FYI...Stefanie ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- ANNOUNCING H-NILAS H-NET LIST ON NATURE IN LEGEND AND STORY Sponsored by The Nature in Legend and Story Society and H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences On-line, Supported by Michigan State University H-NILAS is a moderated internet discussion forum sponsored by the Nature in Legend and Story Society (NILAS). NILAS is a group of people dedicated to understanding relationships between human beings and the natural world, through the mediation of stories, poems, legends, pictures, and other cultural products. We regard interactions of people with fauna and flora as a subject that is sufficiently significant, complex and interesting to merit the most serious attention of both poets and scholars. We view literature and the arts as inheritors of the tradition of old mythologies, which were less concerned with interpersonal relationships than with the orientation of the human race with respect to other beings. The writing that focuses on specific animals and plants, together with their relationship to human beings, we are calling "totemic literature." H-NILAS intends to foster productive exchange of ideas and materials among scholars and other interested parties of a humanistic or social scientific perspective -- the list is not limited to professional, academic historians. Storytellers, artists, archivists, librarians, public historians, and students at any level with a mature interest in the subject are also welcome. Through this list, subscribers and moderators will communicate current research and research interests; discuss new articles, books, papers, approaches, methods and tools of analysis; test new ideas and share comments and tips on teaching. H-NILAS subscribers need not be members of NILAS, though new members are always welcome. H-NILAS invites subscribers to submit syllabi, outlines, handouts, bibliographies, guides to term papers, listings of new sources and archives, and reports on new software, datasets and cd-roms. As a member of H-Net, H-NILAS will post announcements about conferences, fellowships and grants, research and publication opportunities, and jobs. We are especially interested in reaching college faculty who already have, or plan to teach courses on this area. Like all H-Net lists, H-NILAS is edited by Thomas Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Boria Sax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, to filter out inappropriate posts. It is advised by a board of scholars and is associated with The Nature in Legend and Story Society. Logs and more information can also be found at H-Net's Web Site, located at http://h-net.msu.edu/. ************************************ Stefanie S. Rixecker Department of Resource Management Lincoln University, Canterbury Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************
