Open Research in the Arts and Humanities – beyond Open Access (part of the Open Research at Cambridge Conference series)

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Open Access has by now become established in all academic fields, including the arts and humanities, but what about other aspects of Open Research? There is a perception that the language and concepts around OR are driven by the way scholarly communication is practised in the sciences. Based on the 8 Pillars of Open Research and the work of the University of Cambridge’s working group on Open Research in the Humanities, this roundtable will discuss some of the ways in which the principles of OR can be applied to humanities research and how OR can be incentivised and supported, but also what some of the problems might be. Audience participation in the discussion will be encouraged

Emma Gilby is Professor of Early Modern French Literature and Thought. She has recently published Descartes’s Fictions: Reading Philosophy with Poetics (OUP:2019) and co-edited The Places of Early Modern Criticism (OUP:2021), which brings together colleagues working in English, modern languages and art history. She is also co-editor of the journal French Studies, and represents the School of Arts and Humanities on the Open Research Steering Committee.

Rachel Leow is Associate Professor in Modern East Asian History. Her research is broadly concerned with the social, cultural and intellectual links between China and Chinese communities in maritime Southeast Asia; with British imperialism in Asia; and with histories of ideas beyond Europe. She believes in the dissemination of academic work to different and non-academic audiences Apart from writing a traditional monograph and academic articles, Rachel has also been a blogger, a literary review writer, a contributor to a collaborative manifesto, and a very occasional current affairs critic.

This session is chaired by Matthias Ammon.

Matthias Ammon is a Research Support Librarian in the School of Arts & Humanities, based in the Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics Library. He advises postgraduate students and academic staff on matters of scholarly communication, including copyright and Open Access. As a former humanities researcher, he is particularly interested in the open dissemination of academic work in the arts and humanities.