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…
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Brexit and the Future of the European Union
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…
Columbia Strike
The guest author of this post is Blake Stricklin. He is a lecturer at the University of Houston – Victoria and the author of ‘American Paraliterature and Other Theories to Hijack Communication’. In April 1968 students at Columbia University overtook…
University Press Roundup: Mental Health Awareness Month, A Tribute to Theodore Margellos and Thomas Nail’s Theory of the Earth
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. Mental Health Awareness Month The National Alliance on…
Women’s History Month: A Focus on Girls, Women and the Justice System
Lisa Pasko University of Denver GUEST ENTRY, Women and Criminal Justice series On International Women’s Day, I celebrated the occasion by attending a US law school panel about incarcerated women. Sharing the virtual room with law school students, legal…
Talk of the Town: 8 Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in March 2021
The world is now slowly gearing up to get back to the life we all were familiar with in our pre-corona days. However, with the new mutations, the battle is far from over. The tiniest creature proved how fragile humanity…
University Press Roundup: What Now for Feminism, Digital Burnout and the Unsung Heroes of the COVID-19 Vaccine Success
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. Digital Burnout – helping students take back control Teachers,…
Talk of the Town: 8 Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in February 2021
In February 2021, the vaccine rollout lends hope to the future and causes questions as to what, exactly, that future will look like? Much has changed since last March, and the industry wonders what changes, digital and otherwise, are here…