Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung
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Former names | Zeitschrift für Ostforschung |
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Abbreviated title (ISO 4) | Z. Ostmitteleur. Forsch. |
| Discipline | History and culture of Eastern Europe |
| Language | German, English |
| Edited by | Heidi Hein-Kircher, Anna Veronika Wendland |
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| Publisher |
Herder-Institute (Germany) |
Publication history | 1952-present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
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| ISSN |
0948-8294 |
| LCCN | 96652111 |
| OCLC no. | 455907993 |
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The Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung (English: "Journal for East Central European Studies") is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history and culture of Eastern Europe. It is published by the Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung (English: "Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe"; Marburg) and the editors-in-chief are Heidi Hein-Kircher and Anna Veronika Wendland.[1][2]
History
The journal was established in 1952 under the title Zeitschrift für Ostforschung ("Journal for Research on the East") with Hermann Aubin, Herbert Schlenger, and Erich Keyser as editors.[2] Until 1969, the journal was published by Elwert Verlag, but moved in 1994 to the Herder-Institut, obtaining its current name.[3]
Scope
The journal covers research on the history and culture of Poland, Slovakia, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and the Russian enclave Kaliningrad. Besides scientific essays and miscellanea it also contains reviews and research reports. Furthermore, up to two of the four annual issues are guest-edited special issues. Reviews are available online for free.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Herder-Institut: ZfO - Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung". Herder-institut.de. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
- 1 2 Aubin, Hermann; Keyser, Erich; Schlenger, Herbert, 1952, Zeitschrift für Ostforschung, 1 (1):3-5
- ↑ Oberländer, Erwin (Ed.) Geschichte Osteuropas. Zur Entwicklung einer historischen Disziplin in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1945-1990 (Quellen und Studien zur Geschichte des östlichen Europa, in Verbindung mit dem Vorstand des Verbandes der Osteuropahistoriker hrsg. von Helmut Altrichter, Vol. 35), Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, p. 256.