This two-day seminar will explore contemporary best practice for both academic presses and scholars as they seek a cooperative model for the advancement and dissemination of new forms of knowledge. Our emphasis, however, will be pragmatic. How best can today’s scholars interact with the scholarly publishing industry and – more important – with their scholarly audience? Recommended (but not required) reading: Getting It Published (University of Chicago Press, 2008) and From Dissertation to Book (University of Chicago Press, 2005). Attendance both days is strongly recommended so that we can sustain a conversation across the range of the seminar’s issues. No written work is required, but participants are strongly encouraged to come with questions.
Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
Prof. Dr. William Germano, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Datum: 17./18.10.2013
Zeit: 09:30 - 13:00 Uhr
Ort: Universität Bern, Hauptgebäude, Hochschulstrasse 4, Raum 304
William Germano is dean and professor at The Cooper Union for the Advacement of Science and Art, New York. He has a background in publishing, first as editor-in-chief at Columbia University Press and then as vice-president and publishing director at Routledge. He worked with Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Raymond Williams, and other well-known scholars. Among others, he published the books Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books (University of Chicago Press, 2nd ed. 2008) and From Dissertation to Book (University of Chicago Press, 2005).