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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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
Panel 2: The Role of Publishers and Their Commitment to Knowledge Dissemination
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
Panel 2: The Role of Publishers and Their Commitment to Knowledge Dissemination
University presses are crucial for highlighting scientific content production, preserving the intellectual heritage of institutions and even countries, promoting science and culture, and fostering dialogue between the university and society.
Participants: Rita Argollo, Belmar Gándara, Malena Romero
Moderator: Antonio Ramos Revillas
Rita Argollo
Director of Editus, the Publishing House of the State University of Santa Cruz (UESC). She is the Vice President of the Brazilian Association of University Publishers (ABEU), having served as president from 2019 to 2023 and as the regional director for the Northeast from 2015 to 2019. A journalist and PhD in Education, she is a professor at UESC. Her main areas of interest include the interface of communication, education, and technology, with a particular focus on the study of digital culture.
Other activities involving the participant:
Meeting of University Press Associations from Ibero-America
Belmar Gándara
Director of the University Press of Cantabria and Secretary of the Editorial Council. She is the coordinator for the Group of Nine Universities in the interuniversity publishing initiative “genueve ediciones” and the founder of ECH–Ediciones, dedicated to the literary world for the Foundation for the Arts, Literary Creation, and the Senses at the Contemporary School of Humanities in Madrid, as well as the Tira y Retira Publishing House. She holds a Master's degree in Publishing from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a Master's degree in Strategic Knowledge and Information Management from the Open University of Catalonia.
Malena Romero
Executive President of the Editorial Fund at the University of the Pacific. Holds a degree in Economics from the University of the Pacific. She has over 30 years of experience in academic and university publishing.
Antonio Ramos Revillas
Director of the University Press of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) since 2016. He holds a degree in Spanish Literature from UANL, which awarded him the Arts Prize in 2015 for his literary career. He was part of the Mexico 20 selection, organized by the British Council, Conaculta, and the Hay Festival, recognizing him as one of the 20 most important writers under 40 in the country. His most recent novel is Playa Bagdad. He is a member of the National System of Creators of Art.
Other activities involving the participant:
Literature with eggs and machaca
Panel 3: Get studying. Bookstores and publishers at the desk
Monday December 02
19:15 to 20:30
Salón América y Europa, hotel Barceló Guadalajara