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News from and about University of Minnesota Press initiatives in scholarly collaboration and technological advancements.
Highly regarded author and professor José Esteban Muñoz dies
Honorable Mention for the Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize: Posthegemony
Posthegemony: Political Theory and Latin America by Jon Beasley-Murray, assistant professor of Hispanic studies at the University of British Columbia, has received an honorable mention for the Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize. The book will be on display as part of this prize at the 2012 Modern Language Association meeting in Seattle.
Honorable Mention for the Paul Davidoff Prize: Edward Soja's Seeking Spatial Justice
Seeking Spatial Justice by Edward Soja received one of three honorable mentions for the Paul Davidoff Prize. The Paul Davidoff award is presented by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) to honor the memory of a revered and respected activist academic in the field of modern city planning.
Indie Groundbreaking Publisher: UMP feature in Independent Publisher
The University of Minnesota Press is Independent Publisher’s first university groundbreaking publisher. What makes Minnesota so different? They seriously rebel against the stereotype of a stuffy academic press (which we are seeing more and more university publishers doing every day). “We try to publish work that is at the leading-edge or even on the fringes – work a little more ‘out there’ than you see at your usual university press,” Director Doug Armato explains. “We think our specific role is to take cultural and intellectual chances, and this organizational DNA can be seen in everything from the general interest and regional books we publish to the most scholarly books on the list.”
INSECT MEDIA wins the SCMS Anne Friedberg Innovative Scholarship Award
INSECT MEDIA: AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANIMALS AND TECHNOLOGY by Jussi Parikka is the proud winner of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies' Anne Friedberg award for Innovative Scholarship.
Jailhouse Stories author Neil Haugerud dies
Neil Haugerud, author of Jailhouse Stories, died June 6th, 2012, at the age of 81.
Joanna Frueh, trailblazing writer, performance artist, scholar, and art historian dies at 72
Jochen Schulte-Sasse, renowned intellectual, dies at 72
Jochen Schulte-Sasse worked with the University of Minnesota Press on multiple projects, including the Theory and History of Literature Series and the journal Cultural Critique.
Johnny Otis, ‘Godfather of Rhythm and Blues,’ Dies at 90
Jonathan P. Eburne will receive MLA's James Russell Lowell Prize
Karen Nelson Hoyle is recipient of 2012 Kerlan Award
Leah Pennywark joins University of Minnesota Press as new humanities editor
Leah Pennywark is the new University of Minnesota Press humanities editor. She starts August 26.
Manifold Moves Toward Sustainability, Promotes Learning and Equity with Two Major Grants
Manifold Scholarship will enter a new phase of its development, supported by two major grants, one from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and one from the National Endowment for the Humanities, allowing Manifold  to solidify its structure for future sustainability and to expand its work as a leading provider of digital Open Educational Resources (OERs).
The University of Minnesota Press partners with CUNY's GC Digital Scholarship Lab to launch MANIFOLD SCHOLARSHIP—a platform for iterative, networked monographs—with grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The University of Minnesota Press in partnership with the GC Digital Scholarship Lab at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York has been awarded a $732,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to launch Manifold Scholarship. This grant marks the continuation of an ambitious collaboration between a university press and a leading digital humanities center to advance scholarly authorship and publishing in a digital environment.
Minnesota Book Award winners
University of Minnesota Press books News to Me by Laurie Hertzel, North Country by Mary Lethert Wingerd and The Opposite of Cold by Michael Nordskog, with photography by Aaron W. Hautala, receive Minnesota Book Awards.
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar's inspiring memoir—now in paperback
Minnesota: Where Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan's career began
MinnPost Books: Heartland Fall Forum 2012
“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” Mark Twain once remarked, and today’s independent booksellers could take that same line as their motto, to judge from the energies on display at the recent Heartland Fall Forum in Minneapolis.
NORTH COUNTRY wins inaugural Hognander Minnesota History Prize
North Country: The Making of Minnesota, by Mary Lethert Wingerd, will be honored at the Minnesota Book Awards Gala.
OUT OF THE VINYL DEEPS a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle award
University of Minnesota Press is thrilled at the news that OUT OF THE VINYL DEEPS: ELLEN WILLIS ON ROCK MUSIC, a compilation of essays by the New Yorker's first pop music critic, has been selected as a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle award.
Pioneering queer studies scholar Alexander Doty dies after being struck by motorcycle
Pioneering queer studies scholar Alexander Doty, a much-admired author, died after being hit by a motorcycle while on vacation in Bermuda
R.T. Rybak book launch for Pothole Confidential at First Avenue on April 13
In celebration of R.T. Rybak's memoir POTHOLE CONFIDENTIAL, First Avenue is hosting a launch party April 13 with music, ice cream, and more. This fundraiser supports the city of Minneapolis's STEP-UP youth employment program.
Regina Root's COUTURE AND CONSENSUS wins Whitaker Prize
Regina Root has been awarded the prestigious Arthur P. Whitaker Prize for her book Couture & Consensus: Fashion and Politics in Postcolonial Argentina.
RIFFTIDE nominated for Jazz Journalists Association Award
Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones, edited by Paul Devlin, is nominated for Best Book about Jazz of the Year. Winners will be announced June 20th.
SISTER ARTS a Lambda Literary Award finalist
Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes, by Lisa L. Moore, is nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in the LGBT Studies category. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on June 4th, 2012.
SISTER ARTS a Publishing Triangle Award nominee
Honoring the best in LGBT writing for 2011, the Publishing Triangle and the Ferro-Grumley Literary Awards are pleased to recognize the finalists in the six categories below. The winners will be announced at our awards ceremony on April 19, 2012.
SISTER ARTS wins Lambda Literary Award
SISTER ARTS by Lisa L. Moore receives the award in the LGBT Studies sections at the 24th Annual Lambda Literary Awards ceremony on June 4th, 2012.
Six UMP books on the MN Book Awards Finalists list
Finalists include Larry Haeg, Sue Leaf, Rachael Hanel, Sarah Stonich, Julie Davis, and Penny Petersen.
SUSPENDED ANIMATION wins ChLA Book Award
Suspended Animation: Children's Picture Books and the Fairy Tale of Modernity by Nathalie op de Beeck has been declared the best book of 2010 by the Children's Literature Association
Ten organizations selected for the Manifold Digital Services pilot program's second year