Monday, 1 July 2013

Scholarly papers published to pay tributes

A presentation volume, also known as commemoration volume, is a collection of scholarly papers published to pay tributes to a personality — usually a living one — for the scholarly services that he or she has rendered.

The tradition of presentation volume may not be very old in the West either, but they have a glowing history of paying tributes to living legends. We, however, are a nation that loves the dead. No sooner than a celebrity departs this world can we acknowledge his or her

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