In the first agreement of its kind, Liverpool University Press has become the inaugural university press partner of The Conversation UK (http://theconversation.com/uk), an independent source of news and views sourced from university academics and researchers and delivered direct to the public. Since its UK launch in 2013, The Conversation has brought the expertise of university academics … Continue reading
Expanding LUP: new staff, new Ireland office
As part of ongoing expansion, Liverpool University Press has made a number of new appointments: Clare Litt, Group Publishing Director for the Casemate Group, has been appointed Senior Commissioning Editor for Classics and Medieval Studies. Litt, an Oxford Classics graduate, was formerly Editor-in-Chief of Oxbow Books. Christabel Scaife, head of the Dublin office of the … Continue reading
Liverpool University Press to use Manifold Platform to publish scholarly work
Liverpool University Press is one of ten presses, and the only press based in Europe, selected for funded training and installation of the Manifold platform for the publication of networked and enhanced ebooks. Developed by the University of Minnesota Press, the GC Digital Scholarship Lab at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and digital development … Continue reading
Derek Schilling joins Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures Editorial Board
Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce that Professor Derek Schilling will be joining the Editorial Board of Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Derek Schilling is Professor of French at Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches courses in modern and contemporary literature and film and directs the Centre pluridisciplinaire Louis Marin. He holds a co-ordinated … Continue reading
New partnership between the Voltaire Foundation and Liverpool University Press to publish Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment
As of 1st of August, Liverpool University Press is the publisher of Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment on behalf of the Voltaire Foundation. One of the key developments in the collaboration will be the launch of Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment ONLINE, making the series available digitally for the first time. Professor Nicholas Cronk, Director of the Voltaire Foundation, … Continue reading