The University of Michigan Press has decided to end relationship with Pluto Press, a small, London-based publisher with a self-described radical agenda. The relationship caused Michigan some grief last year when one of Pluto's books, Overcoming Zionism by Joel Kovel, became the target of protests by pro-Israel groups. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
Writing
“Scholarly Association Settles ‘Libel Tourism’ Case”
The College Art Association has decided not to fight a threatened libel action in British court. The case concerned a review in the Fall 2007 issue of its flagship publication, Art Journal, by Columbia University professor Joseph Massad. The association has asked its institutional subscribers to withdraw the offending portions of the review. Was it right to do so? Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“In Jefferson Lecture, Updike Says American Art Is Known by Its Insecurity”
A report on John Updike's Jefferson Lecture, delivered here in DC at the Warner Theatre on May 22. The Jefferson Lecture is sponsored by the NEH and is the federal government's highest honor for "distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities." Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“Measuring the ‘Aeneid’ on a Human Scale”
This month, Yale University Press published a new translation of Virgil's martial epic by the poet and classicist Sarah Ruden. Her edition appears to be the first by a woman. And she's not alone: There have been four new translations in the past three years, with at least two more in the works. Why the Aeneid, and why now? Read More at The Chronicle Review »
“New Open-Access Humanities Press Makes Its Debut”
The Open Humanities Press has the backing of some heavy-hitting humanists, including Stephen Greenblatt and Alan Badiou. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
