Academia news

“Neal Stephenson’s Novel Experiment”

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Neal Stephenson’s Novel Experiment from Shareable – Sharing by design by Paul M. Davis A few weeks back, I wrote about authors Laird Harrison and Jesus Angel Garcia, who are leveraging the social web to distribute excerpts of their novels in unusual ways. Now comes word that Neal Stephenson, with his new publishing startup Subutai, … Read more

Summer reading reflections from a group of scholars, Followup on Rice U Press etc…

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Pollution-Sensing lung tumor from Daisy Ginsberg’s project Synthetic Kingdom VIA Reflections on summer reading from The Immanent Frame by The Editors As the start of the fall semester inches closer, we?ve invited a handful of our contributors to reflect on what they?ve read over the summer.  We asked: What are the best books and essays … Read more

Dylan and philosophy: special section from Philosophy & Social Criticism

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check out the latest issue. Philosophy and the Habits of Critical Thinking by Reflection Cafe Interview with John Searle (California Univ.-Berkeley) … Is it hard to do philosophy? It’s murder, absolutely. I compare it … if you really want to know how to do it, you get up in the morning, there’s a large brick … Read more

Erkan in Ireland to attend EASA 2010 conference (#easa2010)

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11th EASA Biennial Conference: Maynooth, Ireland 24-27th August 2010 Crisis and imagination I have arrived Maynooth, a beautiful town near Dublin, Ireland. There are several Turkish friends attending and we did hang out today in the streets of Maynooth. Our sign of Turkishness today included passing on red lights (as passengers of course- green lights … Read more

Rice University ends an experiment of all-digital model of scholarly publishing

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Abandoning an Experiment Rice University Press is being shut down next month, ending an experiment in an all-digital model of scholarly publishing. While university officials said that they needed to make a difficult economic decision to end the operation, they acted against the recommendations of an outside review team that had urged Rice to bolster … Read more

Plagiarism in Digital Age…

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Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age By TRIP GABRIEL At Rhode Island College, a freshman copied and pasted from a Web site?s frequently asked questions page about homelessness ? and did not think he needed to credit a source in his assignment because the page did not include author information. ………… from 9GAG … Read more

World music archive/ William Faulkner’s University of Virginia Lectures ETC

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A Critique of the Cuts July 27, 2010 “Oh be still my beating heart… I just fell in love again. Was that a shawl Eva was wearing, or a superwoman cape?” What prompts academics to declare a scholar a superhero? The praise above is from a comment on a blog that linked to Eva von … Read more

Authors selling ebooks through Amazon…and an academic roundup

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Celebrated authors bypass publishing houses to sell ebooks via Amazon Discontent over digital royalties prompts Roth, Amis and other leading names to enter into exclusive deal with Odyssey Editions E-books attracting more Turkish readers from Hurriyet Dailynews Interest in e-books, which received only lukewarm support from publishers when they first emerged, is increasing despite worries … Read more

Such a frustrating day…A few words on manners and Open source in academy (!)

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I was accused of Piracy today by a quite well-known scholar on web censorship issues.  Not publicly though. In a previous post I gave a link to his book whose link I found through my friendfeed news flow. I admit it was my mistake to give link to a piratedly submitted copy of the book. … Read more

An Academic Job Satisfaction survey etc..

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No, Turkey is not in it. 18 countries included: Worldwide Academic Job Satisfaction July 2, 2010 A study of academics in 18 countries has highlighted disparities in the satisfaction levels among university staff around the world. Job Satisfaction on Scale of 1-5 by Academics in 18 Countries 2.5 Britain 3 Portugal, Australia, China 3.5 Finland, … Read more

Anthro roundup: Savage Minds at Five, news from Human Terrain System etc…

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New Open Access Journal: Anthropology Reviews: Dissent and Cultural Politics (ARDAC) from antropologi.info – anthropology in the news blog by Lorenz Is this one of the first real web2.0-journals in anthropology? A new Open Access journal was launched: Anthropology Reviews: Dissent and Cultural Politics (ARDAC) Five years of Savage Minds: Its the Content, Stupid from … Read more

Middlesex Philosophy needs support

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Academic Boycott of Middlesex

from Larval Subjects

This post will remain at the top of Larval Subjects until something changes with the Middlesex Situation.

In solidarity with our brothers and sisters at Middlesex and to preserve the integrity of academia, I strongly encourage readers of Larval Subjects to sign this petition boycotting Middlesex until the Philosophy department is restored and those students and members of the faculty who have been wrongly suspended have their positions restored. This is not just an issue pertaining to the Middlesex Philosophy department, but goes straight to the core of academia. We must not let these sorts of practices become acceptable.

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Metal’s big loss: R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio

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R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio 1942 ? 2010 from Metal Hammer by terrybezer After initial rumours were dismissed earlier today, Metal Hammer is devastated to report that Ronnie James Dio has passed away. (more?) Ronnie James Dio Official site. Biography, discography, tour dates, news, information about his fan club, chat room, and forum. Tour – Discography … Read more

Istanbul Seminars 2010 begins soon

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A very high level international intellectual activity is about to start! On 19 May at our campus.

Istanbul Seminars 2010

Check out their website and see who speaks there.

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Bilgi Media MA program presents:

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