New book from Stockholm University Press: Born in 1953: The story about a post-war Swedish cohort, and a longitudinal research project, by Sten-Åke Stenberg #newbook #oabooks

29 November, 2018

A dramatic history of a sociological study – Project Metropolitan At the beginning of the 1960s, Swedish researchers started a sociological study of all children born in Stockholm in 1953, Project Metropolitan. This monograph describes the project’s at times dramatic history, where issues of personal integrity and the role of social sciences were heavily debated. These … More New book from Stockholm University Press: Born in 1953: The story about a post-war Swedish cohort, and a longitudinal research project, by Sten-Åke Stenberg #newbook #oabooks

New Book from Stockholm University Press: Pour une généalogie critique de la Francophonie #newbook #oabooks #peerreview

27 November, 2018

The monograph Pour une généalogie critique de la Francophonie, by Christophe Premat, studies the genesis of the institutions of the Francophonie at the time of independence of African countries in the sixties. Based on geopolitical analysis and postcolonial theories, the author reassesses the position of France which officially distanced itself from this multilateral organization. France controlled … More New Book from Stockholm University Press: Pour une généalogie critique de la Francophonie #newbook #oabooks #peerreview

Stockholm University Press publishes its 20th Open Access book: World Literatures: Exploring the Cosmopolitan-Vernacular Exchange #oabooks #peerreview

26 November, 2018

We are happy to announce that Stockholm University press publishes its 20th fully Open Access book, the edited volume: World Literatures: Exploring the Cosmopolitan-Vernacular Exchange, edited by Stefan Helgesson, Annika Mörte Alling, Yvonne Lindqvist, and Helena Wulf. Questioning the paradigm of World Literatures Placing itself within the burgeoning field of world literary studies, the organising principle of … More Stockholm University Press publishes its 20th Open Access book: World Literatures: Exploring the Cosmopolitan-Vernacular Exchange #oabooks #peerreview

Celebrating #UPWeek: Stockholm University Press proud of authors choosing Open Access #OA #OABooks #ReadUP #TurnItUP

16 November, 2018

By Christina Lenz, Managing Editor of Books at Stockholm University Press This year’s University Press Week 2018 we would like to thank all our authors – researchers from Stockholm University and all around the world. The theme of this years’s #UPWeek is #TurnItUP. We celebrate the work University Presses do to publish the work of … More Celebrating #UPWeek: Stockholm University Press proud of authors choosing Open Access #OA #OABooks #ReadUP #TurnItUP

Open Access Week 2018 – reflections from #COASP10 – the open access movement lives

26 October, 2018

10th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (University of Vienna, Austria) By Christina Lenz, Managing Editor of books at Stockholm University Press I did not have any expectations going to my first COASP in Riga 2013. I was new at Stockholm University Library, and to the business of open access publishing. I came to Stockholm … More Open Access Week 2018 – reflections from #COASP10 – the open access movement lives

Open access books on the agenda – 20th #oabook – celebrating #OAWeek

24 October, 2018

By Christina Lenz, Managing Editor of Books at Stockholm University Press The next book published at Stockholm University Press will be the 20th. Two more titles are on their way, which means that this year we will have published 22 books altogether. Our previous record was publishing five new titles a year. This year we … More Open access books on the agenda – 20th #oabook – celebrating #OAWeek

Celebrating #OAWeek “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”

22 October, 2018

By Christina Lenz, Managing Editor for books at Stockholm University Press How do we as a university press contribute to equitable foundations for open knowledge? This year’s theme on Open Access Week is “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”. As part of Stockholm University Library, we have the mission to help students and researchers around the … More Celebrating #OAWeek “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”

Utmaningar, processer och protester – så här blev en bok om estetiska lärprocesser till | New book: Anthology about teaching and learning in the arts

4 October, 2018

Hur utvecklas egentligen lärarpraktik på ett vetenskapligt sätt inom de estetiska ämnesområdena? Antologin De estetiska ämnenas didaktik – Utmaningar, processer och protester publicerades i slutet av augusti efter noggrann granskning och revidering. I boken beskriver författarna, som alla är verksamma lärare och/eller lärarutbildare, hur deras processer ser ut när de analyserar och utvecklar sin undervisning. Här … More Utmaningar, processer och protester – så här blev en bok om estetiska lärprocesser till | New book: Anthology about teaching and learning in the arts

New book from Stockholm University Press: The Power of the In-Between: Intermediality as a Tool for Aesthetic Analysis and Critical Reflection #oabooks

2 October, 2018

How can the concept of intermediality be understood and used in the humanities? The Power of the In-Between: Intermediality as a Tool for Aesthetic Analysis and Critical Reflection gathers fourteen case studies where different intermedial issues are explored. The participating researchers investigate phenomena such as contemporary installation art, twentieth-century geography books, renaissance sculpture, media theory, … More New book from Stockholm University Press: The Power of the In-Between: Intermediality as a Tool for Aesthetic Analysis and Critical Reflection #oabooks

New book from Stockholm University Press: Essays in Anarchism and Religion: Volume II #oabooks

27 September, 2018

The uneasy relationship between anarchism and religion – a powerful critique of contemporary global society Anarchism and religion have historically had an uneasy relationship. Indeed, representatives of both sides have regularly insisted on the fundamental incompatibility of anarchist and religious ideas and practices. Yet, ever since the emergence of anarchism as an intellectual and political … More New book from Stockholm University Press: Essays in Anarchism and Religion: Volume II #oabooks