Team Excerpt!
With the ongoing 2010 FIFA World Cup, we find ourselves (good-naturedly) pitting country against country in soccer matches in South Africa, and cheering matches in offices and eating establishments everywhere.
June 18, 2010
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Recent Award Winners at UTP
Now that Congress has concluded, and it seems as if award season has begun with a bang, I’d like to take the time to congratulate a few authors who have recently won awards.
June 15, 2010
UTP at Congress 2010
Today, the second day of Congress 2010, dawned cloudy with a little rain following a sunny Friday at Concordia University in Montreal. After arriving on Thursday to set up the booth, the book fair for Congress 2010 opened its doors Friday morning, and despite the cloudy weather today, conference attendees are browsing the variety of books that the publishers have set out for display.
May 29, 2010
Sacred Violence Launch at NYU
Now that UTP has returned from the 45th annual International Congress on Medieval Studies, where we mounted an impressive display of our new and backlist books, we thought we should mention another medieval studies event that occurred this past semester, but which we were sadly unable to attend in person…
May 19, 2010
Kalamazoo Diaries #2: This Conference is Berserk!
The second full day at the 45th annual International Congress on Medieval Studies started with 15 copies of my brand new book on one side of the booth…
May 15, 2010
Kalamazoo Diaries #1: The First Day
Please allow me to introduce myself. I am The Berserker. You can call me Berserk for short. I am escorting Natalie, Anna, and Suzanne to Kalamazoo (or “Kzoo” as the pros call it) for the 45th annual International Congress on Medieval Studies.
May 13, 2010
Fall-Winter 2010 Catalogues Have Arrived!
University of Toronto Press is very pleased to announce that our Fall-Winter 2010 catalogues have arrived.
May 12, 2010
Earl H. Fry’s Lament for America
Lament for America pinpoints three critical headwinds facing the United States: (1) the rise of competitor nations or groups of nations such as China and the European Union; (2) the potent combination of globalization, rapid technology change, and creative destruction; and (3) 15 major “fault lines” within the U.S. itself.
April 28, 2010
This is Not a Reading Series with Geoffrey Reaume
This past Wednesday, the Gladstone Hotel and TINARS hosted the “Words On The Wall” event with Geoffrey Reaume, author of Remembrance of Patients Past: Life at the Toronto Hospital for the Insane, 1870-1940.
April 26, 2010
Trends in Canadian Internet Use: 2009 – 2010
For this entry in my UTP blog I decided to talk about online video use within a video – using the medium to discuss the medium. The result is hosted on YouTube and can be viewed below. Herewith follows a brief reflection on the process of video blogging.
April 19, 2010