The book publishing industry saw a rousing first half with life getting back to some state of normalcy, offices opening up and in-person events taking place. Publishers are hopeful that the increased interest in reading will carry forward through 2021…and…
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Is History This Time Really Coming To An End?
Much was heard lately about the emergence of a new Cold War between the United States and China. There is something both reassuring and disturbing about this confrontation: reassuring because we find in it something familiar and what we have…
Life in Reverse: Corollaries By Ron Westray
“It is possible that we exist in a predominantly narcissistic society – in which people want you to love them; and then they don’t want you anymore.” I occupy these worlds: jazz and academia. The jazz world is filled with…
University Press Roundup: Beyond History and Identity, The Robot Century, Women in Translation Month 2021
Check out this collection of 8 of the most interesting university press blog posts for this month. We aim to keep you informed, engaged, and part of the ongoing scholarly conversations. Beyond History and Identity-what else can we learn from…
Talk of the Town: 8 Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in July 2021
The pandemic has given us reasons to think differently, do the unthinkable and bring in variety to our lives. We never know what awaits us in the coming months. So why not increase our reading horizons and stay on top…
University Press Roundup: The rise and fall of the European Super League, Nature’s wars, Euclid
Check out this collection of 8 of the most interesting university press blog posts for this month. We aim to keep you informed, engaged, and part of the ongoing scholarly conversations. 1. The Rise and Fall of the European Super…
Brexit and the Future of the European Union
by Ewoud van Laer
On 5 May 2021 the UK government dispatched two Royal Navy patrol boats, HMS Severn and HMS Tamar, to the waters off the coast of Jersey in the English Channel. The ships were not there to commemorate the end of…
Talk of the Town: 8 Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in May 2021
Tough times call for tougher measures. While the world is slowly healing, things shall not return to normal any time soon. Going by the latest data given out by WHO, it is time to adapt to a new normal, where…
Digital identity, rights and citizenship in Latin America and the Caribbean: who are we including and who is being left behind?
The guest author of this post is Eve Hayes de Kalaf. She is a Stipendiary Fellow at the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and the author of the Anthem title ‘Legal…
Heavy Metal Women: How Gender Matters in Popular Culture
Anna S. Rogers and Mathieu Deflem What happens to women when they do something only men have traditionally been expected and accepted to do? What motivates these women to move beyond conventional mores and enter communities and subcultures that are…