume also contains an extensive review section divided into the following area studies: European and General Studies, German and Austrian Studies, Russian Studies, French Studies. Contributions for future numbers should be sent to the General Editor: Prof. J.E. Flower, Department of French and Italian, University of Exeter, Queen's Building, The Queen's Drive, Exeter EX4 4QH, England. If your library does not already subscribe, please ask them to address enquiries to: Alpha Academic, Halfpenny Furze, Mill Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks. HP8 4NR, England. Institutional subscription: 58.00 pounds sterling per annum; private subscription: 30.00 pounds sterling per annum. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 2. Job: Ethnic Studies Keywords: employment, studies FFI: Kathleen Margaret Lant POSITION: Assistant or Associate Professor, tenure-track, Ethnic Studies. Beginning September 1994. Rank and Salary contingent on qualifications and experience. concentrations in Chicano/Chicana Studies, Latino Studies, and Social Science disciplines. QUALIFICATIONS: PhD in Ethnic Studies or comparable interdisciplinary program. University teaching experience required and evidence of some publishing record expected. Course work in Latino, Chicano/Chicana Studies and in aspects of gender analysis preferred. HOW TO APPLY: For a full job announcement and instructions on how to apply, email to Kathleen Lant (klant@oboe.aix.calpoly.edu). CLOSING: 30 November 1993 /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 3. RENAISSANCE Telecourse Keywords: pedagogy, Renaissance, workshop FFI: (609) 258-5382. The Medici Foundation, with the support of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education (FIPSE), has been sponsoring a series of regional Workshops. The Workshops have brought together professors who teach at Community Colleges and small four-year colleges (with under 2500 students) and some high-school teachers to discuss the uses of film in the teaching of history, with special reference to the RENAISSANCE Telecourse. This Telecourse includes a textbook and a set of primary sources that accompany 18 half-hour films derived from the five-part RENAISSANCE series that was broadcast by PBS early in 1993. DATES & LOCATIONS: The first five Workshops were held in Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Dallas and San Francisco in Spring and early Fall 1993. The remaining Workshop will be held in Boston on December 4th and 5th 1993. YOUR PARTICIPATION: These Workshops demand active participation. Prior to the Workshop participants receive cassettes from the 18- part film component of the Telecourse, and a copy of the accompanying textbook -- Origins of the Modern West, by Theodore K. Rabb, which includes primary sources edited by Sherrin Marshall. These materials have to be viewed and studied in advance of the Workshop, and preliminary thought has to be given to the ways they can be used in the classroom. In addition, participants have to bring forty copies of their own course outlines/syllabi, so that these can be shared with others at the Workshop. HONORARIUM AND COSTS: The Medici Foundation provides participants with a modest honorarium for attending the Workshop. In addition, it will cover hotel costs (though the difference has to be paid if a participant prefers a single room) for the Saturday night; four meals (from lunch Saturday through lunch Sunday); and up to $250 toward travel. It is important that all applicants assure us, in advance, that they will cover any amount above $250 that they incur for travel costs. Reduced fares will be available from a travel firm for those coming by air; the firm can also arrange favorable hotel rates for those wishing to stay additional nights. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (for further details, see description overleaf): SATURDAY 12:00 (noon) Arrival, registration 12:30-6:00 pm First two Plenary Sessions 6:15 pm Dinner 7:30-10:00 pm Three Group Sessions to discuss course structures SUNDAY 8:00-9:30 am Breakfast and Third Plenary Session 9:45-12:45 Three group sessions/preparation of conclusions 1:00-5:00 pm Lunch and final Plenary Session: Group reports and discussions Medici Foundation Workshops Information Page Two STRUCTURE OF THE WORKSHOPS At the Plenary Sessions, the leaders of the Workshop (who will include Theodore Rabb of Princeton University and Sherrin Marshall of the U. S. Department of Education) will lead discussions of general issues having to do with the use of films in the classroom. Among the issues that may be raised are: 1) How can one get students to take film seriously? 2) What kind of technologies (e.g., CD-ROM) would make films more effective? 3) Should one treat documentaries and feature films differently? These are only suggestions, because the agenda will not be strictly laid out in advance. The very purpose of the discussion will be to explore the varied ways films and film segments can be used, and the variety of questions they may prompt -- in other words, it will be both a substantive and a pedagogic inquiry. The participants will be divided into three groups, each of which will meet separately, so as to make possible more detailed and informal discussion. The purpose is not to bring together people who teach a particular kind of course or at a particular kind of institution. Rather, they are designed to bring together people of different backgrounds and interests for an exploration of issues of common interest. At the final session of the Workshop, the three groups will summarize their findings for their colleagues. The aim is to encourage a fruitful interchange amongst a group of professors and teachers who have many shared concerns. Since the members of the Workshop will receive copies of every class syllabus/reading list brought by their colleagues at Registration, this process will begin at the very outset. In particular, we expect special attention to be given (a) to the primary sources (documents, works of art, etc.) that are regarded as notably effective teaching materials, and (b) to the ways of connecting them with films. PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS MUST REACH OUR OFFICE BY NOVEMBER 8, 1993 ACCORDINGLY, THOSE WISHING TO APPLY SHOULD REQUEST THE BRIEF APPLICATION FORM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BY FAX FROM (609) 258-5382. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 4. Newberry Library Fellowships Keywords: fellowships, ethics, religion, women, FFI: Committee on Awards, The Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610-3380 The Newberry Library National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships for 1994-5 Allow fellows to spend 6-11 months in residence. Fellows are free to pursue their own research, writing, while contributing to & benefiting from the exchange of ideas among the community of scholars at the Newberry. 4-6 awards for the year. Applicants must be established scholars at post-doctoral level, must be US citizens or nationals or foreign nationals who have been living in the US or its territories at least 3 years, must be pursuing research in field appropriate to Newberry's collections (see below). Preference given applicants who have not held major fellowships/grants in the 3 years preceding the proposed period of residency. Maximum stipend $30,000, which may be combined w/ sabbaticals or other stipendary support. Fellows eligible for limited number of subsidized apartments. Strengths in the Newberry's collections include Discovery, exploration and settlement of the New World; European History and Literature: the Renaissance, Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian History; History of Cartography; History and Theory of Music; History of Printing; Early Philology and Linguistics. Application deadline: January 10, 1994. Additional info. and application forms: Committee on Awards The Newberry Library 60 W. Walton Street Chicago, IL 60610-3380 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships Purpose: encourage original, significant study of ethical/religious values in all fields of the humanities, social sciences. For ex. religious studies, ethics (philo./religious), moral codes of other cultures, religious/ethical issues reflected in history/literature. Eligibility: must be candidate for Ph.D./Th.D. in program at graduate school in USA. Must have fulvilled all pre-dissertation requirements by November 30, 1993, including approval of dissertation prospectus, and expect to complete dissertation. by August 1995. Intended to finance last full year of dissertation writing. Critical editions, biographies, annotated texts not acceptable. Candidate should apply only if ethical/religious values central to dissertation. Awards: $12,500 for 12 months. 35-40 non-renewable fellowships will be awarded from approximately 500 applications. Grad school will be asked to waive tuition. Allowance for medical insurance. Application forms requested from: Newcombe Dissertation Fellowships The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation CN 5281, Princeton, NJ 08543-5281 Deadline: application requests postmarked November 19, 1993 applications & prospectuses postmarked by December 13, 1993 applications from outside US or Canada postmarked November 29 notification of awards in April 1994 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Woodrow Wilson Women's Study Grant Eligibility: students in doctoral programs who have completed all pre-dissertation requirements in any field of study at grad schools in the USA Purpose: to encourage original, significant research about women on such topics as the evolution of women's role in society, women in history, the psychology of women, women as seen in literature, women's health care. Application: Forms available from address below. Applications must be endorsed by dissertation. director. Supporting documents = grad school transcripts, letters of reference, dissertation prospectus, statement of career plans, timetable for completion of dissertation. Awards: grants of $1,200 for expenses connected w/ dissertation (including travel, books, microfilming, taping, computer services). Please note that the foundation does not provide more than one award to any individual. 15-20 awards made. Deadlines: for requesting applications October 22, 1993 material from abroad postmarked October 22, 1993 other materials postmarked November 5, 1993 Notification of awards mid-February 1994. The Woodrow Wilson national Fellowship Foundation Dept. WS CN 5281 Princeton, NJ 08543-5281 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Whitney Humanities Center Fellowship One or two annual fellowships for outstanding junior (non-tenured) faculty in the humanities. Candidates expected to have at least 2 years since receipt of Ph.D.; to present a project for original scholarly research (distinct from subject of dissertation) or else for significant redesign of curriculum in the humanities, during the term of Fellowship; to teach one course, in the appropriate Yale department, during one semester of the academic year; to participate in the intellectual life of the Center. Stipend $20,000-$40,000 depending on resources available to candidate; this can be various allocated to replacement of salary and to research and travel expenses. Deadline: November 12, 1993. Write to: Fellowships, Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University, P.O. Box 2968 Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520 /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 5. NEH Seminar: Film-Literature-Urban Culture in Weimar Germany Keywords: seminar, urban, Germany, film, literature FFI: Anton Kaes, shlowent@garnet.berkeley.edu TOPIC: "The City and Modernity: Film, Literature, and Urban Culture in the Weimar Republic" Location: Berlin Director: Professor Anton Kaes Dates: June 13-August 5, 1994 (8 weeks) Stipend: $4,000 APPLICATION Deadline: March 1, 1994 AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT: March 28, 1994 RESTRICTIONS: US Citizenship or permanent resident status; finished degree; teaching at a college that does not grant a Ph.D. in German or Film; interest in the Weimar Republic and/or modernism. The seminar will focus on the responses of German filmmakers (Lang, Murnau, Pabst, among others) and intellectuals (Benjamin, Kracauer, Brecht) to the contradictory experience of rapid modernization and urbanization. College teachers of film, history, German literature and culture, feminist studies, mass communication, and popular culture are encouraged to apply. A knowledge of German is not required. For application forms and further information, please call: (510)642-7445, or write *shlowent@garnet.berkeley.edu* or Professor Anton Kaes, Department of German, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 6. American Philosophical Society Grants Keywords: grants, law, American Indians, FFI: APS, 104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia PA 19106-3387; APS Library, 105 South Fifth Street,Philadelphia, PA 19106-3387. The American Philosophical Society is accepting initial applications for three grants. The initial application must specify the grant & include area of research & an itemized budget. 1. Henry M. Phillips Grants in Jurisprudence: postdoctoral, max award $5000, deadline Dec 1. 2. Phillips Grants for North Native American Indian Research: grad students & postdoctoral candidates, for research on North American linguistics & ethnohistory, average award $1300, deadline March 1. For the two above, mail the initial application to APS, 104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia PA 19106-3387. 3. Mellon Resident Research Fellowship: for research in library collections, 1-3 months, award $1800/month, deadline March 1. For this last, write to the APS Library, 105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3387. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 7. MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC: Call for Papers Keywords: CFP, Medieval FFI: Stephen Jaeger (jaeger@u.washington.edu) Eugene Vance (vance@u.washington.edu) University of Washington, Seattle, March 4-6, 1994 (Co-Sponsored by University of Washington and University of Puget Sound) Plenary Speakers: Peter Dronke, Cambridge: "Hildegard of Bingen: Maker of Language and Cosmology" John Boswell, Yale: "An Unhappy Family: Judaism, Christianity and Islam in Europe in the Middle Ages" Jean-Claude Schmitt, Paris (topic not yet announced) Special sessions on: The Reform of Religious Life 1050-1200 Computer Editions: Obstacles and Opportunities Cultural Contexts for the Rereading of the Book of Margery Kempe Church and Monarchy in Medieval Germany Medieval Medicine: The Body and the Book Coming Home in Medieval Romance and Travel Narratives Intention, Will, and Morality in Augustine and Medieval Augustinianism Medieval Latin Vernacular Medical Texts Court Culture East and West: Displacements and Misplacements The program committee invites submission of one-page abstracts on any subject in the area of medieval studies. DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: NOVEMBER 1, 1993 Please submit one-page abstracts to Stephen Jaeger Eugene Vance Department of Germanics DH-30 Dept. of Romance Lang. & Lit.GN-60 University of Washington University of Washington Seattle, WA. 98195 Seattle, WA. 98195 jaeger@u.washington.edu vance@u.washington.edu Concurrent Meetings: The Craft of Empire and the Arts of Power: Court Culture East and West (Sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, University of Washington) The Crisis in the Publication of Research in Medieval Studies (Sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and The Faculty Council on University Libraries) /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 8. New list on Medieval Literacy Keywords: listserv, medieval, literacy FFI: Katherine Zieman This is to announce the availability of an unmediated electronic list devoted to issues of literacy in the middle ages. The purpose of this list is to facilitate exchange of information between people interested in the definition, uses, and acquisition of literacy/ies (broadly defined). To subscribe, send a message to the following address: This is not a LISTSERV list, so you may put anything you like in the body of the message, but please include the following information: +Your name +Institutional affiliation (if any) +your e-mail address +whether or not you give permission to have your name and address made available to other members of the list. (Names and addresses of list-members will not be made available to people outside the list). You will receive confirmation of your subscription in a day or so along with some instructions. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 9. Oxford Text Archive Keywords: e-text, FTP FFI: ARCHIVE@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK The Oxford Text Archive is a facility provided by Oxford University Computing Services. It has no connection with Oxford University Press or any other commercial organization and exists to serve the interests of the academic community by providing archival and dissemination facilities for electronic texts at low cost. The Archive offers scholars long term storage and maintenance of their electronic texts free of charge. It manages non-commercial distribution of electronic texts and information about them on behalf of its depositors. WHAT TEXTS DOES IT CONTAIN? The Archive contains electronic versions of literary works by many major authors in Greek, Latin, English and a dozen or more other languages. It contains collections and corpora of unpublished materials prepared by field workers in linguistics. It contains electronic versions of some standard reference works. It has copies of texts and corpora prepared by individual scholars and major research projects worldwide. The total size of the Archive exceeds a gigabyte and there are over 1300 titles in its catalogue. WHERE CAN I GET A CATALOGUE? The Catalogue is available in paper form by post from the address below. It is also available in electronic form, either as a formatted file for display at a terminal or in a tagged form using SGML. These files are available from a number of different places under various names... (1) on the Oxford VAX Cluster as OX$DOC:TEXTARCHIVE.LIST and OX$DOC:TEXTARCHIVE.SGML (2) from various ListServers, e.g. LISTSERV@BROWNVM (send the mail message GET HUMANIST FILELIST for details) (3) by anonymous FTP from Internet site ota.ox.ac.uk (129.67.1.165) in the directory ota Wherever you are, you can send a note to ARCHIVE@VAX.OXFORD.AC.UK specifying which form you want. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 10. Bibliographic Software Keywords: software, bibliography, PC FFI: rbp@brown.edu (bob pasker) The current issue of PC Magazine has a comparative review of six bibliographic software products. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 11. International Philosophical Preprint Exchange one-month status report Keywords: e-text, ftp, gopher FFI: Since our opening (one month ago this week), the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange has handled a total of 3131 requests for the working papers and other documents available on the system. These requests came from a total of 845 distinct users, in dozens of countries. We find this level of usage very encouraging, and we thank all of those who have supported our fledgling effort. We have plenty of room for growth, and we encourage all to browse the papers available on the IPPE, and to submit their own working papers for instant, free distribution to colleagues worldwide. We are now in the process of preparing a short document explaining how to place a working paper on the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange, and explaining other factors relevant to submitting a paper (that copyright remains with the author, that the paper remains publishable, etc.). This guide is not yet ready, but we strongly encourage submissions. Please contact me by email at the address rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca if you have a paper you'd like to make available through the International Philosophical Preprint Exchange, and I or one of our volunteers will be happy to guide you through the submission process. To place a paper or comment on the IPPE: see pub/submissions/README. GOPHER: apa.oxy.edu kasey.umkc.edu E-MAIL: phil-preprints-service@phil-preprints.l.chiba-u.ac.jp begin send getting-started send INDEX end FTP: Phil-Preprints.L.Chiba-U.ac.jp /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 12. Classics Gopher Service Keywords: Classics, gopher, e-text FFI: Sebastian Heath (sfsh@umich.edu) GOPHER: rome.classics.lsa.umich.edu /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 13. GreekKeys for Macintosh System 7.1 Keywords: FFI: Scholars Press Software, PO Box 15399, Atlanta, GA 30333-0399, USA, Tel 404-636-4757 The three-disk set contains TrueType fonts Athenian, Attika, Symbol Athenian, and Classical, and Postscript Type 1 fonts Athenian, Attika, Symbol Athenian, and Classical each with bitmapped screen fonts, keyboards for several international systems, and resources needed for using these fonts with System 6.0.7. Distribution Questions and orders should be addressed to Scholars Press Soft- ware, PO Box 15399, Atlanta, GA 30333-0399, USA, Tel 404-636-4757. /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 14. Government Information Locator Service (GILS) Keywords: e-text, gopher, ftp, government FFI: ECHRISTI@ISDRES.ER.USGS.GOV (Eliot J. Christian) Craig A. Summerhill (craig@cni.org) The Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the Information Policy Committee of the Information Infrastructure Task Force, is promoting establishment of an agency-based Government Information Locator Service (GILS) to help the public locate and access public information resources throughout the U.S. Federal government. GILS will identify information resources, describe the information available in those resources, and provide assistance in how to obtain the information. Although directly accessible on networks, all or part of the GILS contents may also be made available via electronic mail, bulletin boards, FAX, and other media such as CD-ROM and printed publications. FTP: 130.11.48.107:/pub/GILS1017.DOC or GISL1017.TXT ftp.cni.org:/pub/docs/gils/gils1017.txt or .doc GOPHER: gopher.cni.org Coalition FTP Archives (ftp.cni.org) Publicly Accessible Documents (/pub) Miscellaneous Documents Government Information Locator Service /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 15. Achaemenid bibliography Keywords: Achaemenid, OI, ftp FFI: Charles E. Jones, ce-jones@uchicago.edu Pirradazish: Bulletin of Achaemenian Studies, No. 7, sent last week to subscribers, is now available via anonymous ftp. Pirradazish seeks to gather information, primarily bibliographical, which relates to the study of the Achaemenid Persian empire, as well as relevant material on the periods immediately preceding and following it. Each issue will cover the material seen by the editor during the six months (more or less) prior to the date of issue. The current issue includes references to 314 books articles, essays, maps, and textbases published or made known to the editor during the period 4 February 1993 - 8 October 1993. I'd also like to offer this ftp site and the Achaemenid folder in particular as a location for anyone wishing to deposit articles, preprints, etc. dealing with the Achaemenid period. FTP: oi.uchicago.edu:/home/ftp/pub/research/achaemenid/Pirradazish_7.ascii.txt /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 16. American Association of University Women Fellowships 1994-95 Keywords: fellowships, AAUW, women FFI: AAUW Educational Foundation, P.O. Box 4030, Iowa City, IA 52243-4030 Telephone: (319) 337-1716 Fax: (319) 337-1204 Dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships for women who are citizens or permanent residents of the US. No restrictions as to place of study or age. Applicants evaluated on scholarly excellence of their proposals, their other qualifications. In addition, applicants will be asked to outline their commitment to helping women and girls through community service, service in their profession, and/or service in their field of research. Postdoctoral fellowships: doctorate by November 15, 1993. 9 fellowships with stipend between $20,000 and $25,000. Dissertation fellowships: stipends of $14,500 each for women completing the writing of their dissertations between July 1, 1994 and June 30, 1995. Application request deadline: November 1, 1993 Request application from: AAUW Educational Foundation, P.O. Box 4030, Iowa City, IA 52243-4030 Telephone: (319) 337-1716 Fax: (319) 337-1204 /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 17. Center for Military History publications now online. Keywords: military history, GPO, FTP FFI: Larry Jewell (jewell@mace.cc.purdue.edu) Marshall University's FTP site has received a copy of the listing of GPO publications produced by the Center for Military History. FTP: byrd.mu.wvnet.edu:/pub/history/military/cntr_mil_hist.txt (text file) or cntr_mil_hist.zip (binary file) /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 18. NCSA Mosaic For MS Windows Beta Release (0.7b) Keywords: Internet, ftp FFI: mosaic-win@ncsa.uiuc.edu We are happy to announce the second beta release of NCSA Mosaic for Microsoft Windows. NCSA Mosaic is a distributed hypermedia system designed for information retrieval and discovery over the global Internet. Mosaic provides a unified hypermedia interface to the various protocols, data formats, and information archives used on the Internet and provides powerful new methods for discovering and using information. Mosaic is capable of accessing data via protocols such as Gopher, World Wide Web, FTP and NNTP (Usenet News) natively, and other data services such as Archie, WAIS, and Veronica through gateways. FTP: ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu:/PC/Mosaic /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 19. New method for retrieving files from Listservs: LISTGopher Keywords: listserv, gopher FFI: Eric Morgan [Dispite being rather technical, I believe the following article to be of import because a LISTgopher for history lists would be a useful tool.--Ed.] LISTGopher is a gopher+ item whose purpose is to facilitate the searching and retrieval of archived LISTSERV messages.* I wrote LISTGopher to make the searching of these archives a bit easier.** Despite the large amounts of noise, I have long believed LISTSERV archives contain a wealth of useful information. How many times have you wished you could retrieve that little bit of information you read in that posting a few months ago? Or how often do you wish you could glean postings from a LISTSERV list without subscribing to the whole thing? LISTGopher can help you with these and other problems.*** This is how LISTGopher is intended to be used. First you enter your name, email address, the list to search, type of query (search or print), and your query. LISTGopher then creates a valid LISTSERV query and sends it off in the mail to the designated list's LISTSERV. You then receive a reply, from the LISTSERV, via email. Selecting messages from the results, you enter item numbers into LISTGopher. Finally, LISTGopher sends your request to the LISTSERV again and you get the messages in the mail. GOPHER: dewey.lib.ncsu.edu:/library/disciplines/library/listgopher /\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\-/\ 20. National Archaeological Database Keywords: archeology, database FFI: TELNET: cast.uark.edu, log in as nadb. ------- End of HistNews Vol.1 , No.9 ------- -- -- bob pasker -- rbp@brown.edu -- brown u, dept. of history --