punctum books – An independent, open-access para-academic publisher

Figure 1. Tianjin Binhai Library, Tianjin, China In June 2018, punctum and 4 other open-access book publishers in Europe (Mattering Press, meson press, Open Book Publishers, and Open Humanities Press) formed the ScholarLed collective: The aim of the...

In recent days, much has been written about the Ronell–Reitman case. Part of the commentary has focused on the supposed “demise” of the #MeToo movement, and whether the fact that a female, queer scholar has committed sexual harassment in an asymmetric...

by Eileen A. Joy and Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei …it’s dark in here…can someone turn on the lights…is it still the Dark Ages? “I can no longer participate in nor support the International Congress on Medieval Studies, [at] Kalamazoo. While performing...

by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei NOTE: The text of this blog post was originally presented as a lecture at the UCSB Library on May 8, 2018, under the title “Nubian Studies: A Case Study in Scholar-Led Open Access Publishing.” Follow more of Vincent’s work...