Author Posts Transforming universities with an equity focus Inequity is everywhere in higher education, and my book Distributing Knowledge: Openness, Equity and Higher Education Transformation offers an equity lens through which the sector could transform itself.
Author Posts Popular science has a formula Several people who work in science communication have told me this book feels like it was written for them. They know the popular version of every story in it, and they're tired of repeating metaphors they know are incomplete.
Author Posts A Society of Meta-Organizations Meta-organizations are everywhere. They can range from local, highly specialized collectives to large, generalist global actors. They are incredibly diverse, in terms of size, membership, purposes, activities. Yet across this diversity, some shared characteristics emerge.
Author Posts On Colonial Knowledge, Africa, and Imperial Russia It is important (and even crucial) to always put cultural and political phenomena occurring in Russia – often victim of the exceptionalist rhetoric (on the Russian side) or of othering (on the Western side) – into a wider, global context.
Author Posts Choose Your Own Adventure My new book Make/Unmake: Play at the Centre of Culture Change examines what UNICEF calls the three greatest challenges currently facing children globally, now and into the future: migration, the climate crisis, and changing forms of work.
Author Posts The EU Energy Transition: Doing More with More In a context marked by economic and geopolitical tensions, the European Union is called upon to make energy a pillar of its strategic autonomy. Accelerating on the adoption of renewables is essential.
ceramics Looking forward, looking back: William Moorcroft in the news Within the space of just five days in June this year, William Moorcroft was twice in the news.
academic freedom Defending Academic Freedom in an Age of Censorship: Reflections from author Ash Lierman With the threats that research faces in the U.S., OA offers equal access to publishing for many of us who have previously had the privilege of overlooking it.
Semitic Languages and Cultures Featured Open access book publishing: a series editor writes In this post, Geoffrey Khan explains why he wanted his book series to be published open access, without charges to authors, and the success that the series has had.
Our books HOROS: Ancient Boundaries and the Ecology of Stone Read Thea Potter's blog post on her latest book 'Horos: Ancient Boundaries and the Ecology of Stone'.
Open Access Week 2020 Featured On Open Access: Thoughts from our Authors For Open Access Week 2020 we invited our authors to share their thoughts on the topics of equity, accessibility, open knowledge and open access publishing. Continue reading to find out what they had to say.
Author Posts News Flash: R. O. Blechman Turns Ninety! The Brooklyn-born R. O. Blechman, Bob to his intimates, qualifies officially as a nonagenarian on October 1, 2020. This blog post, despite being candleless and cakefree, celebrates the occasion, with more than enough social distancing to satisfy the strictest epidemiologist.
Documentary Photography Photography and Protest Deborah Willis, Chair of Photography & Imaging at Tisch New York University and co-editor of 'Women and Migration', shares her powerful reflections about photography, history and protest in the context of the BLM demonstration taking place all around the world.
Author Posts A Kids’ Book about Plague from a Bygone Century Author Jan M. Ziolkowski considers the relationships between sickness, stories and sweetness in this discussion of children's book 'The Acrobat and the Angel' and its relationship to The Juggler of Notre Dame.
Author Posts A Charred Cathedral in Paris and A Modern Masterpiece in Glass: Le Jongleur de Notre Dame Author Jan M. Ziokowski meditates on the relationship between glass, storytelling and hope.
Author Posts The Death of Tomie dePaola and the Juggler of Notre Dame Jan Ziolkowski reflects on the life and work of American author and illustrator Tomie dePaola, particularly his affinity for the tale of the Juggler of Notre Dame.
Author Posts The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre Florence Goyet discusses her global study of the classic short story, which examines the entire body of stories of five major authors: Maupassant, Chekhov, Verga, James and Akutagawa.
Author Posts Tony Curtis, “The Young Juggler” Jan M. Ziolkowski explores the connections between Hollywood star Tony Curtis and the fable of the Juggler of Notre Dame.
Author Posts From Darkness to Light: Writers in Museums 1798-1898 'From Darkness to Light, Writers in Museums 1798-1898' explores the reaction of writers and artists to museums and galleries during the gradual introduction of electric light.
Author Posts The World Dislocated Author Ellyn Toscano draws on her book, 'Women and Migration', to consider the impact of coronavirus on the plight of migrants huddled closely in detention centers or migrant camps or prisons.
Author Posts Vigilant audiences and stay-at-home justice Author Daniel Trottier reflects on the roles of vigilance and vigilantism during the coronavirus pandemic, considering emerging and established forms of scrutiny and denunciation as practices that combine entertainment and justice-seeking.
Author Posts The End of the World: ten years later Maria Manuel Lisboa reflects on her book, 'The End of the World: Apocalypse and its Aftermath in Western Culture' ten years after its publication, and considers what it has to tell us today.
Author Posts Open books from OBP: A showcase A showcase of freely accessible academic books - from anthologies to philosophical tracts to books on film and quotation - all introduced by their authors.
Author Posts Coronavirus, inequality and the ‘tipping point’ Mark O'Brien draws on the lessons from his book, 'Just Managing? What it Means for the Families of Austerity Britain' to discuss the very different experiences of the coronovirus emergency at either end of the UK’s social spectrum.
Online conferences Successful econferences: examples and case studies This post presents some examples and in-depth case studies of successful online conferences.
