[1] The aim of the platform is to answer a perceived restriction of the humanities in Europe, a widespread orientation on languages and national borders.
[5] On the second branch of the platform, authors of historical monographs and articles can present the core statements of their publications, thus putting them up for scholarly discussion.
Users can comment on both reviews and presentations, and become involved in the discussion of current topics and approaches within the field of European history.
Online since January 2011, recensio.net is the result of a joint project of the Bavarian State Library (BSB) Munich, the University of Cologne and the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) Mainz, funded from 2008-2014 by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
On the occasion of the launch of recensio.net, the international conference "Scholarly communication in the digital age",[1] took place in January 2011 at the Historisches Kolleg in Munich.