News

Liverpool University Press launch Using Primary Sources on Manifold

In 2018, Liverpool University Press was selected as one of ten presses – and the only press based in Europe – for funded training and installation of the Manifold platform for the publication of networked and enhanced ebooks. Developed by the University of Minnesota Press, the GC Digital Scholarship Lab at the Graduate Center of … Continue reading

Poetry

Dear Big Gods – In Conversation with Mona Arshi

Following on from her Forward prize-winning collection, Small Hands, Mona Arshi’s new book Dear Big Gods continues its lyrical and exact exploration of the aftershocks of grief. Dear Big Gods is one of three new collections published by Pavilion Poetry in 2019, and to mark the occasion we have the below video of Mona sharing her thoughts … Continue reading

Journals, Modern Languages

Charles Forsdick on publishing Modern Languages research Open Access

Throughout April, we've been focusing on Open Access content as part of our #LUP120 celebrations. Charles Forsdick is Chair of the Modern Languages Sub-Panel for REF 2021 and AHRC Theme Leadership Fellow for Translating Cultures. Charles has written Open Access articles for our journals Francosphères and Contemporary French Civilization, and for LUP's platform Modern Languages Open. He … Continue reading

Journals

International Development Planning Review 41.2 Featured Article

The editors of International Development Planning Review have selected ‘Negotiating the order: the politics and policing of street vending in Tehran’ by Mojgan Taheri Tafti as the Featured Article for IDPR 41.2. The paper will be free to access for a limited time here. When asked to describe the paper and highlight its importance, the … Continue reading

Modern Languages

Open Access and Modern Languages Open – In Conversation with Luis I. Prádanos and Julia Waters

To celebrate 120 years of Liverpool University Press, we’re focusing on a different theme each month. During April, we’ve been focusing on Open Access. Modern Languages Open (MLO) is a platform for the open access dissemination of peer-reviewed scholarship from across the modern languages to a global audience. Recent publications which have been added to … Continue reading