A public lecture by Ken Wissoker, Editorial Director of Duke University Press, as part of the Art History and Communication Studies Speaker Series.

The lecture is co-sponsored by Media@McGill.

Tuesday, November 15, 5:30 pm.
Lorne M. Trottier Engineering Building, 0060 (map).

Taking research done for a thesis or for an audience of like-minded scholars and turning it into a book that will be read across oceans and disciplines has always been a challenge. Now, in a difficult financial climate for publishers and with electronic forms of the book proliferating, it is more difficult than ever. This talk will cover both the biggest issues -- what might we expect books to look like in five years -- and more grounded advice on how scholars should approach their own writing and publishing.

Ken Wissoker has been the Editorial Director of Duke University Press since 2005, publishing books in the areas of the humanities, social sciences, media, and the arts. Among the authors whose books he has published are Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Jane Gallop, Charles Taylor, Lisa Lowe, Lauren Berlant, and Arjun Appadurai.