CRIS Faculty Book Proposal Studio

Original Communication – CRIS Compass: Apr. 4, 2024
Join the CRIS Faculty Book Proposal Studio to jump start the proposal writing process this summer. The online program draws on The Book Proposal Book (Portwood-Stacer, 2021). Three University Press acquisition editors will join throughout the program to give ‘Spark Talks’. These short (~10 minute) ‘Spark Talks’ will animate our group discussions and offer insight into disciplinary conventions in publishing. The second hour of the sessions is dedicated to co-writing time. The application deadline is May 10, 2024.

EDI in a Global Context Webpage

Original Communication – The Bulletin Brief: Apr 1, 2024
The Institutional Equity Office has introduced the new EDI in a Global Context webpage to support the U of T community in times of global strife and crisis. Recognizing that people may require very different types of supports, the page brings together resources, engagement and education opportunities from across the university.

Additions to University of Toronto Library Collections

Original Communication – Collection Development Department: Apr. 5, 2024

The library has acquired the following resources:

Romanticism: Life, Literature and Landscape collection contains the manuscript collections of the Wordsworth Trust. This includes the correspondence of William Wordsworth and his fellow writers, including Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey, and Robert Southey. Documents digitized in colour include manuscripts, diaries, guidebooks, fine art, and maps. The collection contains over 2,500 fine art pieces from the Wordsworth Trust’s collection. Of interest to scholars in literature, comparative literature, British history, art history, book history, and poetry.

Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History collection contains hundreds of accounts from American women of their travels around the globe throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Diaries and correspondence cover a variety of topics including architecture, art, family life, politics, shopping, war, and more. Documents include digitized versions of manuscripts, diaries, drawings, guidebooks, photographs, postcards, and sketches. Places of focus in the collection are North America; China, Japan and the Philippines; Europe; Russia; Africa; and Australia. Of interest to scholars in women and gender studies, sociology, history, migration and immigration studies, media and book history.

National Geographic Magazine Archive now includes issues published between 2016 to 2020. Of interest to scholars in geography, anthropology, life sciences, nature, sociology, environmentalism, photography, and media.