Bernhard Unterholzner (München): Vampire im Habsburgerreich – Schlagzeilen in Preußen. Aufklärung und Aberglaube in öffentlichen Debatten des 18. Jahrhunderts

Als die offiziellen Berliner Zeitungen Anfang April 1755 von einem Vampirfall an der Peripherie des Habsburgerreiches berichteten, war das Sujet einer aufgeklärten Öffentlichkeit bereits bekannt.

Estetika: The Central European Journal of Aesthetics welcomes contributions in English or German on all topics related to aesthetics, the philosophy of art or the history of aesthetics, especially on (but not limited strictly to) the possibilities of the transformation and re-description of traditional concepts (such as the aesthetic experience and the aesthetic object); the cognitive and social dimensions of the aesthetic (das Ästhetische); the emotions and affects; the history of aesthetics; the history of aesthetics as an institutionalized discipline; and, last but not least, the definition of aesthetics in contrast to traditional and more recent disciplines (such as the theory of art, the psychology of art, cultural theory, and visual theory). Reviews of books (published not more than 2 years ago) are also welcome. The deadline for the submission of articles for the upcoming issue (01/10) is September 30, 2009.

Guest Editors Anna Borgos and Judit Takács have announced a call for papers for the Special Issue of the Journal of Lesbian Studies. Papers shall be submitted by April 30, 2009.

Estetika: The Central European Journal of Aesthetics welcomes contributions in English or German on all topics related to aesthetics, the philosophy of art or the history of aesthetics, especially on (but not limited strictly to) the possibilities of the transformation and re-description of traditional concepts (such as the aesthetic experience and the aesthetic object); the cognitive and social dimensions of the aesthetic (das Ästhetische); the emotions and affects; the history of aesthetics; the history of aesthetics as an institutionalized discipline; and, last but not least, the definition of aesthetics in contrast to traditional and more recent disciplines (such as the theory of art, the psychology of art, cultural theory, and visual theory). Reviews of books (published not more than 2 years ago) are also welcome. The deadline for the submission of articles for the upcoming issue (02/09) is February 2, 2009.

Falk Reckling, FWF

The Open Access Policy of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): The Economics of Old and New Publication Models in the Sciences and Humanities

As signatory to the "Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities" the FWF is committed to supporting and promoting open access to scientific publications on the Internet in a lasting manner.

Ulrich Herb, Referent für elektronisches Publizieren, elektronische Archive und Open Access der Saarländischen Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek

Open Access revisited: Wissenschaftsaltruismus oder alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen?

Open Access
a) enhances fast and technologically easy exchange of research. Thus, scientific information is ubiquitously accessible.

Chris Armbruster, Executive Director, Research Network 1989

Five Reasons to Promote Open Access and Five Roads to Accomplish it in Social and Cultural Science

Economists have done most to innovate scholarly publishing and communication by switching to Open Access. In cultural studies, history, law, political science and sociology, Open Access publishing is still an innovation at the margins. Yet Open Access is demonstrably the superior publishing model in the WWW Galaxy.

The University Center for Euro-Mediterranean Studies (EMUNI), Scientific Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and the University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia) are proud to announce the launch of a new scientific quarterly dedicated to Euro-Mediterranean Studies.