Liverpool University Press (LUP) has been at the forefront of Open Access (OA) since 2010 (as part of OAPEN-UK with Jisc). We were the first publisher to sign up to Knowledge Unlatched; we launched Modern Languages Open in 2014, a peer-reviewed online platform for the OA publication of research from across the modern languages; we have created innovative OA … Continue reading
“Children of Men” Come True: U.S. Immigration Crackdown is Straight out of Cuarón’s Science Fiction Dystopia
As I began work on a monograph about Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 film Children of Men — an adaptation of the P.D. James’ novel, its critique of racism, nationalism, and xenophobia echoed the rise of an anti-immigrant, right wing in America that culminated in the election of a xenophobic president Donald J. Trump as the global … Continue reading
Critical Digital Pedagogies in Modern Languages – a Tutorial Collection
This month we launch a special collection of self-learning online tutorials exploring critical pedagogies in Modern Languages. Paul Spence, who co-edited the collection with Renata Brandao, explains how the collection came about and what it aims to achieve. The research was carried out as part of the Language Acts and Worldmaking project, funded by the … Continue reading
Introducing Digital Modern Languages: Critical Digital Pedagogies in Modern Languages – a Tutorial Collection
Modern Languages Open, a fully open access platform, is pleased to announce the publication of a Special Collection edited by Paul Spence (King's College London) and Renata Brandao (King's College London) in the new Digital Modern Languages section. ‘Critical Digital Pedagogies in Modern Languages - a Tutorial Collection’ is an edited collection of online tutorials … Continue reading
Liverpool University Press to publish Developing Academic Practice, in partnership with The Academy
Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce a new partnership with the University of Liverpool’s Leadership, Organisational, Professional & Academic Development Academy. Supported by Liverpool University Press, The Academy will launch its new Open Access journal, Developing Academic Practice, in late 2020. Developing Academic Practice aims to celebrate scholarship in all aspects of academic practice in Higher Education, whilst … Continue reading
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