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'''H-Net''' ("Humanities & Social Sciences Online") is an interdisciplinary forum for scholars in the [[Social:Humanities|humanities]] and social sciences. It is best known for hosting  [[Electronic mailing list|electronic mailing list]]s organized by [[Academic discipline|academic discipline]]s; according to the organization's website, H-Net lists reach over 200,000 subscribers in more than 90 countries.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://www.h-net.org/about/ |title=About H-Net |publisher=H-net.org |date= |access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref><ref>See [https://networks.h-net.org/node/513/pages/92040/whats-happening-h-net  "What's Happening at H-Net?" H-Net (2018)]</ref>

The H-Net Network has grown until it is now endorsed by many academic professional organizations. Its over 180 topic- or discipline-specific lists are often the primary internet forum for scholars.  Individual lists are edited by a team of scholars and each has a board of editors.<ref>Steven A. Leibo, [http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/1995/9505/9505NOT1.cfm "H-Net and the Internationalization of Scholarship,"] ''Perspectives: The Newsletter of the American Historical Association'', 33: 5 (May–June 1995).</ref> H-Net is hosted by the Department of History at [[Organization:Michigan State University|Michigan State University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://history.msu.edu/humanities-technology/ |title=The Department of History and Humanities Technology |publisher=[[Organization:Michigan State University|Michigan State University]] |access-date=2012-10-20 |quote=Michigan State is also the home of H-Net, an international academic organization that offers over a hundred email discussion lists along with the leading online repositories for book reviews, job postings, and academic announcements  |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018153500/http://history.msu.edu/humanities-technology/ |archive-date=2012-10-18 |df= }}</ref>

== Online services ==
In addition to its email lists, H-Net provides three related online services:
*'''H-Net Reviews''': 46,000+ reviews of books and other publications, commissioned and published on its website and through its listservs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h-net.org/reviews/home.php |title=H-Net Reviews |publisher=H-net.org |date= |access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref>
*'''H-Net Job Guide''': academic position announcements, available on its website and through email<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.h-net.org/jobs/home.php |title=H-Net Job Guide |publisher=H-net.org |date= |access-date=2012-10-20}}</ref>
*'''H-Net Academic Announcements''': announcements of academic conferences, calls for papers, and programs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h-net.org/announce/ |title=H-Net Academic Announcements |publisher=H-net.org |date= |access-date=2018-12-13}}</ref>

==Discussion networks==
Many of the lists deal with various areas of historical study. Within two years of its founding, H-Net was recognized as being "among the most dynamic and effective contributions" to the internationalization of scholarship.<ref>Steven A. Leibo, [http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/1995/9505/9505NOT1.cfm "H-Net and the Internationalization of Scholarship,"] ''Perspectives: The Newsletter of the American Historical Association'', 33: 5 (May–June 1995).</ref>

==History==
H-Net began in 1992 as an initiative of Prof. Richard J. Jensen of the History department at the [[Organization:University of Illinois at Chicago|University of Illinois at Chicago]], to assist historians "to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to share information on access to library catalogs and other electronic databases; and to test new ideas and share comments on current historiography."<ref>Richard Jensen, "H-Net announces 13 new scholarly lists in history," [http://lists.village.virginia.edu/lists_archive/Humanist/v07/0073.html E-Mail of 24 Jun 1993]; Thomas Zielke, "Official Introduction of The History Network " [http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/subject/hd/fak7/hist/c1/de/gen/gen/grmnhist/log.started930201/mail-20.html E-Mail on GRMNHIST - German History Forum, 23 Feb 93] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107015905/http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/subject/hd/fak7/hist/c1/de/gen/gen/grmnhist/log.started930201/mail-20.html |date=2007-01-07 }}</ref> H-Net is now organized as an international consortium of scholars in the humanities and social sciences and its networks are hosted by [[Organization:Michigan State University|Michigan State University]].

In 2023, the H-Net president is Lorna L. Zukas, Professor of Sociology and Global Studies at [[Organization:National University (California)|National University (California)]].

==See also==
* [[Hprints|hprints]], an [[Open access|open access]] repository for Nordic academic research in the arts and humanities

==Notes==
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==References==
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* Matthew Gilmore, [http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2007/0705/0705tec5.cfm "H-Net: Digital Discussion for Historians"], ''Perspectives: The Newsletter of the American Historical Association'', 45: 5 (May 2007).
* Richard J. Jensen, [https://web.archive.org/web/20000903084512/http://members.aol.com/dann01/whatis.html "Internet's Republic of Letters: H-Net for Scholars"], (1997). A discussion of H-Net and its origins from the perspective of the founder.
* Mark Lawrence Kornbluh, [http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/1999/9902/9902AFF.CFM?pv=y "H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine,"] ''Perspectives: The Newsletter of the American Historical Association'', 37: 2 (February 1999).
* Joel D. Kitchens, [http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2000/0002/0002not1.cfm "Clio on the Web: An Annotated Bibliography of Select E-Journals for History,"] ''Perspectives: The Newsletter of the American Historical Association'', 38: 2 (Feb. 2000).
* John McClymer, [http://www.historians.org/pubs/Free/mcclymer/ch9.cfm ''The AHA Guide to Teaching and Learning with New Media''], (Washington: The American Historical Association), 2005.
* Andrew McMichael, [http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/1998/9802/9802VIE2.CFM "The Historian, the Internet, and the Web: A Reassessment,"] ''Perspectives: The Newsletter of the American Historical Association'', 36: 2 (Feb. 1998).
* Jeremy D. Popkin, ''[https://global.oup.com/academic/product/from-herodotus-to-h-net-9780199923007?cc=au&lang=en&# From Herodotus to H-Net: The Story of Historiography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614092434/https://global.oup.com/academic/product/from-herodotus-to-h-net-9780199923007?cc=au&lang=en& |date=2020-06-14 }}'' (Oxford UP, 2015, {{ISBN|978-0-199-92300-7}}).
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==External links==
* [http://networks.h-net.org H-Net Commons]
* [http://networks.h-net.org H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online]

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