Fw: H-ASIA: New journal: EAST ASIAN PUBLISHING AND SOCIETY

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From: "Andrew Field" <shanghaidrew@GMAIL.COM>
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Subject: H-ASIA: New journal: EAST ASIAN PUBLISHING AND SOCIETY

> H-ASIA
> Jan 21 2011
>
> New journal: EAST ASIAN PUBLISHING AND SOCIETY
> ******************************************
> From: Peter Kornicki <pk104@CAM.AC.UK>
>
> Subscribers to H-ASIA might like to know of a new journal to be
> launched this year titled EAST ASIAN PUBLISHING AND SOCIETY. The
> journal is dedicated to publishing in East Asia, from the earliest
> times up to the mid-twentieth century and will bring together multi-
> disciplinary research from scholars addressing publishing traditions
> in China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. East Asian Publishing and Society
> envisages to publish articles that cover the production, distribution
> and reception sides of publishing. It wants to provide a forum for
> studies directed at the whole spectrum of printed information, such as
> books, single sheet prints, journals and the like. The journal is
> however not limited to publishing in woodblock print format only;
> contributions on manuscript culture and new technologies developed in
> the nineteenth and twentieth centuries will also be welcomed by the
> editorial board. Additionally, topics as readership, libraries,
> relation between government and publishing world and more are to
> addressed in the East Asia Publishing and Society journal. The members
> of the editorial board are Cynthia Brokaw, Brown University; Matthi
> Forrer, Leiden University; Chris Uhlenbeck, independent scholar; and
> Hilde De Weerdt, Oxford University.
>
> The first issue will be published later this year and will include
> articles on Korea and China, as well as book reviews. Submissions are
> welcome! For more information, or to contribute, contact the managing
> editor, Peter Kornicki, Cambridge University (pk104@cam.ac.uk)
> Professor Peter Kornicki
> Deputy Warden
> Robinson College
> Cambridge
> CB3 9AN
>
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