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  • Fan Studies and True Crime in the New Media Environment: A New Academic Network
    May 8 2025, 1.30pm-6pm The CPC is pleased to announce an inaugural workshop gathering academics interested in the intersections of fan studies; true crime; and new media, organised and hosted by Dr. Judith Fathallah (Killer Fandom, mediastudies.press 2023). The event will include short presentations by...
  • Radical Open Access III: From Openness to Social Justice Activism
    Date: 10 and 11 April 2025 Location: The Milstein Room, Cambridge University Library (UK), and online The third installment of the Radical Open Access Conference focuses on the relationship between openness and activism, exploring what is next for radical forms of OA by addressing questions...
  • Coventry University to Play Key Role in Research Project that Will Explore ‘Openness’ in the Humanities and Social Sciences 
    Researchers from Coventry University’s Centre for Postdigital Cultures (CPC) are collaborating on the project Materialising Open Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences (MORPHSS), which has been awarded over £800,000 to encourage and embed innovative open research practices within humanities and social science (HSS) disciplines....
  • Post-Publishing Winter Newsletter
    Welcome to the our Post-Publishing Winter Newsletter! Please find underneath a selection of recent updates from Post-Publishing researchers. You can sign up to receive our newsletter here (scroll to the bottom). The Post-Publishing research strand and the Centre for Postdigital Cultures are thrilled to announce a...
  • Applications Open for a Fully-Funded PhD Studentship
    The Post-Publishing research strand and the Centre for Postdigital Cultures are thrilled to announce a fully-funded PhD studentship exploring alternative publishing practices and formats, and their potential to foster more supportive, diverse, and equitable publishing cultures. Learn more and apply here: https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-opportunities/research-students/research-studentships/practicing-post-publishing/
  • Experimental Book Publishing in Practice: Seminar 02 — Hypothesis
    The Open Book Futures Experimental Publishing Group and the Centre for Postdigital Cultures’ Post-Publishing research strand are pleased to present a seminar series for for those interested in experimental scholarly book publishing. Throughout 2024 and 2025 these seminars will bring together authors and publishers with software and tool providers....
  • Experimental Book Publishing in Practice: Seminar 01 — Manifold
    The Open Book Futures Experimental Publishing Group and the Centre for Postdigital Cultures’ Post-Publishing research strand are pleased to present a seminar series for for those interested in experimental scholarly book publishing. Throughout 2024 and 2025 these seminars will bring together authors and publishers with software and tool providers....
  • Post-Publishing Autumn Newsletter
    Welcome to the our Post-Publishing Autumn Newsletter! Please find underneath a selection of recent updates from Post-Publishing researchers. You can sign up to receive our newsletter here. Rebekka Kiesewetter has guest-edited a special issue of Culture Machine, a peer reviewed open-access journal of culture and theory,...
  • Post-Publishing Summer Newsletter
    Welcome to the our Post-Publishing Summer Newsletter! Please find underneath a selection of recent updates from Post-Publishing researchers. You can sign up to receive our newsletter here. Simon Bowie was interviewed by the Italian newspaper Il Post for an article covering the consequences of the British...
  • Post-Publishing Spring Newsletter
    Welcome to the our Post-Publishing Spring Newsletter! Please find underneath a selection of recent updates from Post-Publishing researchers. You can sign up to receive our newsletter here. Peter Willis was invited to participate in ‘Amplifying Diverse Voices’, an event curated by MA Publishing students at the...
  • Post-Publishing Winter Newsletter
    Welcome to the first Post-Publishing Newsletter! Please find underneath a selection of recent updates from Post-Publishing researchers. You can sign up to receive our newsletter here. Judith Fathallah’s new book Killer Fandom. Fan Studies and the Celebrity Serial Killer came out in December, the first long-form...

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