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Why Built Upon Matters

Posted on March 26, 2013

(cc) Wendell “We cannot write literary history with intellectual conviction,” David Perkins says in the opening chapter of Is Literary History Possible?, “but we must read it.” No story of (literary) historical movements can ever be a complete story. No narrative can account for the contextual complexities that give rise to things as strange and…

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Anvil Academic Accepts Three New “Built Upon” Proposals

Posted on March 8, 2013

We are pleased to announce the acceptance by our editorial board and editorial staff of three submissions to our inaugural Built Upon publishing initiative. Anvil regards all three as excellent demonstrations of our vision for post-monograph publishing in the digitally networked age. The three projects are: John C. Gruber-Miller, Professor of Classical Studies, Cornell College:…

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Anvil Editor Fred Moody @ Davidson College

Posted on February 15, 2013

I recently spent a delightful and enlightening day on the campus of Davidson College, meeting with the undergraduate group Consortium of Liberal Arts Writers (CLAW) and representatives from the Forum for Undergraduate Student Editors (FUSE).  Topics under discussion ranged from bringing the traditional (print) college literary magazine online, possibly in a multi-publication collaborative space, to…

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Built Upon Breaks Ground!

Posted on February 1, 2013

(cc) mnwatts Thanks to everyone who submitted proposals to the Built Upon initiative! We received a number of compelling projects that run the gamut from data analysis and network visualization of archival material to more narrative modes of understanding the application of digital tools to historic texts. We’ll continue to update you as we review…

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Anvil Announces a New Prize Competition: Visualizing the Classics

Posted on January 29, 2013

(cc) Dimitris Kilymis Anvil Academic and Dickinson College Commentaries announce the availability of a $1,000 prize for the best scholarly visualization of data in the field of classical studies submitted during 2013. Two runners-up will be awarded prizes of $500 each, and the three winning submissions will be published by Anvil. Submissions in any and…

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