Category Archives: Academic Publishing

Academic Presses Making Deals with AI Companies

Posted on July 30, 2025 by briansandberg

I am alarmed to discover that Johns Hopkins University Press, one of the leading academic presses in the world is making deals with AI companies to license their titles to “train” LLMs. Here is an urgent question for friends who … Continue reading →

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George Orwell’s ‘1984’ and Modern America

Posted on July 28, 2025 by briansandberg

Charlie English has published an essay in The New York Times on the role that George Orwell’s 1984 played in the Cold War, drawing comparisons to the book being banned in the United States in the twenty-first century. English is … Continue reading →

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Publishing Your First Article: Webinar

Posted on January 6, 2025 by briansandberg

The Renaissance Society of America will be holding a professional development webinar on “Publishing Your First Article (and the Unspoken Rules of Publishing You Need to Know).” This webinar will provide advice on how to prepare a research paper for … Continue reading →

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RSA Webinars

Posted on September 8, 2023 by briansandberg

The Renaissance Society of America is offering several professional development webinars this fall. Graduate students in Renaissance studies may be interested in these webinars. Here is the information on these webinars: Finding the Time to Write Thursday, October 5, 2023 … Continue reading →

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Webinar on University Presses and Academic Publishing

Posted on April 18, 2023 by briansandberg

The Association of Canadian University Presses (ACUP) is hosting a Webinar on University Presses and Academic Publishing. The webinar will be held on Wednesday 26 April at 1 pm EST (12 pm CST) via Zoom. Here is the announcement: Join … Continue reading →

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Born-Digital Publishing

Posted on January 17, 2022 by briansandberg

Brown University’s Digital Publications Initiative is organizing an NEH Institute on Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing: Resources and Roadmaps in summer 2022. Professors, post-doctoral researchers, and independent scholars working in Digital Humanities may be interested in this opportunity. I have previously participated … Continue reading →

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NIU Undergraduate Researcher Publishes Research

Posted on March 5, 2021 by briansandberg

I want to highlight the accomplishments of one of our undergraduate students in the Department of History at Northern Illinois University, whose research experiences reminded me of my own experiences conducting research as an undergraduate History Major at the University … Continue reading →

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History Wars Continue

Posted on February 23, 2015 by briansandberg

In the 1990s, one theater of the “Culture Wars” became dubbed the “History Wars,” as politicians and political interest groups attempted to influence or control the presentation of historical events and developments in high school textbooks, college curricula, and museum … Continue reading →

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Digital Humanities Position in Military History

Posted on November 27, 2014 by briansandberg

Rowan Technology Solutions, LLC is looking to hire a talented, creative, and agile historian to partner with the United States Military Academy, Department of History building innovative digital learning products. The selected candidate will be responsible for creating experiences that not only … Continue reading →

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Dissertation Writing

Posted on July 30, 2014 by briansandberg

The Chronicle of Higher Education has published a piece on dissertation writing with some simple, straightforward advice: Write! The advice piece suggests that “there is only one fail-safe method, one secret, one guaranteed trick that you need in order to … Continue reading →

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