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Legitimizations and subversions of the Open: for an analysis of openwashing in scientific publishing

We warmly invite you to the ninth event in the lecture series Open Divide – Critical Studies on Open Access, taking place on January 28, 2026, 5 pm CET. We are delighted to welcome Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri and Guillaume Silhol and look forward to their lecture, “Legitimizations and subversions of the Open: for an analysis of …

Beyond Institutional Boundaries: Shadow Libraries as Commons and the Future of Knowledge Preservation

We warmly invite you to the eighth event in the lecture series Open Divide – Critical Studies on Open Access, taking place on December 17, 2025 at 5:00 pm CET. We are delighted to welcome Zakayo Kjellström and look forward to his lecture, “Beyond Institutional Boundaries: Shadow Libraries as Commons and the Future of Knowledge …

Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons

In the seventh lecture of the Open Divide Series, Samuel Moore will present “Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons”. In his talk on November 26, 2025, at 5:00 PM CET, Samuel Moore will discuss key ideas from his new book Publishing Beyond the Market (University of Michigan Press). He argues that the movement for …