Taiwan Comics: History, Status and Manga Influx 1930s–1990s, a new book published in the book series Stockholm Studies in Media Arts Japan presents the history of Taiwan Comics dating back to the 1930s, and the co-existence of cartoons in line with the traditions of mainland China alongside pirated Japanese manga. The books presents the first … More New book about Taiwan Comics
On April 15–16 Malmö University Library hosted a network meeting on academic publishing. The Stockholm University Press Team, along with more than forty representatives from close to twenty Swedish universities, enjoyed an inspiring “lunch to lunch”-conference with shared experiences, challenges and opportunities, as well as concrete plans for future collaboration. Everyone agreed that the network, … More Networking event on academic publishing
The new anthology The New Challenges of Populist Discourses in Romance Speaking Countries , edited by Malin Roitman et al., examines election campaigns in Spain, France, Italy and Brazil with an aim to identify, explore and compare expressions of populism. The past decades have seen a rise in populist discourse and populist candidates have been … More “For the people” – populist discourses in election campaigns in romance-speaking countries
Negatives and Meaning: Social Setting and Pragmatic Effects. Using Negatives in Political Discourse, Social Media and Oral Interaction, edited by Malin Roitman, explores the pragmatic dimension of negation and its functions in media and public discourses, using tools from cognitive, functionalist and pragmatic language theories, and from corpus linguistics. Negation is one of our most … More New anthology about the forms and functionality of negation
In an article in Universitetsläraren, representatives from Stockholm University Library, Stockholm University Press, and Stockholm University Student Union, call on universities and colleges to make academic resources and textbooks more accessible. They wish to open a discussion regarding university textbooks being published with immediate open access. “The aim of open science is to make scientific … More Peer reviewed open access textbooks in high demand
Ockulta Dagboken – The Occult Diary – är en personlig dokumentation av tolv år i en av Sveriges mest lästa, spelade, omdiskuterade och utforskade författares liv – August Strindberg. Boken tillgängliggör för första gången hela Strindbergs dagbok för en internationell publik. Vi har ställt några frågor till utgivaren Per Stam. Åren mellan 1896–1908 var betydelsefulla … More Strindbergs Ockulta Dagboken för första gången utgiven i engelsk översättning
The Stockholm University Press Team would like to take the opportunity to wish you all a very merry holiday and a happy new year. 2022 was a busy year, and we have noted a few achievements. … More Tomorrow Never Knows – The Stockholm University Press Team is Looking Back and Forward
I DN Debatt (4/1) argumenterar Henrik Tham, professor emeritus i kriminologi vid Stockholms universitet och redaktör för antologin Retreat or Entrenchment? Drug Policies in the Nordic Countries at a Crossroads för en reträtt från den svenska förbudslinjen mot knark. Regeringen måste nu tillsätta den utredning för utvärdering av narkotikapolitiken som en enig riksdag begärt, anser … More Kriminologen Henrik Tham diskuterar konsekvenser av den svenska narkotikapolitiken
The theme for the International Open Access Week in 2021 is ‘Building Structural Equity’. Equity for everyone is a challenge in publishing in general. However, it is a task that needs to be dealt with for open access publishers as their business models, in general, need to include equal opportunities for authors. … More The Challenge of Building Structural Equity in Open Access Publishing – from a Small Publisher Perspective
Stockholm University Press is a researcher-led publisher, and as such, we have to continuously improve and adapt our processes and practices in collaboration with authors, editors and reviewers to ensure that we provide the best possible opportunities for communication of good quality research. But it is of course not easy to make it perfect, considering all aspects of scholarly publishing! … More The Problem with Perfect – Making Peer Review More User-Friendly
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