Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Thank you for having sent in your contributions for the upcoming 2009
issue of "The International Newsletter of Communist Studies". For
those of you who did not do so yet, as a last reminder we prolong the
deadline towards September 30, 2008. If you plan to contribute a book
review or a longer text, you may send in until then an abstract (of a
few lines up to one page) for the printed edition of the INCS. In this
case, the deadline for the full text in the online edition is January
15, 2009.

The conventional paper version will, as usual, be printed as a
supplement to the "Jahrbuch für Historische Kommunismusforschung",
published by Aufbau Publishing House in Berlin, which will be
available in the beginning of next year. The unabridged online version
will be put onto the International Newsletter's website at about the
same time.

We will gladly accept any kind of scholarly news and contributions
which may fit into the following sections:

I. The Newsletter of the Newsletters: Communist Studies Newsletters –
New issues. Selected Items.
II. News on Archives, Fonds and Institutions.
III. Research Projects and Dissertations – Work in progress.
IV. Materials and Studies.
IV.1. Biographical Materials and Studies.
IV.2. Regional Materials and Studies.
IV.3. Institutional Materials and Studies.
IV.4. Cultural Materials and Studies
V. New Publications – Reports, Presentations and Reviews.
V.1. Reviews.
V.2. Presentations and Announcements.
VI. Meetings and Conferences concerning Communist Studies 2008-2010.
VII. The International Bibliography of Communist Studies. Issue 2008.
VIII. Periodicals on Communist Studies.
VIII.1. The International Bibliography of Journal Articles on
Communist Studies. Issue 2008.
VIII.2. Directory of Periodicals on Communist Studies and connected
Areas: Conventional and Online Journals, Newsletters, Discussion
Lists, Bulletins and Services.
IX. Internet Resources. Websites relevant for Communist Studies.
X. Cultural and Artistic Performances Concerning the History of
Communism (new movies, documentaries, stage performances, literary
fiction etc.).
XI. Discussions, Debates, Historical Controversies.
XII. Miscellanea.

The Newsletter publishes texts in English, French, Spanish or German.
Shorter contributions and news in Russian, Polish, Italian and
Portuguese will be translated.

More information on the International Newsletter and its past issues
can be found on our homepage at http://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/projekte/incs/ .

Wishing you successful activities,
Kind regards,

Dr. Bernhard H. Bayerlein (executive editor)
Gleb J. Albert, M.A. (assistant editor)