28 January 2019
University of Cologne joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
We are extremely pleased to announce that the University of Cologne has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Since its establishment in 1388, the University of Cologne has been a center of science and scholarship in Europe. With its 50.000 students, it is one o…
24 January 2019
Launching the OLH Advocacy Network
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
In 2018 the OLH launched the EmpowOA programme, designed to provide scholars and librarians working in the humanities with tools, spaces and cogent arguments about open access. Visitors to the website can now make use of a collection of advocacy resources and read our new Open Insights series featu…
16 January 2019
The OLH short-documentary is now online!
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
The Open Library of Humanities has been working together with the Derek Jarman Lab to produce a short-video about the OLH. The film, which was launched this week, is an interview-led documentary in which some Open Library of Humanities team members and key partners talk about the platform and discu…
7 January 2019
CFP: Waste - Papers on Disposability, Decay, and Depletion
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Waste, whether municipal, hazardous, biomedical, or contaminate, is receiving increasing attention both academically and politically. A drive for improved education around waste management is visible at national and community levels, while the media is brim-full of reports that shed light onto the …
17 December 2018
Open Insights: An interview with Maurice Erb, Simon Ganahl and Patrick Kilian
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Le foucaldien: Open access, Interdisciplinary Research and Multilingual Publishing, Challenges and Opportunities.An Open Insights interview with Maurice Erb, Simon Ganahl and Patrick KilianMaurice Erb, Simon Ganahl and Patrick Kilian (University of Zurich) are editors of Le foucaldien, an open acce…
10 December 2018
Open Insights: An interview with Leslie Chan
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
Open Access, the Global South and the Politics of Knowledge Production and CirculationAn Open Insights interview with Leslie ChanLeslie Chan is Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media and the Centre for Critical Development Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough, …
10 December 2018
University of Richmond joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
We are extremely pleased to announce that the University of Richmond has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. The University of Richmond is a private institution that was founded in 1830. Virginia’s capital city of Richmond is a historic one, packed with parks,…
6 December 2018
CFP: The Working-Class Avant-Garde / Deadline: 28 April, 2019
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
The avant-garde is often conceived to be the domain of the elite – those with the financial backing, education, and networks to succeed in this competitive arena. Indeed, studies such as John Carey’s divisive text, Intellectuals and the Masses, have understood the high intellectualism of the twenti…
28 November 2018
Technische Universität Berlin joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
We are extremely pleased to announce that the Technische Universität Berlin has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. With approximately 33,500 students, approx. 100 study programs and 40 institutes, the Technische Universität Berlin is one of the largest, inter…
23 November 2018
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
We are extremely pleased to announce that Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. The Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU) was founded in 1993 and is one of the youngest universities in Germany. The roots of the …
26 October 2018
Open Insights: Open Video and the Audiovisual Body
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
An Open Insights essay by Ben SpatzFig 1. Screenshot of Spatz, B. (2018). Editorial. Journal of Embodied Research, 1(1), 5 (7:55) Ben Spatz is editor of the new videographic Journal of Embodied Research from Open Library of Humanities and the Advanced Methods series from Punctum Books, b…
25 October 2018
Universität Tübingen joins OLH LPS model
Posted by Dr Paula Clemente Vega
We are extremely pleased to announce that Universität Tübingen has joined the Open Library of Humanities' Library Partnership Subsidy system. Universität Tübingen was founded in 1477 and is one of Germany's oldest universities, noted in medicine, natural sciences, social sciences, and the hum…
