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The Academic Book in the South
Registration is now open for the British Library conference ‘The Academic Book in the South’ on 7-8th March 2016. It is being organised by the British Library in collaboration with Professor Marilyn Deegan (Kings College London) and Dr Caroline Davis (Oxford Brookes University).
This two day conference discusses how profound changes in publishing will affect the Academic Book of the Future in the South. Speakers will address the production, dissemination, reading and reception of the academic book with specific focus on Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. The conference will consider, among other things, how scholars’ ability to access and produce knowledge is facilitated by digital technology and how academics can play a more active role in the creation of, and access to, books in the Arts and Humanities, both printed and digital. A key output of the conference will, we propose, be a Charter for Change for the publication and dissemination of academic books in the South, which will point the way to new partnerships and new opportunities.
The conference will appeal particularly to scholars, students and practitioners with interests in authorship, publishing and librarianship and the history of the book. See the provisional programme for the event.
Keynote speakers:
· Walter Bgoya - Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania
· Sukanta Choudrey - Jadavpur University
· Abhijit Gupta - Joint Director of Jadavpur University Press, India
· Sari Hanafi - American University of Beirut
· Shamil Jeppie - Timbuktu Project, University of Cape Town
· Mark Muehlhaeusler – American University of Cairo Library
· Padmini Ray Murray - Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Visit the British Library website to book your place. Full price for the two days is £30, concesssions are £15 (including lunch and refreshments): http://www.bl.uk/events/the-academic-book-in-the-south. The conference is a partnership between the British Library and the Academic Book of the Future project.
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