Open Access Author's Receptions
Held each year during Open Access Week in October, the reception celebrates Emory authors from across the university who have published open access books or journal articles over the previous year.
Sponsors include the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence, Digital Publishing in the Humanities, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, and the Emory Libraries' Scholarly Communications Office.
Past Receptions
October 19 - 23, 2020
Featured speakers
This year’s featured authors were highlighted in virtual conversations about their work for open access week.
Harshita Mruthinti Kamath, Author of Impersonations: : The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance (University of California Press Foundation and the Ahmanson Foundation Endowment Fund in Humanities)
Lauren F. Klein, Author of An Archive of Taste: : Race and Eating in the Early United States (University of Minnesota Press)
Deboleena Roy, Author of Molecular Feminisms: : Biology, Becomings, and Life in the Lab (University of Washington Press, 2018)
Cynthia Willett, Author of Uproarious: : How Feminists and Other Subversive Comics Speak Truth (University of Minnesota Press)
Elizabeth Wilson, Author of A Silvan Tomkins Handbook: Foundations for Affect Theory (University of Minnesota Press)
Jacob L. Wright, Author of War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible (Cambridge University Press)
October 22, 2019
Featured Speakers
Michael Elliott, Dean of Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Deboleena Roy, Author of Molecular Feminisms: Biology, Becomings, and Life in the Lab (University of Washington Press, 2018)
Jesse Karlsberg, Series editor of Sounding Spirit (Emory Center of Digital Scholarship and University of North Carolina Press)
Solveig A. Cunningham, Co-author of “Unhealthy weight among children in Spain and the role of the home environment” (BMC Research Notes, 2018)
Lisa Macklin, Director of Research, Engagement, and Scholarly Communications for Emory Libraries
November 13, 2018
Featured Speakers
Michael Elliott, Dean of Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Jonathan Basile, Author of Tar for Mortar: "The Library of Babel" and the Dream of Totality (punctum books, 2018)
Sarah Blanton, Editor of Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation
Shivani A. Patel, Author of "Chronic Disease Concordance within Indian Households" (PLOS Medicine, 2017) and "Comparison of Multiple Obesity Indices for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Classification in South Asian Adults: The CARRS Study" (PLOS One, 2017)