The Philosophy of Editing

An editorial change took place at the Journal of the History of Philosophy last year as Jack Zupko took over the top position for the journal from Steven Nadler. Zupko had previously served as Book Review Editor for JHP, which celebrated 50 years of publishing several years ago. Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Alberta, Zupko joined our podcast series to talk about his transition into the new position as well as plans for the future for JHP.

An Examination of Diagnosis

At first glance, medical diagnosis might seem like a cut-and-dry topic. However, much more goes into this aspect of medical practice than most people think. Annemarie Jutel, co-editor of Social Issues in Diagnosis and author of Putting a Name to It, recently served as guest editor for an issue of the journal Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. The first issue of Volume 58 took a special look at diagnosis through a combination of traditional articles, 55-word stories and images. Jutel, a professor in the Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, Jutel joined our podcast series to talk about diagnosis and the special issue.

Libraries after communism

The fall of communism in Eastern Europe happened twenty-five years ago, and it seems like a vestige of some bygone era. But some institutions in former Soviet republics and other countries in the region still feel the effects of that tremendous change.

That notion spurred the creation of a pair of special issues of the journal Library Trends in Volume 63. Guest edited by Hermina G.B. Anghelescu, the articles in the issues took a comprehensive look at the difficulties faced by libraries after the Berlin Wall came down.

Articles from librarians in around two dozen countries were spread across the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 issues. Anghelescu joined us for a two-part podcast on the special topic. Part 1 focuses on the challenges in putting together such an ambitious journal project. Part 2 talks about the challenges libraries have faced over the past quarter of a century.

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Va. Tech professor on post-traumatic writing

The most recent issue of the journal American Imago featured four essays focused on grief and loss. The issue, titled “Memory and Remembrance: Essays in Psychoanalytic Autobiography,” contains “Lockout: Spacing Trauma and Recovery in the Aftermath of the Virginia Tech Shootings,” an essay written by Virginia Tech University faculty member Stefanie Hofer. She lost her husband, Jamie Bishop, on April 16, 2007 during the deadliest school rampage in the US history. Hofer joined us to talk about her post-traumatic writing and how it has helped her to persevere and heal.

 

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