By Charles Burdett and Loredana Polezzi Putting together a volume for LUP’s ‘Transnational Modern Languages’ series has given us the opportunity to ask a lot of questions about the intellectual rationale of Italian studies. Questions that regard the nature of the object of our studies, the ways in which it can be brought into focus, … Continue reading
Transnational Spanish Studies
By Catherine Davies and Rory O’Bryen To describe a language such as Spanish as ‘transnational’ is stating the obvious. Today Spanish is the official language, de jure or de facto, of 21 countries. So why this title and what makes this book different from the many others focusing on global Spanishes? First of all, the … Continue reading
Town Planning Review 91.4 Featured Article
The editors of Town Planning Review (TPR) have selected the following paper as the Featured Article in TPR 91.4. This paper will be free to access for a limited time: 'The Bristol Green Capital Partnership: an exemplar of reflexive governance for sustainable urban development?' by Aksel Ersoy and Stephen Hall. When asked to describe the paper … Continue reading
A century since One Man’s Initiation: 1917
2020 marks the 100 year anniversary of John Dos Passos' first published novel, One Man's Initiation: 1917. In this blog post, Lisa Nanney - author of John Dos Passos & Cinema and editor of The Paintings and Drawing of John Dos Passos, both published by Clemson University Press - assesses the novel's beginnings, rooted in the … Continue reading
Call For Papers! Developing Academic Practice welcomes submissions.
Liverpool University Press is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity to disseminate your research and practice in the new University of Liverpool online open-access journal. Supported by Liverpool University Press, the University of Liverpool’s Leadership, Organisational, Professional & Academic Development Academy will publish the first issue of its new Open Access journal, Developing Academic Practice, in January … Continue reading