The Scientific Study of Literature (SSOL) journal publishes empirical studies that apply scientific approaches to investigate the structure and function of literary phenomena. The journal welcomes contributions from many disciplinary perspectives (psychological, developmental, cross-cultural, cognitive, neuroscience, computational, linguistic and educational) to deepen our … [Read more...] about International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Media (IGEL) – Call for Contributions
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Engaging Readers Event October 2014
The third of our workshops brought together scholars researching digital literacies with teachers and students from the locality to discuss what use might be made of digital platforms and social media in the classroom. DRN members Joachim Vlieghe and Geert Vandermeersche from the University of Ghent outlined the ways in which the emergence of new platforms and … [Read more...] about Engaging Readers Event October 2014
Reading Digital Comics – first impressions from a sometime sceptic
While I’m certainly no expert on digital comics (*bows to Ernesto*), I thought I’d use my first entry on the blog this month to share a few first impressions from a (previously sceptical) reader’s perspective. I’m sounding out a few digital creators I know for a follow-up blogpost and hope to use my next entry to put forward the opposite side and offer some perspectives and … [Read more...] about Reading Digital Comics – first impressions from a sometime sceptic
Metaphors of Reading
How do we talk about our reading? And what might this tell us? Over the past few years, in the course of research into other areas of the history of reading, I have become fascinated by a series of metaphors that recur when people talk about their reading. They are so ubiquitous in the discourse about reading that we often fail to realise that they are metaphors at all. When we … [Read more...] about Metaphors of Reading
FUSION fund award to Private Gains and Retailed Literature
Bournemouth University has an internal funding scheme called FUSION, and I’ve been asked to announce a successful bid for the project Private Gains and Retailed Literature: pathways to an economics-based account of reading, beginning September 2014. At a policy level, literary art has trouble justifying its claim on public resources; certainly with justifications that have a … [Read more...] about FUSION fund award to Private Gains and Retailed Literature