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From: Charlotte Frost <charlotte@DIGITALCRITIC.ORG>

Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 15:18:06 +0100

More book publishing advice for August:

Hello, 

Welcome back to PhD2Published and our monthly update on what’s coming up on the site in August. 

If you’re looking to get your first book published, we’d love to hear from you as we’re currently putting a team together to test out our advice and report back – and there’s a pitching surgery coming up we’d like participants for. Drop us a line at contact@phd2published.com! 

  • Mondays remain our Weekly Wisdom days of quick and useful reminders for book writing success.
  • There’s another set of articles from Charlotte Frost, this time on something she’s calling ‘The Book Shelf Test’, which is a way to research your book’s market just by looking at your own book shelves.
  • Publishing houses Manchester University Press and Gylphi offer us their top five tips on getting published.
  • Our intern Lucy Wickens posts on how to use Facebook as a networking and self promotion tool.
  • And Charlotte Frost updates us on her own quest to get her first book published with another instalment of her video blog.

Keep visiting us at PhD2Published to be in on all our up and coming content, you can subscribe to our RSS feed or sign up to our newsletter to receive all our content straight to your inbox. And we’re over on Twitter: @PhD2Published. 

If you’re a published academic, we’d love to have some of your top tips for our site – so please do get in touch and share your knowledge. contact@phd2published.com 

Kind Regards,

Lucy Wickens

More book publishing advice for August:

Hello, 

Welcome back to   PhD2Published and our monthly update on what’s coming up on the site in August. 

If you’re looking to get your first book published, we’d love to hear from you as we’re currently putting a team together to test out our advice and report back – and there’s a pitching surgery coming up we’d like participants for. Drop us a line at contact@phd2published.com! 

*	Mondays remain our Weekly Wisdom days of quick and useful reminders for book writing success. 

*	There’s another set of articles from Charlotte Frost, this time on something she’s calling ‘The Book Shelf Test’, which is a way to research your book’s market just by looking at your own book shelves. 

*	Publishing houses Manchester University Press and Gylphi offer us their top five tips on getting published. 

*	Academic, Jeff Johnson, author of   American Advertising in Poland, will also offer his personal advice on getting published for the first time. 

*	Our intern Lucy Wickens posts on how to use Facebook as a networking and self promotion tool. 

*	There’s an encouraging article by Cat Bennett, author of   The Confident Creative: Drawing to Free the Hand and Mind, on how to build your confidence as a writer. 

*	And Charlotte Frost updates us on her own quest to get her first book published with another instalment of her video blog. 

Keep visiting us at PhD2Published to be in on all our up and coming content, you can subscribe to our RSS feed or sign up to our newsletter to receive all our content straight to your inbox. And we’re over on Twitter: @PhD2Published. 

If you’re a published academic, we’d love to have some of your top tips for our site – so please do get in touch and share your knowledge.   contact@phd2published.com 

Kind Regards,

Lucy Wickens
CHArt 2010 Annual Conference

From: "fra-fra@libero.it" <fra-fra@LIBERO.IT>

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:41:24 +0200

*** Computers and the History of Art (CHArt) www.chart.ac.uk ***

TECHNOLOGY AND ‘THE DEATH OF ART HISTORY’
CHArt 26th Annual Conference 

Wednesday 10 - Thursday 11 November 2010
London, The British Computer Society, First Floor, Davidson Building, 5 
Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA

In recent decades the traditional practices of Art History have come 
increasingly under attack. This has led to changes so extreme that some have 
talked of the 'death of Art History'.

The CHArt 2010 Conference will explore the role of digital technologies in the 
disruption of Art History and the profound changes in the way that we display, 
consume and study art.

In 1985, when CHArt was founded, new technologies only had a minimal impact on 
Art History. Twenty-five years on they have transformed the entire artistic 
process, from the creation and presentation of art, to its reception, 
dissemination and research. Reflecting on these changes, we will consider how 
Art History has evolved and in what ways digital technologies will continue to 
affect and transform the discipline in the future. This year's CHArt papers 
will examine the impact of digital technology on a range of issues including:
•	Ownership, authorship, collaboration and re-use
•	Access and participation
•	Globalisation, communication and dissemination
•	Research
•	Pedagogy and teaching
•	Conservation and preservation
•	Commissioning, curation and documentation

KEYNOTE: Will Vaughan, Emeritus Professor of History of Art at Birkbeck, 
University of London 

CHArt is delighted that Professor Vaughan has agreed to start proceedings off 
at the 2010 conference as CHArt is celebrating its 25th anniversary and he was 
one of the founding members of the group back in 1985. From 1986 to 2003 he was 
Professor of History of Art in the School of History of Art, Film and Visual 
Media at Birkbeck. Previously he had been an Assistant Keeper at the Tate (1968-
72) and a Reader at University College London (1972-86). Professor Vaughan was 
a pioneer of research into the use of computers and digital applications in 
relation to Art History. His influence and vision continues, reflected in 
current projects and research interests within Birkbeck and beyond.

The conference programme includes a panel discussion with invited experts.

For draft programme, paper abstracts and booking information please visit www.
chart.ac.uk

*** Early booking discounted rates are available until 1 October 2010 ***