Journals, News, science fiction

Science Fiction Film and Television | Call for Co-Editors

Science Fiction Film and Television, internationally recognized as a leader in the scholarly study of science fiction visual media, invites applications for the position of co-editor.

Enlightenment, Intellectual History

‘The Scottish picaresque as environmental justice’ by Denys Van Renen

The Scottish picaresque as environmental justice, written by Denys Van Renen, has recently been published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series. This blog post highlights its intervention as the first book-length study to analyze the genre of the picaresque as drawing attention to how the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century iterations of it respond to environmental disasters. Ultimately, the economic precarity of the genre’s low-born characters renders them more attuned to environmental precarity. 

Author Guides, Journals, News

Liverpool University Press Joins ORCID to Support Researcher Identification and Recognition

Liverpool University Press is pleased to announce its integration with ORCID®, reinforcing our commitment to supporting researchers in receiving attribution for their scholarly contributions. ORCID's vision is to establish a global network where all individuals engaged in research, scholarship, and innovation are uniquely identified and connected to their work across disciplines, institutions, and time.

Literature

On Belatedness in Historic Times, by John Culbert

Proximities: Literature, Mobility and the Politics of Displacement, by John Culbert, has recently been published in the English Association Monographs: English at the Interface series. This blog post explores the enduring crisis in the American higher education system and considers how scholarship can respond to it. Compared to other media, academic publishing is dilatory. My new book, … Continue reading