New Book Channel Essay Reviews Three Recent Books on Tech & Discrimination
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From the Web: The Multigraph Collective and Interacting with Print
In the latest Perspectives on History, editor Allison Miller tells the fascinating story of the Multigraph Collective, a group of 22 book historians and print scholars from Canada, the US, and the UK interested in the materiality and interactivity of reading who employed a radical form of electronic collaboration to produce the jointly composed and edited "multigraph,"
From the Web: University Press of New England to Shut Down in December
Dartmouth News reports that the publishing consortium run by Dartmouth College and Brandeis University will be shutting down by the end of 2018, with Dartmouth College Press and Brandeis University Press taking control of their own imprints.
From the Web: Changing Library Practices in Times of Austerity
Book Channel readers may have noticed an apparent uptick in the pace of university libraries purging their stacks to make room for multimedia spaces and other amenities. A new article by Sarah E.
From the Web: Elements of Indigenous Style
Book Channel readers following developments in editing will be interested in a new interview from the CBC with editor Gregory Younging, whose Elements of Indigenous Style came out last month. In addition to addressing the challenges facing Indigenous authors, Younging discusses issues of editorial style and preserving the author's voice.
NEW Teaching Essay: Race in the European Middle Ages
Book Channel readers will enjoy the newest commissioned essay in our Teaching Essays series. Dr. Geraldine Heng of the University of Texas at Austin has written strategies for incorporating "Race in the European Middle Ages" into art history, literature, religious studies, and history courses.
New Book Channel Essay: The Many Legacies of Marilyn B. Young
I am pleased to announce the publication of a new commissioned essay on the H-Net Book Channel. Dr. Rebecca Karl of NYU has written a beautiful tribute to her friend and colleague, historian Marilyn B. Young. As both a scholar and an activist, Dr. Young critiqued America's military interventions in Vietnam and elsewhere. Dr.
NEW Book Channel Essay: Youth Movements and Elections in Eastern Europe
The Book Channel is delighted to bring you our latest original essay, Youth Movements and Elections in Eastern Europe, by Olena Nikolayenko, Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University. Dr.
From the Web: "Decolonizing the AHR"
The editor of the American Historical Review, Alex Lichtenstein, has posted an essay, "Decolonizing the AHR," to discuss upcoming changes to the journal.
From the Web: New Books Network
Book Channel subscribers, and fans of new academic works more broadly, will be interested to discover the New Books Network. This consortium of podcasts, sponsored by Amherst College Press, posts audio interviews with authors about their new scholarly publications. With over sixty new interviews per month in dozens of academic fields, New Books Network podcasts are another great source of information about and discussion of academic books.
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