(E-mail and Historians in Germany) Date Tue, 6 Sep 1994 13 54 45 -0500 Reply-To: German History list Sender: German History list From: H-GERMAN MODERATOR Dan Rogers Subject: Re: No e-mail in Germany Submitted by: Scott Denham Having just returned a year ago from directing a Junior Year Abroad program at the Uni-Wuerzburg (18 American undergrads from Davidson College and a few other schools), I have much good to say about the Uni-Wuerzburg Rechenzentrum. I agree that it seems in general to be the case that getting in the door of the German university computer center can be troublesome. In Wuerzburg, for instance, students were indeed required to have a faculty sponsor. As resident director and thus essentially adjunct faculty, I was able to sponsor all our students, who then had a delightful year sending transcontinental e-mail, telnetting their home accounts, discussing courses and papers with major advisors at home, and the like. But for many of their German peers, access was rare or impossible, and, it seemed, completely dependent on the department faculty. Several Anglisten, for example, worked with profs who had never seen a computer and thus couldn't get the necessary signature on the necessary form . . . and internet access was out. For others in BWL or math or physics, though, the whole department, faculty and students alike would be plugged in. The staff people at the Uni-Wuerzburg Rechenzentrum were always helpful, knowledgable, friendly, and quite tolerant of my Amis. Scott Denham Information provider: Unit: H-Net program at UIC History Department Email: H-Net@uicvm.uic.edu Posted: 10 Sep 1994 .