@mstauff.bsky.social
Media scholar University of Amsterdam. Interests: media and governmentality, visual culture of media sports, theories of media change, infrastructures (e.g. of cycling). Editorial board @krisisjournal.bsky.social
2019, G Geltner wrote this helpful blog post on the developments back then: guygeltner.squarespace.com/blog/2582019... it was also published (in Dutch) by @foliacivitatis.bsky.social www.folia.nl/opinie/13133... I hope Folia will pick it up again
Unusual Business: A University Press Goes Private, And No One is the Wiser — G. Geltner
What we know and what we don't know about the privatization of a university press.
guygeltner.squarespace.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Six years ago, 2019, AUP was privatized; the name ‘AUP’ remained property of the University of Amsterdam and had been licensed out to AUP for, we were told back then "a fixed period of time with the possibility to renew". Would be nice to hear more about the new deal.
June 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM