Modern Languages

Intimate Frontiers: A Literary Geography of the Amazon – In Conversation with Felipe Martínez-Pinzón and Javier Uriarte

Felipe Martínez-Pinzón and Javier Uriarte's Intimate Frontiers: A Literary Geography of the Amazon is the latest publication in our American Tropics series. The articles compiled in this book discuss different aspects of the cultures and literatures of the Amazon, focusing not on its natural resources or opportunities for economic exploit, but on the richness that inhabits … Continue reading

History

Spotlight on new Ancient History series: Translated Texts from Antiquity and Liverpool Studies in Ancient History

As LUP continues to celebrate its 120 anniversary year, during History month, we shine the spotlight on two new ancient history series. Liverpool Studies in Ancient History demonstrates both LUP’s strong commitment to Classics and Ancient History and our mission to publish high quality research for the academic community. Working broadly within the chronological range … Continue reading

Enlightenment

Networks of Enlightenment: New Approaches, New Perspectives

Chloe Edmondson is co-editor of the June Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment volume Networks of Enlightenment: Digital Approaches to the Republic of Letters which provides exciting new perspectives on the European networks that made up the Republic of Letters. Here, she explores the digital and data-driven approaches that can be used to analyse such … Continue reading

Jewish Studies

When a Book Is Not Really Done

Naomi Seidman is the Chancellor Jackman Professor in the Arts at the University of Toronto, and recently published her book Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement: A Revolution in the Name of Tradition with The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. Naomi discusses how this recent publication is different to her previous three books, as she continues … Continue reading