Journals, Modern Languages, News, Political History, Uncategorized

Journal Archives – a comprehensive collection of leading academic research from 1934 – 2004

To celebrate the launch of the new journal archives from Liverpool University Press, we hear from several journal editors on what they like best about looking back and reflecting on past journal issues, and why it’s great news for readers seeking historical research in the fields of Modern Languages and Political History. Political History Archive … Continue reading

Journals, Modern Languages, Uncategorized

Spotlight on Modern Languages: enjoy free access to a selection of articles from our modern languages journals

As part of our Spotlight on Modern Languages, enjoy free access to a selection of articles from across our modern languages journals, available until February 28th 2021. Explore French and Francophone literature, culture and society; contemporary scholarship across all areas of the Hispanic world; Catalan culture; language policy; and Romance languages and cultures; with research … Continue reading

Modern Languages, postcolonial studies

Jewish-Muslim Interactions: Performing Cultures between North Africa and France

By Sami Everett & Rebekah Vince with contributions from Jonathan Glasser, Hadj Miliani, Vanessa Paloma-Elbaz, and Jamal Bahmad In the context of rising antisemitism and Islamophobia, where Jewish-Muslim encounters in North Africa are often depicted in conflictual or nostalgic terms, Jewish-Muslim Interactions: Performing Cultures between North Africa and France charts an alternative trajectory by focusing … Continue reading

Journals, Modern Languages, News

LUP: Open With Purpose

As a non-commercial university press, we are committed to Open Access. This year has seen exciting new developments in areas of our OA content and 2021 will see the introduction of two new OA journals. To celebrate Open Access Week 2020, we’d like to shine a light on our OA content that aims to make … Continue reading

Modern Languages, postcolonial studies

Singing the Law: Oral Jurisprudence and the Crisis of Colonial Modernity in East African Literature by Peter Leman

Shortly before Singing the Law appeared in print but shortly after the staggering reality of the Covid-19 crisis was becoming clear, I received a phone call from a close friend in Uganda. He’d seen news reports about the pandemic’s spread in the U.S., and he wanted to know how my family and I were doing. … Continue reading