|
Subject:
PRESS RELEASE: De Gruyter Acquires Birkhäuser |
|
From:
<Ulrike.Lippe@degruyter.com> |
|
Date:
4/25/2012 3:21 AM |
|
To:
<serialst@list.uvm.edu> |
PRESS RELEASE De Gruyter Acquires Birkhäuser Berlin, 25 April 2012 – The Berlin-based academic publisher De Gruyter signed a contract today sealing its takeover of the publishing house Birkhäuser. Alongside the acquisition of Birkhäuser's architecture and design publishing division, the takeover includes the Birkhäuser brand name, which is also recognized for its first-class STM publications. "Our purchase of Birkhäuser has considerably expanded our range of exclusive publications in art history and neighboring fields," De Gruyter CEO Sven Fund said. "Birkhäuser's catalog, which features some 50 front-list and 2,500 back-list titles, lends a new international profile to the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, a general dictionary of artists published by De Gruyter." Birkhäuser, a Swiss-based German-language publisher for design and architecture, declared insolvency in March of this year. Originally founded in 1879, Birkhäuser is one of the world's most renowned publishers for design and architecture, and is home to such influential authors and architects as Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, Herzog & de Meuron, and Peter Zumthor. Contact Ulrike Lippe Manager Public Relations Phone +49(0)30-260 05 153 ulrike.lippe@degruyter.com <mailto:ulrike.lippe@degruyter.com> De Gruyter: The independent academic publishing house De Gruyter can look back on a history spanning over 260 years. The publishing group with headquarters in Berlin and Boston annually publishes over 800 new titles in the humanities, medicine, science and law and approx. 500 journals and digital media. http://www.degruyter.com/
|
Subject:
Oxford University Press launches Migration Studies |
|
From:
"SHANNON-LITTLE, Lizzie" <Lizzie.Shannon-Little@oup.com> |
|
Date:
4/27/2012 5:43 AM |
|
To:
"SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU"
<SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU> |
**With apologies for any cross-posting**
Oxford University Press launches Migration
Studies
There has been an explosion in demand for
migration research over the past 30 years, driven by intense
interest amongst policy makers, academics, students, and the
media. Journalists, academics, students, and policy makers at all
levels are striving to stay updated on the latest data and
thinking about migration.
To meet this expanding reader demand, Oxford
University Press (OUP) has launched Migration Studies, which
will draw together diverse disciplinary and thematic strands of
research about migration in order to consolidate migration studies
as a unified field.
Migration Studies is led by an
international team of energetic scholars, comprising leading
migration specialists from every region in the world. Alan Gamlen, Editor-in-Chief of the journal, said:
“Migration is reshaping the world, and attempts to study it are
reshaping many parts of the social sciences. We want to help
consolidate the field of migration studies by showcasing leading
research on the core concepts and themes that preoccupy
migration researchers around the world. The editorial team of Migration
Studies is delighted to be working with OUP to this end.”
The journal will span thematic and geographical
divides to cover international and internal migration, free
movement as well as forced migration, and will seek to publish
scholarship with more international breadth than existing
journals. Migration Studies will be free online for two
years (2013-2014) and also available as a paid-for print
subscription. It will be available as a paid-for print or online
subscription from 2015.
Martin Green, Senior
Publisher at OUP said: 'We are really excited to be launching a journal in such an important and
dynamic area. The study of migration is not only growing but is
at a critical point in its development into a fully-fledged
branch of scholarship. We expect Migration Studies to
play a big role in that development, and in helping us to better
understand a social issue that affects huge numbers of people
globally. As with all journals launched by OUP, we are aiming
for very high quality, and we have a superb group of people
involved editorially to help us achieve that.'
Visit
the website for more information about the journal:
www.migration.oxfordjournals.org.
For
more information contact: