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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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
Opening Dialogue: Acknowledging Multilingualism in Science
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.
Activities for Professionals
International University and Academic Publishing Forum
Opening Dialogue: Acknowledging Multilingualism in Science
Endemic science is crucial for solving not only local problems but also global cross-cutting issues. Recognizing the importance of Ibero-American scientific production is vital to acknowledging the contributions of Spanish and Portuguese to the global development of knowledge.
Participants: Guillermo Escribano Manzano, Claudia Dias Sampaio
Moderator: Margarita Cuéllar Barona
Guillermo Escribano Manzano
Director general del Español en el Mundo desde 2021, un órgano del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación, responsable de ejecutar las políticas de fomento del idioma español en el mundo. Licenciado en Derecho por la Universidad Pontificia de Comillas. Ingresó en la Carrera Diplomática de España en 2002. Se ha desempeñado en diversos cargos en las embajadas de España en Alemania, Marruecos, Filipinas y Polonia, además de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
Other activities involving the participant:
Meeting of University Press Associations from Ibero-America
Conversation 2: Science in Spanish, Back and Forth
Claudia Dias Sampaio
Coordinadora general del Instituto Guimarães Rosa (IGR), de la Embajada de Brasil en México. Ensayista, investigadora, traductora y gestora en el área de la diplomacia cultural. Profesora en el Colegio de Estudios Latinoamericanos (CELA), de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UNAM, desde 2014. Doctora en Letras por la Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) y Maestra en Literatura brasileña por la Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Ha escrito diversos ensayos y artículos sobre la teoría literaria y el lenguaje poético en la contemporaneidad en el ámbito de la literatura latinoamericana. Es miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores Mexicanos (SIN-Conahcyt).
Margarita Cuéllar Barona
Director of the Regional Center for the Promotion of the Book in Latin America and the Caribbean (Cerlalc), an intergovernmental organization sponsored by UNESCO that works to create the necessary conditions for the development of reading and writing societies. She was the co-creator, editor, and director (2009-2024) of the cultural agitation magazine Papel de colgadura and led the Feminist Pedagogies Seminar and the textile seminar El Costurero, a space for studying, reading, sewing, embroidering, and weaving. Her research interests include feminist pedagogies, textile crafts, and literature written by women. She has published the novels Geografía doméstica and De viento y de sal.
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