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By Melanie Schaffner, Project MUSE Staff Johns Hopkins University Press is delighted to announce the award of a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the development of MUSE Open, a distribution channel for open access monographs through Project MUSE, a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly…
By Elizabeth Brown, Project MUSE staff Cheers were heard when this announcement appeared last week on MUSE Commons, the Project MUSE blog. Congratulations to our friend and colleague, Wendy Queen! We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Wendy J. Queen as the new Director of Project MUSE. A 15-year veteran of the Johns…
By Elizabeth Brown, Project MUSE staff Cheers were heard when this announcement appeared last week on MUSE Commons, the Project MUSE blog. Congratulations to our friend and colleague, Wendy Queen! We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Wendy J. Queen as the new Director of Project MUSE. A 15-year veteran of the Johns…
Guest post by Stephen H. Grant Emily Jordan was born in Ironton, Ohio on May 15, 1858. Following her two older sisters to Vassar College, she emerged a bluestocking: a refined lady with intellectual, scholarly, and literary interests. Emily’s Vassar 1879 class of 36 students elected her class president for life. Although her undergraduate scrapbook…
Guest post by Stephen H. Grant Emily Jordan was born in Ironton, Ohio on May 15, 1858. Following her two older sisters to Vassar College, she emerged a bluestocking: a refined lady with intellectual, scholarly, and literary interests. Emily’s Vassar 1879 class of 36 students elected her class president for life. Although her undergraduate scrapbook…
The Association of College and Research Libraries meets in Portland later this week, and Project MUSE and JHUP cordially invite you to stop by booth #463 to check out our latest books, journals, and online publications. There will be a special opportunities to see what's coming from MUSE and to test drive the acclaimed online editions…
The Association of College and Research Libraries meets in Portland later this week, and Project MUSE and JHUP cordially invite you to stop by booth #463 to check out our latest books, journals, and online publications. There will be a special opportunities to see what's coming from MUSE and to test drive the acclaimed online editions…
Guest post by Janine Barchas If Lydia Bennet hung celebrity pinups above her bed, whom might she have singled out among the rich and famous from the Georgian era? The following speculations are rooted in historical truth. Celebrity culture was in full swing when Jane Austen was born in 1775. Although hers was the age…
Guest post by Janine Barchas If Lydia Bennet hung celebrity pinups above her bed, whom might she have singled out among the rich and famous from the Georgian era? The following speculations are rooted in historical truth. Celebrity culture was in full swing when Jane Austen was born in 1775. Although hers was the age…
The JHU Press publishes beautiful, influential, award-wining books on a variety of subjects. From a history of the Folger Shakespeare Library to a full-color celebration of Amish quilts to an insider’s look at the Large Hadron Collider, books from JHUP make terrific gifts for series readers. For reviews and more information or to place an…