Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce the appointment of Prof. Tim Greenwood as a General Editor of the series Translated Texts for Byzantinists, joining fellow General Editor Dr Judith Ryder, following the retirement of Prof. Judith Herrin. LUP is extremely grateful to Judith Herrin who was instrumental in the founding of the series and … Continue reading
The Byzantine Romance of Livistros and Rodamne and its place in Medieval Eurasian erotic fiction
For many informed readers or simple enthusiasts the presence of erotic literature in the western or eastern medieval world (the poems of the Carmina Burana, for example, or various tales in The Thousand and One Nights) does not come as a surprise. For the most of us, however, the very existence of erotic literature in … Continue reading
New titles for Byzantinists
As the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies Spring Symposium has unfortunately been postponed until 2021, we wanted to share some details of our new titles which we were planning on bringing to the SPBS. With new titles in our Translated Texts for Byzantinists series, as well as Translated Texts for Historians, and our … Continue reading
International Women’s Day 2019
To celebrate International Women's Day this year, we've curated a list of recent work by our brilliant female authors. Keep reading to find out more about some of the key titles by women from across our disciplines! Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement by Naomi Seidman Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov movement she … Continue reading
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