Pierre Musitelli discusses Cesare Beccaria's lasting impact on European criminal law, in celebration of the latest Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment volume, Le moment Beccaria: naissance du droit pénal moderne, 1764-1810, edited by Philippe Audegean and Luigi Delia. Published anonymously in Livorno in July 1764, Cesare Beccaria’s On Crimes and Punishments is at the origin of a remarkable moment in … 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
Comparative Literature Section Launch Issue
Modern Languages Open, a peer-reviewed platform for the open access publication of research from across the modern languages, has published the Comparative Literature Section Launch Issue. This special issue has been compiled to mark the launch of the Comparative Literature section of Modern Languages Open, and includes original articles by Michael Cronin, Andrew Ginger, Florian Mussgnug, Francesca … 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
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