Emancipatory Narratives & Enslaved Motherhood: Bahia, Brazil, 1830-1888 examines three major currents in the historiography of Brazilian slavery: manumission, miscegenation, and creolisation. It revisits themes central to the history of slavery and race relations in Brazil, updates the research about them, and revises interpretations of the role of reproduction and gender within them. In this blog … Continue reading
The 2024 Free Issues: Read content from every journal
2024 marks the 125th anniversary of LUP’s formation and we are pleased to bring you a new selection of free to read journal issues to celebrate. With one complete issue of each journal available to read for free, this collection captures the breadth and scope of the research that our journals publish, and the growth of LUP … Continue reading
LUP Appoints New Series Editor for Greece & Rome Live
Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Hamish Williams, University of Groningen, as Series Editor of Greece & Rome Live. The series was originally founded by Bristol Phoenix Press twenty years ago, publishing popular and much-used volumes such as Gideon Nisbet’s Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture, Sian Lewis’ Greek … Continue reading
Walking as Methodology: Tracing post-conflict Belfast on foot
Only 20 years old when she first set foot on Northern Irish soil as part of a university exchange, Elizabeth DeYoung (now Dr. DeYoung) spent months getting accustomed to the paths, people, and pubs of Belfast. It wasn’t until her return, years later, during a chance conversation with an old landlord, that she learned of … Continue reading
Crisis in Historical Perspective
Crises are a permanent feature of the human condition. Unavoidable, ever-present; increasing in frequency, seemingly — in 2022, Collins Dictionary crowned ‘permacrisis’ as its word of the year. (Its word of the year for 2023 is ‘AI’, which itself portends further crises of apocalyptic proportions; there is a very possible scenario, according to some experts, … Continue reading
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