Caroline Davis (publishing)
Caroline Davis | |
|---|---|
| Born | United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Scholar, Associate Professor in Publishing |
| Years active | –present |
| Known for | Evolution of publishing culture; governmental propaganda across Africa during the Cold War |
| Notable work | African Literature and the CIA: Networks of Authorship and Publishing; Print Cultures: A Reader in Theory and Practice; The Book in Africa |
Caroline Davis is a UK-based scholar specialising in the evolution of publishing culture and the role of governmental propaganda across Africa during the Cold War. She holds the position of Associate Professor in Publishing at University College London.[1]
Career
Davis started her professional journey working in Digital Media at Oxford University Press before transitioning to teach Digital Humanities at Oxford University. Subsequently, she served as a senior lecturer focused on Publishing Media at Oxford Brookes University. In 2021, she assumed responsibility for leading modules on editing, writing, communication, and 'theories of the book' as an Associate Professor in Publishing at University College London.[1]
Her academic expertise centres on post-colonial publishing in Africa, particularly examining the interactions between the CIA and the publishing sector during the Cold War. Additionally, she maintains a keen interest in print cultures within South Africa.[2] In recognition of her contributions, she was awarded the Mid-Career Fellowship by the British Academy in 2019.[3]
Books
- African Literature and the CIA: Networks of Authorship and Publishing. Cambridge University Press, 2020
- Print Cultures: A Reader in Theory and Practice. Macmillan Education, 2019
- The Book in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015
Academic Journals
- A Question of Power: Bessie Head and her Publishers, published in the Journal of Southern African Studies, volume 44, issue 3 (2018), pages 491–506.
- Publishing anti-apartheid literature: Athol Fugard's Statements plays, featured in the Journal of Commonwealth Literature, volume 48, issue 1 (2013), pages 113–129.
- Publishing Wole Soyinka: Oxford University Press and the creation of "Africa's own William Shakespeare", appearing in the Journal of Postcolonial Writing, volume 48, issue 4 (2012), pages 344–358.
- Histories of publishing under apartheid: Oxford University Press in South Africa, from the Journal of Southern African Studies, volume 37, issue 1 (2011), pages 79–98.
References
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Philips, Angus (29 April 2020). "Research success for OICP's Caroline Davis". Brookes Publishing News. Retrieved 4 January 2020.