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        Date: 2025-10-24 18:23:21+00:00
        From: Jeff Pooley <jeff.pooley@ASC.UPENN.EDU>
        Subject: New Open Access Book: Mapping Goffman’s Invisible College

We are excited to announce the publication
of Mapping Goffman’s Invisible College
<https://www.mediastudies.press/mapping-goffman>, 
by Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz.

Erving Goffman is often remembered as a solitary thinker—famously
private, and never a co-author. This book offers a counterpoint by
tracing Goffman’s connections to a network of colleagues at the
University of Pennsylvania between 1968 and 1982, including Dell Hymes,
William Labov, John Szwed, Ray Birdwhistell, and Sol Worth. It follows
five major collaborations that emerged in that setting, along with
others that never quite came together. The analysis also considers
Goffman’s earlier work at institutions including the University of
Chicago, the National Institute of Mental Health, the University of
California, Berkeley, and Harvard University, alongside related
initiatives at Indiana University and the University of Texas.

Beyond documenting Goffman’s intellectual network, the book uses his
connections as a case study to examine interdisciplinarity, invisible
colleges, and disciplinary history. By examining both the productive and
faltering collaborations in Goffman’s orbit, the book sheds light on the
complex, often unpredictable pathways through which academic ideas take
shape. This work will appeal to scholars across disciplines seeking to
understand the collaborative foundations of academic life.

The book is available online
<https://www.mediastudies.press/mapping-goffman>, 
and as a free download in PDF
<https://github.com/mediastudiespress/singles/releases/download/mapping1.0/leeds
-hurwitz-mapping-goffmans-invisible-college-2025.pdf> 
and ePub
<https://github.com/mediastudiespress/singles/releases/download/mapping1.0/leeds
-hurwitz-mapping-goffmans-invisible-college-2025.epub>.
A paperback version is also available
<https://www.amazon.com/dp/1951399382>.

Mapping Goffman’s Invisible College
<https://www.mediastudies.press/mapping-goffman> 
appears in the Open series. Scholars interested in proposing volumes in this or
other series are encouraged to reach out with a query
<https://www.mediastudies.press/proposals>. 
You can learn more about mediastudies.press, including our operations
<https://www.mediastudies.press/transparency> 
and OA principles
<https://www.mediastudies.press/oa-principles>, 
on our site
<https://www.mediastudies.press/about>. 
The press is a member of the Open Book Collective
<https://openbookcollective.org/packages/2/info/> 
and the ScholarLed consortium 
<https://scholarled.org/>, 
and also publishes the History of Media Studies 
<https://hms.mediastudies.press/> journal. 

Please contact us at press@mediastudies.press



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