Author’s corner
Gabriella Nugent | Colonial Legacies
6th December, 2021 in Author’s corner
“Art history has been undergoing a process of reckoning, from calls to address the legacies of slavery and colonialism to concomitant surveys of decolonsiation published in some of the discipline’s foremost journals.” In Colonial Legacies, Gabriella…
Roel Smeets | Character Constellations
2nd December, 2021 in Author’s corner
“Fiction co-shapes our understanding of social groups in myriad ways and we need to move beyond the traditional methods of close reading (but not abandon them!) if we want to make generalisable, empirical claims about cultural representation.” Fictio…
Lore Van Praag: ‘Successful peer review involves an open and fresh view on your research topic.’
23rd November, 2021 in Author’s corner
“The most significant change that academic publishing underwent is the increasing importance of academic publications as a basis for funding and career opportunities.” Lore Van Praag, Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS) at the Univ…
9th November, 2021 in Author’s corner
“Teachers and researchers need to develop or grow in their competences to adapt to the quick changes and demands of our digital society.” As the world keeps evolving towards a digitised future, developing technologies are also finding…
Hilde Van Gelder | Ground Sea
1st October, 2021 in Author’s corner
Photo: Renée Lorie Dutch-language version included below “The book is about those who are stranded close to the sea but at the same time about all of us, who will have to accept that learning to sail or float on water will increasingly be our…
Mohit Chandna | Spatial Boundaries, Abounding Spaces
16th September, 2021 in Author’s corner
The colonial project is far from over and it continues to determine our lives through the borders that surround us. In order to understand here and now, one needs to start with there and then. In his monograph Spatial Boundaries, Abounding Spa…
Ernst Wolff | Martin Versfeld
10th September, 2021 in Author’s corner
Go and read Versfeld! His philosophy develops this basic orientation in an ethics of simplicity, in critique of injustice, often with irony and humor, but without ever being frivolous. ‘Martin Versfeld. A South African Philosopher in Dark Times’ is t…
Hilde Van Gelder: ‘Ideally, print and digital books go hand in hand’
8th September, 2021 in Author’s corner
“The monograph will be considered a warm haven, a tool for resistance and reflection. I expect that it will even regain a certain importance compared to publishing in journals.” Hilde Van Gelder, Professor of Contemporary Art History, KU Leuven Acade…
Demmy Verbeke : ‘There are at least three reasons to pursue full Open Access in all scholarly communication.’
8th June, 2021 in Author’s corner
“It is essential that mission-driven publishers which share the same scholarly values as the academic community remain a preferred partner in the publication and dissemination of scholarly work.” Demmy Verbeke, KU Leuven Libraries Academic publ…
Jeroen Dewulf: ‘Open Access is often the only way for scholars in developing countries to access your work’
11th May, 2021 in Author’s corner
“A university press is the best guarantee to find the right balance between academic rigor and the desire to reach a broad reading public.” Jeroen Dewulf, Queen Beatrix Professor in Dutch Studies, University of California, Berkeley Academic pub…
Bruno Yammine | Fake news in oorlogstijd
17th March, 2021 in Author’s corner
Ik hoop dat de lezer met een kritischere blik dan voorheen feiten bestudeert. En ook: dat hij/zij zich realiseert dat wat een gemeenschap vorm geeft, nationalistische verhalen, in grote mate een nevenproduct is van propaganda. Tijdens de Eerste Werel…
15th March, 2021 in Author’s corner
Today’s challenge is to make modern international development cooperation a principled approach that seeks win-wins wherever possible, in tandem with programmes that address long-term structural challenges and promote the interests of more vul…