Modern Languages, News, postcolonial studies

In Praise of… Charles Forsdick

To celebrate our 125th anniversary this year, we are taking the opportunity to highlight and thank a selection of key figures in LUP's recent history. To start this series, our Chief Executive Officer Anthony Cond reflects on the impact of LUP's former Editorial Advisory Board Chair Charles Forsdick following their first meeting almost twenty years … Continue reading

Journals, Modern Languages, open access

Celebrating 10 Years of Modern Languages Open

2024 marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of Modern Languages Open (MLO.) Since its establishment in 2014, MLO has provided a platform for the Open Access dissemination of peer-reviewed scholarship from across the modern languages to a global audience.

Ancient History & Classics, Film studies, Irish Studies, Journals, Literature, LUP125, Modern Languages, News, open access

Then & Now: 125 Years of Liverpool University Press

From a ‘Printing and Stationery Committee’ in 1899 to an award-winning, independent academic publisher today – home to thousands of books, some of the world’s first subject-specific scholarly journals, and a number of impressive digital collections – Liverpool University Press has accomplished a great deal in 125 years. Innovative and adaptable, LUP remains at the … Continue reading

History

Taking a long time to (re)think: developing new approaches to slavery and freedom in Brazil

Emancipatory Narratives & Enslaved Motherhood: Bahia, Brazil, 1830-1888 examines three major currents in the historiography of Brazilian slavery: manumission, miscegenation, and creolisation. It revisits themes central to the history of slavery and race relations in Brazil, updates the research about them, and revises interpretations of the role of reproduction and gender within them. In this blog … Continue reading