Category Archives: Publishing

Martin Coward on Open Access Publishing

Posted on July 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Some interesting thoughts here.

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An argument for Open Access publishing

Posted on June 30, 2012 by stuartelden

From Jo van Every here. Here’s a brief excerpt: If you (individually or as a committee) only care about whether other white guys at prestigious universities in Europe and the US cite the work, then that should be explicit. If … Continue reading →

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Self-publishing articles

Posted on June 28, 2012 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has an interesting series of posts on self-publishing articles (or open-access publishing). Initial thoughts here; a second-thought here; and a response and his thoughts on that. Part of this is, as he acknowledges, the security that being a … Continue reading →

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Next things to do

Posted on June 26, 2012 by stuartelden

The manuscript for The Birth of Territory, the image files and all the permissions paperwork went to University of Chicago Press yesterday. Of course, there are still copy-editing queries, proofs, index, cover discussions, marketing questionnaires and so on to come, but … Continue reading →

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Amin and Thrift, Arts of the Political

Posted on June 25, 2012 by stuartelden

Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift’s new book, Arts of the Political: New Openings for the Left is due out in March 2013 with Duke University Press. Very little on the publisher site as yet.

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The Birth of Territory – final revisions

Posted on June 17, 2012 by stuartelden

Over the past several weeks I’ve been working hard on the final stages of revision of The Birth of Territory manuscript. Some of this has been responding to referee reports; some to my own thoughts on returning to the manuscript … Continue reading →

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Work for hire

Posted on June 15, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ve just turned down an invitation to write for another one of those massive, multi-volume encyclopedias – this time a multi-disciplinary one. I’ve done a few pieces for such things, and I don’t really regret having done so. But I’ve … Continue reading →

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Thom Brooks on editing a journal

Posted on June 15, 2012 by stuartelden

Forthcoming editorial of the Journal of Moral Philosophy (via The Brooks blog). As he says, much of this is relevant for other disciplines than his own. The beginning is largely about launching a journal, but the second half is about running … Continue reading →

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Critical Climate Change

Posted on June 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Intriguing new series of books from Open Humanities Press. Details here. Open Humanities Press is pleased to launch a new series in literary and cultural theory published in conjunction with the University of Michigan Library’s Scholarly Publishing Office. Each Critical … Continue reading →

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Loeb downloads

Posted on June 5, 2012 by stuartelden

The Loeb series of Greek/English and Latin/English texts on facing pages are invaluable, even if you work with a more modern translation. All the ones that are out of copyright are available to download as pdfs here. Euripides, Sophocles, Augustine, Cicero, … Continue reading →

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