Michigan Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of a new open-access journal, Translating the Americas. A project of the University of Michigan Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Translating the Americas is a digital platform for the publication and open access distribution of translations of important, previously published articles and book chapters. Translating the Americas seeks to support collaborations between members of the University of Michigan faculty and overseas colleagues; to disseminate the research…
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So begins a new academic year! To start things off, we recently announced the launch of an exciting new journal: the Michigan Journal of Sustainability, an open-access and peer-reviewed publication. MJS released Volume 1 last month. Two more publications were active in September: The Journal of Anthropological Research published the Fall 2013 issue. Issue 69.3 features a mix of articles, obituaries, and book reviews. Although a full version of this issue is only available to subscribers, anyone may search the…
Michigan Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of a new peer-reviewed, open access journal, the Michigan Journal of Sustainability. Published in partnership with the Graham Sustainability Institute, this journal aims to make academic research on environmental sustainability more accessible to a general audience. Volume 1 contains articles on topics such as “Clearing the Waters of the Fracking Debate,” “Are Green Cities Nice Places to Live? Examining the Link Between Urban Sustainability and Quality of…
Last week, the Hammarskjöld Commission released a 61-page report reevaluating the circumstances surrounding Dag Hammarskjöld’s death more than fifty years ago. Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, was on a diplomatic mission when his plane crashed in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) on the night of September 17-18, 1961. While the crash was ruled accidental at the time, there has been persistent speculation that the plane was shot down by another aircraft. The new report…
We have a summer blockbuster of a post for you this month, including all of Publishing Production’s activities over the summer. We’ve released a ton of new content, including a new journal! Check it out: Gender, Sexuality, and Feminism released issue 1.1. GSF is an open-access, interdisciplinary journal that launched in June this past summer. GSF focuses on research on gender studies, masculinities, sexualities, and feminism. Read more about this new journal here. The Journal of…
Michigan Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of a new peer-reviewed, open access journal, Gender, Sexuality, and Feminism. Publishing twice a year, this interdisciplinary publication focuses on theoretically innovative and methodologically diverse research in the fields of gender studies, masculinities, sexualities and feminism. The first issue features articles on the experiences of Mexican women in the wake of Mexico’s 2007 de-criminalization of abortion, the gendering of medical careers in Ireland, transnational experiences of women…
It’s been a fairly quiet month as we ease into summer here at Michigan Publishing. Here’s what we produced for the month of May. Music and Politics released issue 6.2. MP is an open access, peer-reviewed electronic journal first published in 2007 and is published online twice per year. The current Summer 2012 issue features articles on a Soviet composer visiting the U.S. in 1949, performance rights in Europe, and a listing of new books on music…
Michigan Publishing is happy to announce the online availability of a new open access publication, the Frankel Institute Annual. Produced since 2008 by the University of Michigan’s Jean & Samuel Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, the Annual collects interdisciplinary essays from the Institute’s visiting scholars into a single yearly issue. The most recent issue of the Annual features diverse essays on Jews and political life, from Marxism to the Inquisition to modern American Jewish…
Spring has sprung! We have a fresh crop of new releases to share with you this month: The Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) released issue 18.2, the latest electronic back issue from Spring 2012. This issue includes seven new articles, which cover topics from student and faculty learning to dance performance. MJCSL makes past issues available for free online. Current material is available in hard copy through a subscription. Trans-Asia Photography Review published its Spring 2013 issue, 3.2: Local Culture/Global Photography. This issue…
March has come and gone, and April showers have arrived in force. Here’s what we published last month as we stayed inside to keep dry: The International Institute Journal published the Fall 2012 issue, 2.1. IIJ is an open-access serial produced jointly by the University of Michigan’s International Institute (II) and Center for International and Comparative Studies (CICS); it features essays and articles written by the faculty, students, and fellows of II and CICS. The Summer 2013 issue of the Michigan…