1. Für eine neue Kultur der Geisteswissenschaften? Wiljan van den Akker Utrecht University

2. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES The Humanities: need a system of quality indicators should not be treated differently don’t require a different approach to quality don’t need a different type of indicators if we don’t do it, ‘they’ certainly will

3. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES Peer review is a bad form of RA All other forms are worse Quality indicators must improve, anchor and simplify the process of peer review

4. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES The system must: be broad and tailor-made be open to additions and adjustments comprise output indicators & esteem indicators comprise indicators of scholarly & societal quality

5. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES The system must have quality indicators: according to its diversity: – Products – Target Groups – Publishing Cultures – Types of Output databases, catalogues, editions of texts

6. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES The Humanities need a (national) classification of Journals – Publishers - Book Series as input for peer review no form of automatic calculation whatsoever a system that is effective which means it cannot be simple

8. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES Another Linguistic Turn?

9. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES Another Linguistic Turn? A Dutch Poem: Och, och, och, och Och, och, och Och, och Och

10. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES Another Linguistic Turn? A Dutch Poem: Och, och, och, och Och, och, och Och, och Och German Translation: Ach, Ach, Ach, Ach Ach, Ach, Ach Ach, Ach Ach

11. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES Another Linguistic Turn? - Language of Object (f.e. Poem) - Language of Discourse (f.e. Article)

12. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES Another Linguistic Turn? - Article in Dutch on Dutch Poem = A? - Same Article in Swiss on Dutch Poem = B/C?

13. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES Another Linguistic Turn? - Scholar in Dutch Literature: - Needs to read/understand Dutch - Does not need to write in Dutch - English as preferred scholarly language - English is not English - English is Modern Latin

14. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES Another Linguistic Turn? - The Biggest Advantage of Writing in Dutch:

15. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES Another Linguistic Turn? - The Biggest Advantage of Writing in Dutch: - Almost nobody in the world will read you

16. RESEARCH ASSESSMENT IN/FOR/BY THE HUMANITIES Another Linguistic Turn? - The Biggest Advantage of Writing in Dutch: - Almost nobody in the world will read you -

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