The University of Guadalajara, through a project created by the Environmental Sciences Museum as part of the University’s Cultural Center, and with the support of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, has established the José Emilio Pacheco City and Nature Award. The prize, which will be given for the first time this year, will be dedicated to poetry. The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will be given a purse of US $10,000. The award is dedicated to poet José Emilio Pacheco, whose work explores the duality between cities and nature.
Created by the University of Guadalajara, and with the collaboration of the National Institute for Indigenous Languages, the Culture Ministry, the National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Cultures and Jalisco’s Department of Education, the American Indigenous Literature Award is granted to enrich, protect and promote the legacy and richness of Mexico’s indigenous peoples through literature in all its forms, and to and acknowledge and further develop the careers and works of indigenous authors. The award, which carries a purse of US $25,000, will be given for the fourth time at the 2016 FIL Guadalajara.
The SM Ibero-American Award for Literature for Children and Young People was implemented in 2005, the year of Ibero-American literature, with the goal of promoting literature for children and young people throughout Ibero-America. The award is given out each year during the Guadalajara International Book Fair to recognize writers of literature for children and young people and carries a purse of US $30,000.
Juan Carlos Quezadas
Karime Cardona Cury
With the goal of creating a network that helps to encourage the work of illustrators of books for children and young people in Ibero-America, the SM Foundation and the FIL Guadalajara invites illustrators to submit their work to be included in the Annual Ibero-American Illustration Catalog. The 45 works selected will be displayed in an exposition at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. In addition, illustrators will have the opportunity to work on an illustrated book with Ediciones SM and the winner will be given US $5,000. You can find more information at: www.iberoamericailustra.com
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International University and Academic Publishing Forum
Activities for Professionals
International University and Academic Publishing Forum
Opening Ceremony
Communicating Science: A Shared Commitment
The construction of science is a long-term endeavor that allows us to question and understand our environment, invites us to ponder major issues, analyze various problems, and find answers to countless questions. Access to science fosters critical and transformative capacities within our societies and drives the democratization of knowledge: a right and a common good. University presses are integral to academic communities, and our work in selecting, publishing, and disseminating content positions us as a communication window, a bridge for the transfer and linkage of knowledge. Science belongs to everyone and should serve the creation of a genuine knowledge society. From the perspective of university publishing, we invite you to reflect on how we can approach science with an Ibero-American vision, what joint projects we can build, how to ensure investment in scientific development, what policies can protect it, and how we can reach a broader audience of readers.
Participants: Lía Castillo Meneses, María Isabel Cabrera, Sayri Karp, Alejandra González Barranco
Lía Castillo Meneses
President of the Association of University Presses of Latin America and the Caribbean (EULAC) since 2023. She holds a degree in Business Administration with postgraduate studies in Marketing and Commercialization. Since 2007, she has coordinated the Marketing and Sales area at UPC Press of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences. She is the founder of the chapter for university presses and research or documentation centers in Peru (EUPerú) and served as president during its first two terms.
Other activities involving the participant:
Meeting of University Press Associations from Ibero-America
María Isabel Cabrera
President of the Spanish Union of University Publishers (UNE). Director of the University of Granada Press. Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Granada. Her research focuses on 20th-century Spanish thought and artistic creation, with particular interest in the relationships between art and ideology, art and totalitarian powers in Europe, as well as the exchange and circulation of ideas and creators between these contexts.
Other activities involving the participant:
Meeting of University Press Associations from Ibero-America
Discussion: Projects and Contributions of Spanish University Publishing
Sayri Karp
Director of the University of Guadalajara Press and a member of the Advisory Council of the Association of University Presses of Latin America and the Caribbean (EULAC), of which she served as president from 2015 to 2023. She is also a member of the Altexto Network of University and Academic Publishers in Mexico and its Advisory Council. Additionally, she is part of the organizing committee for the International Forum on University and Academic Publishing, held at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. In 2018, she received the "Rubén Bonifaz Nuño" Recognition for University Editors awarded by UNAM.
Other activities involving the participant:
Meeting of University Press Associations from Ibero-America
Alejandra González Barranco
Directora de la Editorial Digital del Tecnológico de Monterrey. Integrante de la Mesa Directiva de la Asociación de Editoriales Universitarias de América Latina (EULAC) y Secretaria Técnica en la Red Nacional de Editoriales Universitarias, Altexto. Licenciada en Periodismo y Medios de Información y maestra en Humanidades con especialidad en Literatura por el Tecnológico de Monterrey. Profesora de cátedra en los Departamentos de Estudios Humanísticos, Lenguas e Industrias Creativas, y colabora como tutora en el Centro de Escritura del Campus Monterrey.
Other activities involving the participant:
Conversation 2: Science in Spanish, Back and Forth