EVENT DETAILS

Dissertation to Book Workshop with Kate Marshall, UC Press

This workshop is intended for graduate students and recent PhDs who are navigating the process of identifying a home for their first book. Topics covered will include: how to identify a press for your project, when to approach editors, the components of a good book proposal or pitch, and how to start the dissertation revision.

Kate Marshall joined University of California Press in 2008 and manages several award-winning programs, including anthropology, food studies and Latin America studies. In 2013, she launched a new list in Latin American history. Recent highlights from her list include Jason De León’s The Land of Open Graves, Raj Patel and Jason Moore’s A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Joyce Goldstein’s The New Mediterranean Jewish Table, and the 10th anniversary edition of Marion Nestle’s Food Politics. Across fields, Kate is motivated to publish scholarly and general interest titles that address pressing social or environmental problems.
Lunch will be served.