History Lecturer wins Women’s History Network Book Prize →

Congratulations to Dr Sarah Pearsall whose latest book "Atlantic Families: Lives and Letters in the Later Eighteenth Century" (Oxford University Press, 2008) was awarded the Women's History Network Annual Book Prize for 2009. The Panel agreed that the book was an original exploration of family letter writing in the eighteenth century which revises ourview of society at that time.The Women’s History Network Book Prize is awarded for an author’s first single-authored monograph which makes a significant contribution to women’s history or gender history and is written in an accessible style.

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Publishing Trade Mission to Delhi, India: 25 Jan - 1 Feb 2010 →

Following the success of the previous mission to India in 2008, the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies and the Publishers Association are jointly organising a trade  mission to Delhi in 2010. The mission will include attendance at the Delhi Book Fair, presentations from key booksellers, bookshop visits,  a matchmaking session with local publishers and a presentation from a selection of distributors. For more details and to apply to join the trade mission, call Mary Malin on 01865 483461 or email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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Ecclesiastical history Public Lecture →

Three Oxford Brookes academics are taking part in a series of free public lectures this month covering ecclesiastical history and church conservation.All the talks are being held at St Michael at the North Gate Church, Oxford.Dr Matthias Range and Dr Philippa Woodcock will be giving a presentation entitled 'Pigs and Parishioners, Dogs and Demons: Animals and the Parish Church' next Wednesday 16 September at 6pm.This Sunday, 13 September, at 3pm Professor Andrew Spicer will be discussing 'The Early Modern Parish Church and the Religious Landscape'The series of papers from experts address a very broad range of topics and coincide with the Oxford Open Doors Weekend.Other talks include ';Feeding the Prayers of Medieval Millionaires: St Mary Redcliffe Rips Up the Rulebook' this Saturday 12 September at 3pm and '1000 Years of Secular Activity in the Parish Church' on Wednesday September 23 at 6pm.All are welcome at the talks and refreshments will be served.For more information about St Michael at the North Gate Church please log onto www.smng.org.uk

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Blackwell Creative Writing Lecture →

On Tuesday 22nd September at 5pm, Howard Jacobson will give the inaugural Blackwell Creative Writing Lecture in association with the MA in Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes University.

Howard Jacobson will discuss, among other irreligious ideas, the writer as God, taking in along the way the book of Genesis, Anna Karenina, Ulysses and Howard Jacobson's own latest novel The Act of Love, recently reviewed by Nicholas Lezard in The Guardian.

The event itself will celebrate and promote the work of the MA students, followed by the Blackwell Creative Writing Lecture itself. This will be followed by a wine reception during which people will have a chance to obtain signed copies.

Places at this event are free, but entrants must register beforehand. To do this, simply send your name and contact details to: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

This event takes place at the Lloyd Lecture Theatre, Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford.

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Sichuan Education Press visit OICPS for Publisher Training →

Mr. Zhang Peng and Mr. Liu Huapin, Deputy Professors of Editorship, at an old press on OUP tour

Set: Sichuan Education Press Training Programme

A delegation from Sichuan Education Press visited the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies in August 2009 for a 3-day Publisher Training programme. The programme included guest speakers and industry visits, and concentrated on the Education sector. This programme follows a successful visit in 2007 by another delegation from the Sichuan Publishing Group.

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Alexandra Wilson on BBC Radio 3 →

Senior Lecturer in Musicology Alexandra Wilson will feature on "CD Review" on BBC Radio 3 on Saturday 25 July. In conversation with Andrew McGregor, Alexandra will explore recordings of music by the little-known late-nineteenth-century Italian composer Giuseppe Martucci. A contemporary of composers such as Puccini and Mascagni, Martucci turned his back on the world of opera in favour of orchestral and chamber music.

Visit the BBC web site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ls286

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The Future of the Journal →

Angus Phillips, Director of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, has edited a new book on the future of the academic journal (with Bill Cope). With contributions from a number of expert contributors, the volume looks at a range of key topics that are of vital importance to academics and publishers alike, as well as librarians, members of learned and professional societies, and policy-makers. Will the journals business continue to grow? Open access initiatives still form a relatively small part of journals publishing, but will they become the norm? How do librarians, publishers and academics see the future for journals? Will other forms of access to knowledge, and different methods of scholarly communication, become more important? How will the academic journal be affected by public policy, changes in copyright law, and the views of learned societies and research bodies?

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New book ‘Ireland in Focus’ published by Oxford Brookes Academic →

Dr Eoin Flannery has published a new collection of work entitles 'Ireland in Focus; Film, Photography and Popular Culture'.

From an analysis of the Guinness brand's reflection of Irish identity to an exploration of murals and film portrayals of political prisoners, this pioneering collection of essays seeks to present Ireland's relationship to visual culture as a whole. While other works have explored the imagistic history of Ireland, most have restricted their lens to a single form of visual representation. "Ireland in Focus" is the first book to address the diverse range of visual representations of national and communal identity in Ireland. The contributors examine the politics of visual representation from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Drawing from the areas of cultural theory, postcolonial studies, art criticism, documentary and archival history, and gender studies, the essays provide novel insights on a variety of visual-cultural forms, including film, theater, photography, landscape art, political murals, and the visual iconography of commercial marketing. Bringing together established scholars and emerging young critics in the field, "Ireland in Focus" breaks new ground in showcasing the essential dynamism of visual culture and its relationship to Irish studies.

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Head of English publishes new work ‘Shakespeare and Victorian Women’ →

Gail Marshall, head of the Department of English, has recently had a new book entitled 'Shakespeare and Victorian Women' published at Cambridge University Press.

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Recent Brookes Fine Art Graduate Shows Work in Oxford Gallery →

Olivia Franklin, a recent Fine Art graduate, has been chosen to exhibit her paintings and animations, as part of the Uncanny Likeness show at the OVADA Gallery in Oxford.

Olivia experiments with literal translations of movement, culminating in a body of figurative painted animations. These works demonstrate the relevance of painting in an increasingly conceptual art world and its versatility as a medium. The animation highlights notions of illusion and space, challenging the perception of the portrait.

For a video of Olivia's animation, Sneeze follow this link  http://vimeo.com/2533145

The show runs from: 11 JULY - 22 AUGUST 2009

Open: Tuesday to Friday 10am – 5pm; Saturday 11am – 4pm

Free Admission

The OVADA gallery is located in Gloucester Green Bus Station.

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