I will be conducting a workshop at the University of Zurich for advanced graduate students on turning their dissertations into books publishable by (mainly anglophone) university presses. It will take place over two full days and is focused primarily on doing the intellectual work necessary to generate the draft of a book proposal. I am pasting the syllabus below. How to Turn Your Dissertation into a Book Michael Satlow Brown University The purpose of this workshop is to introduce you to the process of turning your dissertation into a publishable book, particularly for an American or British press. By the end of the workshop, you should: Know how academic presses in the U.S. and U.K. work, and how they differ from European academic presses; Understand the full process of having a book accepted and published; Have clarified, or know how to clarify, the central message of your first book in order to make it publishable; Have identified the likely audience for your book; Have produced (or are prepared to produce) a draft of a book proposal Prior to our workshop it would be best if you read William Germano, Getting it Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone […]
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