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.
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
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
Introducing ‘New Directions in Digital Modern Languages Research’: A Digital Modern Languages Open Special Collection
We are delighted to introduce ‘New Directions in Digital Modern Languages Research’, the latest special collection from Modern Languages Open.
Liverpool University Press acquires Dunedin Academic Press
Award-winning publisher Liverpool University Press (LUP) has acquired the publication backlist and forthcoming titles of Dunedin Academic Press with effect from January 2024. 'The acquisition of Dunedin’s strong-selling list, which has been carefully curated by Anthony Kinahan over the past two decades, will both complement LUP’s existing humanities-focused publishing and also move the Press into … Continue reading
