Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce a new series: Pioneering Peace: New Paradigms in Peace and Conflict Studies led by series editor Brandon Hamber, John Hume and Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Peace at the International Conflict Research Unit (INCORE) at Ulster University. Professor Hamber said: ‘Peace remains one of the greatest challenges facing the … Continue reading
Introducing ‘The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages’, a Special Collection from MLO
Edited by Isabelle Zaugg, this collection provides a multi-faceted lens through which to consider how digital tools shape and are shaped by Greater South language communities.
Francosphères to be sponsored by Winthrop King Institute from 2026
We are pleased to share that 2026 marks the beginning of the Winthrop-King Institute's sponsorship of Francosphères.
Mieczysław Weinberg
A new book from the British Academy explores the life and work of Polish-born, Soviet-domiciled composer Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996), the 21st century’s most remarkable rediscovery in the field of art music.
The Republic of Letters under the microscope
Peter J. Koehler’s 'The Life of Philippe Fermin: Nature, Medicine and Law in Suriname and the Netherlands', published in the 'Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment' series, revives a figure long neglected by historians of medicine and the Republic of Letters. In this blog post, Professor Laurence Brockliss reflects on how Koehler’s study reshapes our understanding of that network and on the value of broadening the historical narrative to include forgotten voices.
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