Andalusian university presses commit to collaboration among their imprints

On March 11, a meeting of Andalusian University Presses and Publication Services was held at the Parador de Antequera to compare experiences and lines of action and to seek formulas for collaboration. In a constructive and consensual atmosphere, many topics were discussed that are currently on the agenda of all university presses, not only in Andalusia but throughout Spain. The situation of each press regarding its series was shared, along with the measures being taken to update and/or launch series lines, with the Editorial Quality Seal in view, and the need for presses to put their “house” in order and…

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Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala, new Director of Publications at the University of Córdoba

Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala is a Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Córdoba. He has been a member of several national research groups (in R projects for the Ministry) and international ones (British Council in England, private foundations in Greece and Lebanon, as well as a coordinated European Union project). A member of the Editorial Committees and Advisory Boards of some twenty national and international scientific journals, he is also the co-director of an internationally impactful journal, co-director of several series and collections, and a member of scientific committees for series from prestigious publishers (Brill, Peeters,…

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The historical and geographical perspective of the Corredera in a book by José Naranjo and Antonio López Ontiveros

As a tribute of remembrance, recognition, and respect to the late UCO Professor of Geography Antonio López Ontiveros, and also as “a special gift, precisely on the day he would have celebrated his birthday, to a person distinguished by his professional and personal career”, the work “The Plaza de la Corredera in Córdoba: functions, meaning and image through the centuries” was presented this morning in the Mudéjar Hall of the Rectorate of the University of Córdoba. It is the last of the books López Ontiveros wrote, in this case jointly with fellow Geography professor José Naranjo Ramírez, who was responsible…

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UCO publications at Book Day in Manila

The publications of the University of Córdoba were represented, through the Instituto Cervantes, at International Book Day held in Manila (Philippines), helping to enrich the Spanish-language publishing collections on display and, in particular, to showcase the research and studies carried out at the University of Córdoba and in Spain on the Spanish presence in the Philippines. Specifically, the Publications Service exhibited the texts "Vida municipal en Manila (siglos XVI y XVIII)", "Las polémicas Iglesia-Estado en Filipinas. La posición de la Iglesia ante la cobranza de los tributos en las encomiendas y las restituciones a finales del siglo XVI", and "El…

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