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"Studies in Book Culture" Review

Book fairs, writers’ festivals, conventions and other literary gatherings are hubs of activity. From the foundation of the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1454, to the post-war growth of the festival format, to the proliferation of digital and live events in the twenty-first century, book fairs and festivals have shaped book cultures and publishing industries. They are sites of global and local commerce, where books, rights and ideas are traded. They are also carnivalesque, located outside the everyday. Fairs and festivals are celebrations of creativity, flashpoints for anxieties, and sites of bad behaviour. Inhibitions are lowered and people wear masks, power is exposed and sometimes mocked, and books come out to play.

Sherbrooke

Call for papers - Language

Delivering together - the collective cogs of the book pipeline

11th student conference of the Groupe de recherches et d’études sur le livre au Québec (GRÉLQ)

Une pluralité de médiateurs et de prescripteurs interviennent dans la conception et la production de l’objet-livre, qui n’est pas pour autant le résultat d’un simple travail à la chaîne effectué par des techniciens : c’est une œuvre d’art à part entière, sur laquelle tous les agents impliqués ont posé un geste créateur, un « geste éditorial ». En raison des logiques de collaboration et de concurrence qui régissent le monde du livre, ses artisans (écrivains, imprimeurs, éditeurs, réviseurs, libraires, etc.) sont appelés à interagir, qu’ils occupent ou non la même fonction dans la chaîne du livre. L’objectif de ce colloque sera donc d’analyser la production de l’objet-livre dans son ensemble, sous l’angle du rassemblement et de l’action collective.

Call for papers - Science studies

Openly about Open Access

“Open Information Science” Journal

The majority of academic papers on the topic of Open Access publishing are available only in fee for use journals. Thus, to make research about open access more widely available, Open Information Science is inviting research, review, and position papers for inclusion in a special issue about Open Access to be published during open access week in October 2018. Especially of interest are papers considering existing models of Open Access (platinum, gold, green, fair) and the controversies surrounding each of them. Works about the development of the Open Access movement and the usage and acceptance of works published openly, are welcome as well. All the submissions will be reviewed by an international panel of experts in the field.

Rennes

Call for papers - Representation

Smuggling American literature into France (1917-1967)

Cette journée d'études interdisciplinaire est consacrée à la manière dont la littérature américaine entre dans le champ de la culture en France, au cours d'une période définie par deux moments-clé de la relation franco-américaine : l'engagement des États-Unis dans la première guerre mondiale (1917) et le retrait des forces de l'OTAN du territoire français (1967). Il s'agira, d'une part, d'identifier les intermédiaires qui ont permis la circulation de la littérature américaine en France au cours de cette période ; d'autre part, d'éclairer la diversité de leurs pratiques, ainsi que les formes de capitalisation, sélection, distorsion, hybridation, censure, rejet ou subversion qui les accompagnent. On souhaiterait également faire apparaître les relations sociales, culturelles, économiques ou politiques que ces passeurs mettent en jeu ainsi que les perceptions et les images de la littérature américaine qu'ils ont construites pour le public français.

Call for papers - Science studies

Health Literacy and Physical Literacy in Library Practice

This special issue of Open Information Science seeks submissions related to the theme of "Health Literacy and Physical Literacy in Library Practice." We invite case studies focused on services and programs offered in particular libraries, as well as general analyses of how libraries support health and physical literacies. This special issue seeks to deepen our understanding of how libraries support health literacy and physical literacy through their programs, services, and spaces. We also invite submissions on challenges libraries confront, as well as philosophical and theoretical submissions on the place of health literacy or physical literacy within library practice. Finally, submissions focused on professional or continuing education programs focused on enabling library professionals to better support these literacies are invited. Submissions are invited on library practices in any type of library environment (i.e. academic, school, public). Submissions on public library practices are especially encouraged.

Sherbrooke

Conference, symposium - Information

Editors' discourse

Le colloque « Les discours de l'éditeur » aura lieu les 9 et 10 mars 2018, au centre culturel de l'université de Sherbrooke. Ce colloque est coorganisé par la chaire de recherche du Canada sur l’histoire de l’édition et la sociologie du littéraire (Édisoc) et le Groupe de recherches et d’études sur le livre au Québec (GRÉLQ) dans le cadre du projet de recherche « Sur les traces de l’éditeur ».

Paris

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Information

Call to researchers at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (2018-2019)

La BnF publie son appel à chercheurs 2018, afin de s'associer le concours de chercheurs pour l'année universitaire 2018-2019. Cet appel propose aux chercheurs un soutien financier au travers de bourses de recherche pour un montant total de 40.000 euros, grâce à la générosité de la BnF, de ses mécènes. Les candidats peuvent proposer spontanément des sujets de travaux. Afin d'éviter la dispersion des propositions, trois axes de recherche sont indiqués : étude et valorisation des collections ; histoire de la Bibliothèque nationale de France ; étude de la photographie et de l'histoire de la photographie avec la Fondation Louis Roederer.

Milan

Call for papers - Modern

Interarts - mimetic hypertextuality between rewritings and allographic continuity

The last decades have seen an increase in the number of publications concerned with the theme of trans-textuality, meaning the conscious reuse of themes and subjects. A widespread practice during the seventeenth and eighteenth century, trans-textuality was interrupted during the Romantic age only to be relentlessly resumed until becoming, today, a real trend in literature and other arts, overlapping genres and artistic expressions.

Florence

Call for papers - Information

Publishing in a changing media environment

New products, new organizations and new research models

The European publishing studies association (EuroPub) aims to foster the exchange of knowledge around the contemporary book trade. This three-day conference brings together industry professionals, educators, and scholars to examine key issues around the digital transformation of the book, as well as to discuss the developing field of publishing studies. In previous years we have discussed topics ranging from the evolution of cultural habits (Building audiences, 2016) to the development of publishing skills (Curation. A perspective on the book industry, 2017). By the Book 5 will focus on innovation in order to identify the nature and drivers of change within the industry.

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