Tuesday 9 August 2016 10am-6pm, University of Stirling


This one-day event will guide participants to understand & develop new approaches to academic publishing in the Arts & Humanities. The schedule combines talks from invited experts with practical sessions to introduce, discuss & evaluate key skills & contemporary practices in academic publishing. Sessions are themed around the following core topics, with an emphasis on useful tips & techniques for postgraduate students:

•     Current practices & future models of peer review
•     Academics’ experiences of editing & reviewing
•     Tips and guides: how to be a successful reviewer & editor
•     Introduction to open access platforms & initiatives
•     Preparing work for publication
•     Postgraduate perspectives on academic publishing

Speakers & Session Leaders:

•     Nick Canty (Information Studies, University College London), Co-Investigator on the AHRC Academic Book of the Future research project & former commissioning editor & publisher
•     Dr Gillian Tasker (Publishing Scotland), Book Marketing Manager at Publishing Scotland & former Editor in Chief at Cargo Publishing
•     Dr Stephen Burn (School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow), Reader in English Literature who has published & edited academic books & articles on contemporary fiction, and regularly reviews fiction for the New York Times Book Review & the Times Literary Supplement.

The event is co-funded by SGSAH & the Academic Future of the Book, travel bursaries are available for postgraduate students within Scotland – see the SGSAH guidance on travel & subsistence for more details.

The event is free to attend, but registration is essential: https://academicpublishingconference.eventbrite.co.uk

For a full schedule, see https://peerreviewproject.wordpress.com/conference

Contact
For more information & further details, please contact Dorothy Butchard, d.k.butchard@stir.ac.uk.

First published: 29 July 2016