2024-2025 / DOCU1456-1

Publishing in Wallonia and Brussels in the past and today

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master en langues et lettres anciennes et modernes, à finalité spécialisée en édition et métiers du livre5 crédits 
 Master en langues et lettres anciennes, orientation classiques, à finalité spécialisée en édition et métiers du livre5 crédits 
 Master in communication, professional focus in publishing and the publishing industry5 crédits 
 Master in French and Romance languages, general, professional focus in publishing and book trade5 crédits 

Lecturer

Pascal Durand

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The aim of the course is to provide 1) a historical landscape of the book production in Belgium from Dirk Martens to the end of the 20th century ; 2) to provide, through a collective research, insights into the contemporaru field of book production in Belgium.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

1) Developing an in-depth knowledge of the belgian publishing industry from a historical point of view ; 2) Considering the publishing industry from the two points of view of historical patterns and new forms of publishing practices ; 3) Acquiring a practical knowledge of a moving professional field.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

On the one hand, summary presentations on the major historical trends in publishing in Wallonia and Brussels; on the other hand, data collection and group work under the guidance of the assistant associated with the course. In 2022-2023, the theme and the research axis will concern the new publishing sector in French-speaking Belgium.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Further information:

Lectures or podcasts.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Recommended reading :

DURAND Pascal et HABRAND Tanguy, Histoire de l'édition en Belgique (XVe-XXIe siècle), Bruxelles, Les Impressions nouvelles, 2018.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam


Additional information:

Oral examination (if possible)

Written examination (if the former is not possible).

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Course head
Pascal Durand, lecturer, Department Media, Culture & Communication, Place du 20-Août, 7, 2nd floor, pascal.durand@ulg.ac.be;
Assistant
Victor Krywicki (victor.krywicki@uliege.be)
Place du 20-Août, 7, 2nd floor,
tel.04 366 5717


Secretariat
tel. 04 366 32 86

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