We are delighted to announce that within the 125th year of Liverpool University Press, we are also publishing the 50th issue of Studia Hibernica. To celebrate this remarkable achievement, we are pleased to be able to share a selection of articles which are free to read for a month, selected from various contributors to the journal over several decades of its history.
‘Historians will say they were just friends’ – studying sexual norms in the ancient past.
Ulriika Vihervalli discusses the heteronormative ideals of the late antique Christian church, how historians' interpretations of historical sources erase 'other' sexual identities, and her new book, Desire and Disunity.
Why Bother with H G Wells in the Twenty-First Century?
Author Bill Cooke examines some of the most popular claims about H G Wells's views on fascism, utopia, and science, viewing Wells as a public intellectual and revealing how he foresaw our current era of ecological disaster.
In Praise of… Mary Whitby
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. The next post in this series has been written by our Senior Commissioning Editor Clare Litt, who has taken the opportunity to reflect on Mary Whitby's impact on LUP, and … Continue reading
Lord Byron after 200 years
April 2024 marks the bicentenary of Lord Byron's death. In this blog post, introduced by leading Byron scholar Bernard Beatty, LUP are offering a discount on select books, and sharing a selection of free to read issues from The Byron Journal.
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