The Scientific Study of Literature (SSOL) journal publishes empirical studies that apply scientific approaches to investigate the structure and function of literary phenomena. The journal welcomes contributions from many disciplinary perspectives (psychological, developmental, cross-cultural, cognitive, neuroscience, computational, linguistic and educational) to deepen our … [Read more...] about International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Media (IGEL) – Call for Contributions
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FUSION fund award to Private Gains and Retailed Literature
Bournemouth University has an internal funding scheme called FUSION, and I’ve been asked to announce a successful bid for the project Private Gains and Retailed Literature: pathways to an economics-based account of reading, beginning September 2014. At a policy level, literary art has trouble justifying its claim on public resources; certainly with justifications that have a … [Read more...] about FUSION fund award to Private Gains and Retailed Literature
Reflections on the Symposium
With apologies for not posting this sooner, here are the thoughts of Keith Pretty, Associate Lecturer in Business Development at Bournemouth, on the morning session. The video he links to on You Tube is fascinating! A blurry future for the book or whatever we call it... The morning presentations have been fascinating. They have built on my existing knowledge and … [Read more...] about Reflections on the Symposium
IGEL 2014 report
I attended the conference in Turin for the first time this year, presenting a paper on Kindle Highlights and Public Notes which was well received. Network members Anne Mangen and Torsten Petterson were also presenting, and Anne will be organising the IGEL conference in Stavanger in 4 years. Part of the purpose of my visit was to publicise the work of the network, and there … [Read more...] about IGEL 2014 report
Symposium Round Up and Materials
Thanks to all those who attended and participated at our recent symposium at the EBC in Bournemouth. A special thanks to our international participants, to Bob Stein for a fascinating keynote, and to our workshop convenors and chairs. It was a really memorable day and we had some wonderful papers. For those who were unable to attend, we will be making some of the materials … [Read more...] about Symposium Round Up and Materials