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 The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will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
Meeting of University Press Associations from Ibero-America
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: Guillermo Escribano Manzano, María Isabel Cabrera, Delfim Leao, Lía Castillo Meneses, Alejandra González, Gustavo Solórzano Alfaro, Lizbeth Alvarado, Rita Argollo, Inés Brandan Valy, Norma Hernández, Marco Giraldo, Joao Canossa, Martha Esparza Ramírez, Esteban Giraldo González, Milagros Aguirre, Margarita Ortega
Moterators: Sayri Karp, Juan Felipe Córdoba Restrepo
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:
Opening Dialogue: Acknowledging Multilingualism in Science
Conversation 2: Science in Spanish, Back and Forth
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:
Opening Ceremony
Discussion: Projects and Contributions of Spanish University Publishing
Delfim Leao
Vice-Rector for Culture and Open Science and a professor at the University of Coimbra. He is currently a member of the CoARA Multilingualism Working Group, a member of the Executive Assembly of OPERAS, and involved in European projects such as OPERAS-P, TRIPLE, OPERAS-PLUS, PALOMERA, and ATRIUM. He leads the team responsible for the development of the Mondaecus platform. He is also a designated member of the Scientific Council of CNRS-Humanities & Social Sciences (2023-2028). His main areas of interest include ancient history, law, and political theory; he has published approximately 200 works.
Other activities involving the participant:
Panel 1: Building a Science for Everyone
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:
Opening Ceremony
Gustavo Solórzano Alfaro
Director of the University Press of the State University at a Distance (EUNED) since 2022. He is a writer, editor, critic, translator, and professor. He won the National Aquileo J. Echeverría Poetry Award in 2023. He holds a Master’s degree in Latin American Literature from the University of Costa Rica, where he also pursued a PhD in Cultural Studies. He is the author of 12 books, including Nadie que esté feliz escribe (2017) and La culpa (2023).
Other activities involving the participant:
Panel 3: Open Science and Its Implications for University Publishing
Lizbeth Alvarado
Head of the Editorial Fund at the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia and Editor-in-Chief of Spirat, an academic journal focused on university teaching and management. She is also the director of the feminist publishing house Gafas Moradas. An editorial consultant, she specializes in book positioning and marketing strategies, as well as promoting reading. She teaches academic communication and research methodologies. She holds a Master's degree in Communication with a specialization in Content from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
Other activities involving the participant:
Discussion: Projects and Contributions of Spanish University Publishing
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:
Panel 2: The Role of Publishers and Their Commitment to Knowledge Dissemination
Marco Giraldo
Executive President of the Colombian Association of University Publishers (Aseúc). Editorial Head at the Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Academic Editor. Holds a degree in Modern Languages from the Universidad de Caldas, a specialization in Intellectual Property Law from the Universidad Sergio Arboleda, and a Master's in Cultural Management and Production from the Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano.
Other activities involving the participant:
Panel 3: Open Science and Its Implications for 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:
Opening Ceremony
Juan Felipe Córdoba Restrepo
Director of the University Press of Universidad del Rosario, Colombia. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of SciELO Livros and the Advisory Council of the Open Book Futures project. He previously served as president of the Association of University Publishers of Colombia (ASEUC) and the Association of University Presses of Latin America and the Caribbean (EULAC). He holds a PhD in History and is part of the Research Group on Religion, Culture, and Society at the University of Antioquia, as well as the Research Group on Academic Books at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). In 2019, he received the "Rubén Bonifaz Nuño" Recognition for University Editors awarded by UNAM.
Other activities involving the participant:
Panel 1: Building a Science for Everyone