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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 8h

In the book?

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abimperio.bsky.social @abimperio.bsky.social · 2d

Book for review in Ab Imperio: Anna Shadrina. The Babushka Phenomenon: Older Women and the Political Sociology of Ageing in Russia. London: UCL Press, 2025. 175 pp., ill. Filmography. Index. ISBN: 978-1-80008-907-5. Please follow the link sites.google.com/site/abimper...

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 14h

Oh! Do tell!

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 21h

Join Thomas Kador for a workshop and book launch exploring Object-Based Learning in education.

📚 Object-Based Learning: Exploring Museums and Collections in Education
📍 UCL Institute of Advanced Studies & Grant Museum of Zoology
🔗 Details: bit.ly/3KFmCpD

Discover object-based learning: Workshop and book launch with Thomas Kador

Join Thomas Kador, author of the new textbook Object-based Learning: Exploring Museums and Collections in Education for an afternoon and evening of events and activities, centring on UCL’s museums and...

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 1d

📚 What’s shaping the future of publishing?
UCL Press Production Manager Jaimee Biggins shares insights from the IPG Autumn Conference - from accessibility and AI to sustainability and strategy.
Read her blog: uclpress.co.uk/ucl-press-at...
#Publishing #IPGConference #Accessibility

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Instituto de Investigación en Humanidades @ihus-usc.bsky.social · 2d

PUBLICACIÓN | Space, Affect, Memory: Literary geographies in transnational and transdisciplinary comparison, Fernando Cabo Aseguinolaza e Tomás Espino (eds.).

Pode descargarse na web de UCL Press de xeito gratuíto: uclpress.co.uk/book/space-a...

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 2d

We love hearing how our Open Access textbooks are being used in classrooms around the world 🌍

If you’ve adopted one for your course, let us know-your stories help us support more learners!

💬 DM or tag us
🔗 Browse free textbooks: t.co/6sxfFy6HF0

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UCL SSEES @uclssees.bsky.social · 3d

We are pleased to invite you to the book launch of 'Global Responses to Population Ageing: Populism, Pronatalism, and the Politics of Care' @uclpress.bsky.social by Dr Anna Shadrina.

🗓️ 29 October at 6.30pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to Fernando Cabo Aseguinolaza and Tomás Espino Barrera! Their #OpenAccess book Space, Affect, Memory published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/4gw8U4c #ComparativeLiterature #Memory

Space, Affect, Memory

Space, Affect, Memory highlights the centrality of space in modern and contemporary culture, both as an object of study and as a concept that underpins research and creative practice. In so doing, thi...

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The Well-read Naturalist @wellreadnaturalist.bsky.social · 6d

Since its beginnings, the discoveries of palaeontology have captured and fired the public's imagination, and the public's enthusiasm for it has had an effect upon the field itself. Learn more in "Palaeontology in Public" (@uclpress.bsky.social). #Booksly

www.wellreadnaturalist.com/2025/10/pala...

Palaeontology in Public

Edited by Dr. Chris Manias, "Palaeontology in Public" features a collection case studies, each published as a chapter, by a remarkable assembly of noteworthy authors in the field. It's as informative ...

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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 9d

UCL Press's new open access book.
'Millionaire Shopping' is the first full, detailed account of the huge collecting and patronage of Alfred Morrison who was one of the most important but lesser-known Victorian collectors and patrons of the arts.
uclpress.co.uk/book/million... #globalmuseum #books

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JoJaSciPo @strangetruther.bsky.social · 9d

And finally the first page of his purchases from the Great Exhibition.

There are FIVE further pages of these purchases!!!!!

Original toot I replied to, in my stream, if you can access it:
masto.ai/@globalmuseu...

Download the free pdf of the book:
uclpress.co.uk/book/million...

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JoJaSciPo @strangetruther.bsky.social · 9d

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JoJaSciPo @strangetruther.bsky.social · 9d

A luscious free pdf of an amazing catalogue of the Alfred Morrison collection.

I hadn't heard of him, but let's just say, eat your heart out, John Soane!!!

Just imagine the TIME needed to find & organise purchase and delivery of all this!
Never mind PAYING for it!!!

uclpress.co.uk/book/million...

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 7d

September brought a new academic year and new open access books from UCL Press! Explore museum studies, urban childhoods, Victorian collecting, and more - all free to read and download!

📚 Start reading: bit.ly/4nUCUcz

#OpenAccess #UCLPress #AcademicPublishing

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 8d

Always lovely to hear from a happy collaborator! We ❤️ working with you too!

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clairelcameron.bsky.social @clairelcameron.bsky.social · 8d

Working with UCL Press is wonderful. And the book has a host of great chapters that speak to the current moment for children in cities.

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 9d

Will forward on info to our journals team :)

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 9d

🎧 UCL Press Play is back this October with S2 of The Greatest Good!

Join world-leading academics as they explore topics like neurodiversity, climate justice, and more.

Be the first to hear about new episodes:
👉 t.co/WMCYqDjA7M #UCLPressPlay #Podcast #UCLPress

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 10d

What can a museum object reveal about colonialism, extinction and genocide?
Thomas Kador’s latest blog post explores how collections help us confront difficult histories and rethink the role of museums in education.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4n92tX9
#ObjectBasedLearning

Tackling difficult histories with (museum) objects

What can a preserved animal specimen tell us about colonialism, extinction and even genocide? In this blog post, Thomas Kador reflects on the themes of his recent book Object-Based Learning: Exploring...

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 10d

Will give you a shout if I think of any more :)

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 13d

📢 UCL Press has signed the PAAG Charter for Accessible Publishing, joining a growing movement to make digital content more inclusive for readers with print disabilities. Find out more: 🔗 uclpress.co.uk/ucl-press-si...
#Accessibility #UCLPres

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UCL Press Journals @uclpressjournals.bsky.social · 13d

📖 Did you know?

All UCL Press Journals are #DiamondOpenAccess – free to read and free to publish.

Explore our full range of journals, covering research across the humanities, social sciences, and STEM: bit.ly/4njXSkG

#OpenAccess

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 14d

Great new book out from Caroline Dakers uclpress.co.uk/book/million...

Millionaire Shopping

Millionaire Shopping is the first full, detailed and original account of the huge and unstoppable collecting and patronage of Alfred Morrison (1821-1897) who was one of the most important but lesser-k...

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