Category Archives: Publishing

The twenty-five most important academic books to me from 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by stuartelden

Not ordered, not comprehensive, and I’m sure I’ve forgotten some – and of course there are those I’ve not yet read or am unaware of… These are all academic books published in 2013, not drawn from all the books I … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, David Farrell Krell, David Harvey, Grégoire Chamayou, Immanuel Kant, Jacques Derrida, John Protevi, Karl Marx, Louise Amoore, Michael Dillon, Michel Foucault, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Publishing, Universities, urban/urbanisation | 24 Comments

Elsevier now goes after institutional repositories

Posted on December 20, 2013 by stuartelden

News APPS has a story about how Elsevier is now going after institutions that have papers from their journals up online. This develops from their earlier challenge to academia.edu (linked to here).

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Fifteen years ago today I submitted my PhD thesis

Posted on December 18, 2013 by stuartelden

My PhD thesis was entitled ‘Mapping the Present: Space and History in the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger and Michel Foucault’ and it was submitted in December 1998 (I’m pretty sure it was on the 18th). It was examined … Continue reading →

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Big Data and Society – new open access journal being launched

Posted on December 13, 2013 by stuartelden

ANTHEM has the news of a new open access journal edited by Evelyn Ruppert – Big Data and Society.

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Three very interesting pieces on changes (and challenges) to publishing today

Posted on December 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Three very interesting pieces on changes to academic publishing today. The first looks at the need for University Presses to adapt to a changing publishing landscape; the second at the costs of producing an open-access monograph – a good reason to use the language … Continue reading →

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Henryk Grossman – The Change in the Original Plan for Marx’s Capital and Its Causes

Posted on December 12, 2013 by stuartelden

Very interesting article translated in the latest Historical Materialism – Henryk Grossman, “The Change in the Original Plan for Marx’s Capital and Its Causes” (requires subscription).

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Architecture in the Anthropocene – open access book

Posted on December 9, 2013 by stuartelden

    Architecture in the Anthropocene: Encounters Among Design, Deep Time, Science and Philosophy, edited by Etienne Turpin – open access from Open Humanities Press.  

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Justin E.H. Smith on his plans for the next ten years of research

Posted on December 8, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned Justin E.H. Smith on this blog before, mainly in relation to his excellent book on Leibniz, Divine Machines. In this post he talks about his various future book projects, including several under contract, and some translations. Will be of interest … Continue reading →

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9 Publishing Basics for Anyone Submitting to a Scholarly Journal

Posted on November 14, 2013 by stuartelden

At Sage Connection, some useful advice on journal publishing. Well worth a read – even experienced people miss some of these things. Here’s one answer: 8.       What should a person submitting an article for consideration NEVER do? I think you … Continue reading →

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Early Modern Literary Geographies – new book series with Oxford University Press

Posted on November 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Early Modern Literary Geographies is a new book series with Oxford University Press, under the editorship of Julie Sanders and Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. I’m delighted to be part of their advisory board. Here’s the series description: Influenced by the work of cultural … Continue reading →

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