In 2024, we offered ten societies a bursary towards conference attendance for an Early Career Researcher as part of our 125th anniversary celebrations. When planning how to celebrate LUP’s 125th year, we wanted to make sure we were giving back to the academic community, and supporting ECRs has always been an area of importance for … Continue reading
What does LUP do to StepUP? Focus on Early Career Researchers
Every day, university presses worldwide step up to educate and enlighten, motivate and inspire, support and act. During University Press Week 2024, we explore the myriad ways our community’s publications and platforms give context to current issues and events, offer solutions to global challenges, and present diverse voices in a broad range of disciplines. It’s … Continue reading
In Conversation with… Deryn Rees-Jones
During our 125th anniversary year, we are featuring friends of LUP through celebrations and conversations about LUP and the publishing industry more widely. For this next piece, we have our Editorial Director Alison Welsby in conversation with Deryn Rees-Jones who is an award-winning poet, Professor of Poetry at the University of Liverpool, co-director of the University … Continue reading
MLO at 10: An Interview with the Editors
2024 marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of Modern Languages Open (MLO.) Since its establishment in 2014, MLO has provided a platform for the Open Access dissemination of peer-reviewed scholarship from across the modern languages to a global audience.
In Conversation with… Sherryl Vint
During our 125th anniversary year, we are featuring friends of LUP through celebrations and conversations about LUP and the publishing industry more widely. For this next piece, we have Christabel Scaife, Senior Commissioning Editor at LUP, in conversation with Sherryl Vint, Professor of Science Fiction Media Studies at the University of California Riverside, founding journal co-editor, … Continue reading