Past Events
Tue 13 October 2009 at 4.00 pm
Publishing in Iran
Arash Hejazi (Iranian novelist and publisher)
Taking Place: Buckley BG10/11
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Wed 7 October 2009 at 5.30 pm
The Google Settlement - OPuS event
The implications for publishers and authors
Wednesday 7 October: 6.30 drinks, 7.30 event
Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University - Main Lecture Theatre
Speakers
Benjamin King
Head of policy and communications at the Publishers Association
Diane Spivey
Rights and contracts director at Little Brown in London.
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Mon 27 April 2009 at 5.30 pm
“Towards Unification”? The Hospital Contributory Scheme Problem in Bristol before 1948
George Campbell Gosling, Research Student and Teaching Associate (Centre for Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present, Oxford Brookes University)
Taking Place: Third Floor Seminar Room, Institute of Historical Research, London
This is part of the seminar series of the Voluntary Action History Society.
For more details of the VAHS and the seminar series see www.vahs.org.uk
For more details of the IHR and its various seminar series see www.history.ac.uk
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Mon 30 March 2009 at 4.00 pm
How can independent publishers survive the crunch?
Pinching their Pennies: How can independent publishers survive the credit crunch?
Bridget Shine (Independent Publishers Guild) and Giles Lewis (How To Books)
Taking Place: Room BG10 Buckley Building Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford Brookes University
It goes without saying that there is not an industry that has not been affected by the current economic crisis, and publishing is one such industry that has had to tighten its belt and pull up its socks in response to many high street shops shuttering their windows. But what new opportunities can be found amongst the chaos? What type of landscape will emerge after the dust has settled?
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Seminars
Mon 2 March 2009 at 5.00 pm
The Literature Police
Research seminar:
Apartheid Censorship and its Cultural Consequences
Dr Peter McDonald (Fellow of St. Hugh's College, University of Oxford)
Taking Place: Buckley Building
Join Dr Peter McDonald, author of The Literature Police: Apartheid Censorship and its Cultural Consequences (OUP 2009), as he traces over 80 years of political, cultural and censorship activities of South Africa and the impact this made on the history of publishing in that country.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Seminars
Mon 16 February 2009 at 5.00 pm
Access for All
Research seminar:
How Publishers can make their products accessible for people with sight problems
Richard Orme (Head of Accessibility, Royal National Institute of Blind People)
Taking Place: Buckley Building
All welcome
see the RNIB
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Seminars
Wed 26 November 2008 at 5.00 pm
West meets East – A Curator’s Passage to Asia
Dr Ruth Barnes (Ashmolean Museum)
Taking Place: Headley Lecture Room, Ashmolean Museum
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Wed 19 November 2008 at 5.30 pm
From Planning to Participation: Envisioning the NHS, 1962-1974
Healthcare in Theory and Practice in Twentieth Century Britain at The Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare, Glasgow.
Dr Glen O’Hara (Oxford Brookes University)
Taking Place: Hamish Wood Building, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Wed 19 November 2008 at 5.00 pm
Representations of Amerindian Savagery and Civility on Dutch Maps with decorated Borders
c.1598-1626
Surekha Davies (Warburg Institute)
Taking Place: Headley Lecture Room, Ashmolean Museum.
Art History Seminars with the University of Oxford
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Tue 18 November 2008 at 5.00 pm
Antony Harwood: ‘The Business of the Literary Agent’
Publishing Research Seminar Series
Taking Place: Buckley BG01 in Semester 1 2008
Over the past hundred years, literary agents have become key intermediaries in the publishing business. They select authors, negotiate publishing and other rights deals, and manage authors' business affairs. They also frequently perform an editorial function, working closely with authors on their work before it reaches a publisher.
In this talk, Antony Harwood, a leading literary agent, will introduce the business of the literary agent, examining agents' relationships with the rest of the publishing industry, with related media industries, and with authors. He will also discuss some of the current issues in the publishing market affecting the business of the literary agent.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Consultancy and Training | Publishing Seminars
Tue 4 November 2008 at 5.00 pm
Dr Simone Murray: ‘Remix My Lit: Towards an Open Access Literary Culture’
Publishing Research Seminar Series, Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies in assocation with the Institute for Historical and Cultural Research
Taking Place: Buckley BG10/11 in Semester 1 2008
The publishing buzzword of 2008 has undoubtedly been ‘open access'. But typically this has referred to scientific journal publishing, only recently expanding to include humanities research. This paper goes further in asking what might an open-access literary culture look like?
Developments around online publishing, electronic-books, print on demand and digital libraries see publishers facing challenges on every side. How might publishers' traditional role as gatekeepers of literary culture be similarly usurped in an environment characterised by networked books, wiki-novels and fictional ‘rip and burn' practices? Outlining three exciting recent experiments in open-access literature, Simone Murray's illustrated talk investigates what the digital future of literature might look like, and what its impact will be on writers, publishers and readers.
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Consultancy and Training | Publishing Seminars
Wed 29 October 2008 at 5.00 pm
Titian’s ‘Triumph of Love’ and the collection of Gabriel Vendramin (1484-1552)
Dr Catherine Whistler (Ashmolean Museum)
Taking Place: University of Oxford, History of Art Department, Littlegate House, St Ebbe’s.
Art History Seminars with the University of Oxford:
Dr Catherine Whistler will be speaking to the Joint Art History Seminar organised by the University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University and the Ashmolean Museum on ‘Titian’s ‘Triumph of Love’ and the collection of Gabriel Vendramin (1484-1552)’
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Thu 2 October 2008 at 5.30 pm
Publishing and the Environment - OPUS event
Time: 6.30 pm drinks, 7.30 pm talks
Speakers: Edward Milford (Earthscan), Carole Richmond (Wiley)
Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane Campus in Semester 1 2008
Edward will talk on ‘Greening Your Publishing” and will aim to cover - A few orders of magnitude figures on outputs, CO2 etc. - The need for a system/committee/process/measurement and our experience with it - Some of the non-manufacturing considerations (office energy, travel, etc) - Some thoughts on the future, including some electronic publishing impact thoughts; scale of changes needed; limits to growth conundrum
Carole's talk will span the environmental life cycle of a book from tree to toilet tissue! She will be concentrating on paper sourcing and the various ways that publishers can ensure appropriate sources and use for this increasingly environmentally sensitive commodity.
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Mon 21 April 2008 at 11.00 am
Academic Publishing Seminar
Dr Linda Bree (Cambridge University Press)
Taking Place: Buckley Building, Gipsy Lane Campus, Room BG05
Dr Linda Bree, Literature Editor of Cambridge University Press, will be
giving a talk on publishing with a University Press. All staff and
graduate students are very welcome to attend.
Type of Event: Publishing
Tue 15 April 2008 at 11.30 am
London Book Fair seminar: Children’s Publishing around the World
London Book Fair seminar
Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies
Taking Place: London Book Fair, Tuesday 15 April 2008 in Summer 2008
Children's publishing is an exciting and dynamic sector. At this London Book Fair seminar, organized by the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, a panel of experts will look at international trends in children's publishing and examine future developments.
12.30 pm, Marlborough Rooms, London Book Fair, Earls Court
Type of Event: Publishing
Mon 14 April 2008 to Wed 16 April 2008
Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies at the London Book Fair
Staff and Students from Publishing
Taking Place: Earls Court, London in Semester 2 2008
Following the success of last year's inaugural vist to the London Book Fair, the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies is to have a stand at this year's fair. So come and see us on stand T740, London Book Fair, Earl's Court, 14 - 16 April.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Consultancy and Training