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36 Holocaust & Genocide Stud. 1 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/hologen36 and id is 1 raw text is: Holocaust and Genocide Studies 36, no. 1 (Spring 2022): 1-2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/hgs/dcab064 Editors' Note Editors' Note This issue of Holocaust and Genocide Studies marks a transformational moment in the history of this publication as it moves to new editorial leadership for only the second time. With this issue, Daniel H. Magilow and Helene Sinnreich will assume editorial responsibility for the journal as Co-Editors-in- Chief, which marks the first time a woman (Sinnreich) and a scholar in a discipline other than history (Magilow) have held this position. The task set before us as Co-Editors-in-Chief of Holocaust and Genocide Studies is the weighty responsibility of building on the accomplishments of the inaugural Editor-in-Chief, Yehuda Bauer (1986-1996) and his co-editor and successor, Richard Breitman (1994-2021). It is both fitting and necessary to begin this change by recognizing the work, achievements, dedication, and stewardship of these pathbreaking scholars, their associate and assistant editors, the staff that has supported them, and the countless scholars who have contributed to the journal's success as authors and reviewers. We bring a commitment to maintain the high scholarly standards of Holocaust and Genocide Studies. At the same time, we aim to build on the journal's traditions, while expanding in directions that support and promote the work of leading and emerging scholars, ensuring that HGS remains at the vanguard of the field. This means embracing generational, technological, and methodological changes emerging within the disciplines of Holocaust and genocide studies as tools, methods, sources, and intellectual concerns continue to evolve. While archivally based, theoretically informed scholarship about the origins, causes, genealogies, effects, consequences, and implications of the Holocaust and other genocides remains a central focus for HGS, we seek to expand the journal's disciplinary reach to create a dialogue and debate between scholars of varying fields and methodological approaches. Through this exchange, we hope to highlight new approaches and methods for analyzing, synthesizing, and visualizing materials. We also believe that this commitment to interdisciplinarity will allow deeper engagement with traditional and new data sources, including soon-to-be or recently available archival collections, unearthed artifacts, and other media that offer new insights into the experiences of victims, perpetrators, local collaborators, and other witnesses. We aim to expand Holocaust and Genocide Studies' ability to speak to larger scholarly questions about the lessons and legacies of genocide and human rights. As old age claims even the youngest survivors of the Holocaust, questions about how memories of trauma are mediated and transmitted take on addi- tional urgency. In other words, it is now more vital than ever that scholarship on the Holocaust and other genocides not only address these histories, but also how memory has informed them. The editorial transition at HGS is also providing an opportunity for other changes to the journal, some more visible than others. For one, we have implemented an online workflow management sys- tem intended to streamline and, crucially, to accelerate the publication process. A restructured and expanded editorial board will also ensure that the journal's leadership reflects the diverse professional, personal, and disciplinary backgrounds of its authors and readers. Our expanded online presence, which includes more open access content, will make more scholarship available to a wider readership. A larger book review section will increase the number of books, topics, and authors that can become part of public discourse. We also intend to create spaces for the publication and review of alternative forms of writing and engagement that have emerged through the spatial and digital humanities. The bibliog- raphy section that has for years informed readers of new publications will be retired, because online databases and research tools now offer quicker and more efficient ways to access this information.