Tag: UMP initiatives

Manifold Beta Now Available

April 7, 2017

Manifold is an intuitive, collaborative platform for scholarly publishing. With iterative texts, powerful annotation tools, rich media support, and robust community dialogue, Manifold transforms scholarly publications into living digital works. The Manifold team is delighted to launch a public beta of its new publishing platform for interactive scholarly monographs: http://staging.manifoldapp.org/. Funded through the generous support … More Manifold Beta Now Available

From MLA 2013: Considering serial scholarship and the future of scholarly publishing

January 7, 2013

Taking a look at how the lifecycle of the scholarly book, and how the concurrent move toward a database structure for dissemination of scholarship in article and monographic form, has the potential to further promote an emerging new ecology of serial discourse. BY DOUG ARMATO, director of University of Minnesota PressDiscussion delivered at an MLA … More From MLA 2013: Considering serial scholarship and the future of scholarly publishing

Just released: Debates in the Digital Humanities, OA edition

January 4, 2013

Yesterday at the 2013 MLA convention, author Matthew Gold unveiled the brand-new, online, open-access edition of Debates in the Digital Humanities. This website is a joint initiative of The Graduate Center, City University of New York and the University of Minnesota Press. It features new articles, feedback visualizations, and a whole lot of awesomeness. Want … More Just released: Debates in the Digital Humanities, OA edition

Univocal: Letterpress Theory

March 26, 2012

Univocal is a publisher of beautiful handmade, letterpress-printed books of critical theory by major renowned philosophers (not to mention “anti-philosophers”) of our time. University of Minnesota Press is excited to be distributing Univocal’s gorgeous books this fall. Check out this video to see them in action:

Lots of UMP authors talking at #AAG2012

February 24, 2012

The annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers kicks off today in New York City (Twitter hashtag: #AAG2012). Bringing together cultural and human geographers, GIS scholars, geography professionals, and scholars from disciplines as diverse as American studies, anthropology, political science, and communication, the conference promises to be a synthesis of the most cutting edge … More Lots of UMP authors talking at #AAG2012

Drumroll please …

July 21, 2011

It’s here! WWW.UPRESS.UMN.EDU Welcome to the new online home for University of Minnesota Press! Beyond the new, multi-chromatic look, you can now easily keep up with the Press’s comings and goings, including internal news; books, tests, and journals divisions; exploring our books; and accessing more information on our site than ever before. We’re very pleased … More Drumroll please …

Quadrant: Architect Hilyard R. Robinson’s contributions to place-making and public culture.

December 7, 2010

This post is published in connection with the University of Minnesota Press’s launch this week of an an online research archive (www.quadrant.umn.edu) and book series that stems from Quadrant, a new initiative to foster collaborative scholarship and revolutionize interdisciplinary publishing. This is Quadrant post 2 of 3; please see below for links to other posts. … More Quadrant: Architect Hilyard R. Robinson’s contributions to place-making and public culture.

Quadrant: On zoo history, shame, and racial dynamics

December 6, 2010

The University of Minnesota Press has announced the launch of an online research archive (www.quadrant.umn.edu) and book series that stems from Quadrant, a new initiative to foster collaborative scholarship and revolutionize interdisciplinary publishing. As part of the launch, the University of Minnesota Press blog this week is publishing Q&As with three Quadrant fellows who discuss … More Quadrant: On zoo history, shame, and racial dynamics