Springer Book Series "Numanities"
BOOK INFORMATION FORM
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1. AUTHOR(S)/EDITOR(S):
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Name(s) in full - first name(s) + surname(s)
Name(s) as to appear on the title page (in order of appearance)
Professional/academic affiliation(s) to be used on the title page
(institute or university / city / country)
Nationality(ies) (required for copyright registration)
Postal street address(es) (No PO Box please, we use couriers)
Phone number(s)
Date(s) of birth (for cataloguing purposes)
Please append the electronic version of your curriculum vitae and/or a list of your publications
to this form. The same applies to any co-author(s)/editor(s).
2. TITLE: (Please note: Electronic search engines – google, library engines - usually only use the
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descriptive title that is a clear reflection of the research/work done).
Book title:
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name(s):
If this is a revised edition, please indicate what information has been revised / which new chapters have
been added:
3. TYPE OF WORK:
[ ] monograph
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[ ] 2. previously published papers, from:
[ ] conference proceedings:
[ ] 1. invited papers only
[ ] 2. all papers
[ ] reference work
[ ] translation
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4. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF:
manuscript pages:
words per page:
photographs :
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line drawings:
tables:
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5. MANUSCRIPT WILL CONTAIN:
[ ] Preface, Foreword or Introduction
[ ] Bibliography of selected titles
[ ] Subject and/or Name Index
[ ] Other items
6. Are you able to submit your final manuscript in Word or LaTeX following our Instructions for
Authors (http://resource-cms.springer.com/springercms/rest/v1/content/990/data/Manuscript+guidelines+for+English+books)?
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8. COMPETITION
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publisher and publication date and explain in what way your book is different.
9. PROMOTION
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or to whom it might be of interest. Please narrow down to the niche target groups):
Please list the book’s Unique Selling Points (3-5 one-line bullet points indicating why this book is
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12. Review process
Description
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would be capable of evaluating the topics covered in your book. Please, kindly exclude those
colleagues who might have a conflict of interest (friends, supervisors, colleagues with your same
affiliation, close collaborators, etc.)
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13. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please list all relevant societies/associations, electronic discussion lists, boards, committees, advisory
or reviewing bodies (this may include special interest groups, editorial boards of journals/newsletters,
organizing committees for conferences, university committees, library recommendation committees)
through which we could reach the target audience for your work:
Please list below to which one(s) of these you are a member:
14. DOES YOUR PROPOSAL FIT IN THE NUMANITIES PROJECT?
This book series was created with the goal of unifying the various fields, approaches and also potentials
of humanities in the framework, dynamics and problems of current societies, and in the attempt to
overcome the cultural and institutional crisis of identity that the humanities are experiencing in many
contexts.
Numanities are an "umbrella-concept": there is no specific scientific content in it, and that
means that the many existing new fields and research trends that are addressing the same problems
(post-humanism, transhumanism, digital humanities, etc.) are not competitors of Numanities, but rather
possible ways to them. What we are launching here is not a new "theory", or "philosophical paradigm":
to pursue "Numanities" does not mean to adhere to a particular research trend, but it is rather an array
of "scholarly attitudes" of those researchers who are working on relocating and redefining the
humanities.
In order for us to evaluate your proposal, we need, among other things, to understand if it fits the
scopes and the spirit of the series. We therefore ask you to answer the following questions, that
summarize the goals of Numanities. Basically, the more positive (and motivated) answers, the more
"Numanistic" your proposal.
a) Does your proposal focuses on issues of current concern?
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If yes, please motivate your answer (max. 200 words):
b) Is your proposal based on new, emerging humanistic fields/theories/methodologies?
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If yes, please motivate your answer (max. 200 words):
c) Is your proposal truly interdisciplinary (that is, it establishes a tangible methodological bridge
between humanities and social and/or natural sciences)?
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No
If yes, please motivate your answer (max. 200 words):
d) Does your proposal try to reveal the humanistic side (or even identity) of fields that are not
belonging to the humanities?
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No
If yes, please motivate your answer (max. 200 words):
e) Does your proposal imply investigations and reflections in which the humanities (or any of
their affiliated disciplines), monitor and critically assess their status, paradigms, scientific and
social condition, impact, and so forth?
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If yes, please motivate your answer (max. 200 words):
f) Is your proposal animated by creative and innovative humanities-based methodological
approaches (for instance, the increasing trend of adopting artistic methods in natural sciences)?
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If yes, please motivate your answer (max. 200 words):
g) Does your proposal investigate on the dialogue/conflict between the humanities and (cultural,
political, academic...) institutions?
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If yes, please motivate your answer (max. 200 words):
h) Does your proposal contain an empirical/experimental part?
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If yes, please motivate your answer (max. 200 words):
i) Does your proposal imply (or can you foresee) a concrete application of your research to any
current issue/problem? In particular, will it help improving quality and dignity of life? Will it
contribute to social and ethical progress?
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If yes, please motivate your answer (max. 200 words):
j) Numanities intend to strive for the excellence of the humanities. Do you think your proposal is
"excellent"? Does it have an "added value", in comparison to existing research, and to other
fields?
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If yes, please motivate your answer (max. 200 words):
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