The AHF is primarily funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts.
The Arbeitsgemeinschaft historischer Forschungseinrichtungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (AHF) is a network of historical research institutions. Its principal tasks are the representation of common interests of the constituent institutions and the intensification of scholarly collaboration, particularly in the documentation and communication of historical research in Germany. The AHF was founded in 1972 and obtained its legal status as a registered organization in 1979. Its pursuits are strictly non-profit, its members institutions, not affiliated with a university, that conduct or promote historical research.
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The AHF is primarily funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts. |
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Since its founding, the documentation of historical writing has been one of the basic functions of the AHF. The editorial staff brings long experience and particular competence to this task. The AHF publishes the Yearbook of Historical Research (Yearbook) and Historical Bibliography (Bibliography) as online services (http://www.historische-bibliographie.de). The two databases facilitate comprehensive inquiries of specialized books and articles.
Nearly 1000 research institutions contribute data for the Yearbook and Bibliography. Through an online editorial system developed especially for this purpose, they transmit information on their ongoing and recently completed works to the AHF's staff, who administer the database, process the data, and put it online. Thus the documentation is essentially the product of a network of participating research institutions.
The Yearbook and Bibliography offer a comprehensive look at German historical scholarship, from prehistory to contemporary history. Every year the previous year’s stored data is published in a print version by Oldenbourg Verlag, which also holds the online-license for the database.
Editors of the Yearbook and the Historical Bibliography: Dr. Hans-Martin Hinz, Prof. Dr. Lothar Gall, Dr. Karl-Ulrich Gelberg, Frau Prof. Dr. Gudrun Gersmann, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Horst Möller, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rohwer, Prof. Dr. Hermann Rumschöttel, Prof. Dr. Alois Schmid. Executive editor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Zedelmaier
AHF-Information is the communications arm of the AHF. It is offered via the AHF homepage, and provides information on the activities and publications as well as the committees of the AHF. A Members list outlines the organization and activities of the member-institutes. The AHF-Information category features news, an events calendar, and conference reports, as well as book announcements. The conference reports are available as .pdf files. The monthly AHF-Newsletter contains information on recent announcements (sign up at http://www.ahf-muenchen.de/Newsletter). All research reports published since 1996 are available as .pdf files via the Forschungsberichte link.
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