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Out now: Symbiotic Empires: Britain and East Asia in the Long Nineteenth Century, guest edited by @dicotofanwu.bsky.social.
This special issue explores Britain–East Asia encounters across diplomacy, culture, and empire. Online at: bit.ly/symbioticempires
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A promotional graphic for the special issue of Global Nineteenth-Century Studies. On the left is the journal’s cover featuring a vintage double-hemisphere world map. On the right, over a faded antique map background, text reads: “SPECIAL ISSUE — Symbiotic Empires: Britain and East Asia in the Long Nineteenth Century. Guest Editor: Di Cotofan Wu.” At the bottom are the Liverpool University Press and SGNCS logos.
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Most Read | Labour History
'The Archive, Digitisation and Labour’s History: An Introduction' by Diane Kirkby and Claire Lowrie
Read it online: bit.ly/LH-129-19
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December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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We are offering up to 50% off print and ebooks in our Winter Sale!*
Use discount code 27WINTER at checkout on our website before Thursday 18th December 2025.

Browse our latest releases: bit.ly/AW25LUP

*Selected partner titles excluded from the sale.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Since 2022, LUP Open Planning has enabled the latest content from TPR & IDPR to be freely accessible to readers worldwide. With your continued support, we can extend this success into 2026 and beyond.
Find out how to support #OA: bit.ly/LUPOpenPlanning
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November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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🎸 Meet Paul Long, co-editor of The Journal of Beatles Studies, at TASA!

The journal publishes interdisciplinary work on the Beatles’ music, history, influence and cultural impact. Chat with Paul about your research.

📅 Thursday 27 November
⏰ 2:00pm – 4:00pm

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November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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New Special Issue of JRS 🎶
Edited by Hannah Scott & Jennifer Rushworth, it explores how real and fictional songs shape modern and contemporary French narrative across diverse francophone contexts.
Browse the issue online at: bit.ly/JRS-Vol25-4
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Cover graphic for the Journal of Romance Studies, Volume 25, Number 4 (Winter 2025). On the left is the journal cover, featuring a decorative floral tile design. On the right, text reads: “Song in Modern and Contemporary French Narrative – Edited by Hannah Scott and Jennifer Rushworth.” Logos of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, and Liverpool University Press appear above. A green banner at the bottom says “Special Issue.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Fontes Historiae Africanae is a British Academy series showcasing sources for the study of African history 📚

Explore the series at bit.ly/43HUloS

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A stack of Fontes Historiae Africane: The Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms; Great Sogolon's House Great Sogolon's House: Mande Epic from the Condé Bards of Fadama (Guinea), edited by David Courtney Conrad The Chronicles of Two West African Kingdoms: The Tārīkh Ibn Al-Mukhtār of the Songhay Empire and the Tārīkh Al-Fattāsh of the Caliphate of Ḥamdallāhi, by Mauro Nobili, Zachary V. Wright, and H. Ali Diakité
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Most Read | The Shandean ⬇️
'Sarah Scott’s and Lady Barbara Montagu’s Letters to George Aust' by Philip Trotter
Read it in the new issue online: bit.ly/Trotter35
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November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Most Read Article | Archives
‘Podcasting the Archive: An Evaluation of Audience Engagement with a Narrative Non-Fiction Podcast Series’ by @hazelhall.bsky.social et al.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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🚀 Discover new and forthcoming ebooks in Liverpool Science Fiction Studies Online, a digital collection offering a broad perspective on a variety of themes relating to #SFStudies. Available to libraries as a one-off purchase and with perpetual access.

Browse the full collection ➡️ bit.ly/lsfso
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November 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Happy #WorkInPublishing Week! If you're interested in joining the world of publishing, staff members at LUP share what they love about their jobs and advice on getting into the industry 📚

Read more here ⬇️
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/pages/careers

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Post for Liverpool University Press promoting ‘Work in Publishing Week 2025.’ The top features the Liverpool University Press logo. Large text reads ‘Work in Publishing Week 2025’ inside a red-bordered box. Below, smaller text says: ‘Hear from staff members at LUP on what they love about their jobs, and advice on how to get into publishing.’ On the bottom left is an illustration of a person with short hair holding an open purple book in front of their face. A curved red arrow points toward the next image. Post for Liverpool University Press promoting ‘Work in Publishing Week 2025.’ The top features the Liverpool University Press logo. Large text reads ‘What does your job entail? What does a typical day look like?’ inside a red-bordered box. Below, smaller text says: “As a Senior Production Editor, I oversee the production process of academic books from the point the manuscripts are handed over by the Commissioning Editor to final publication. This means coordinating typesetters, proof-readers, indexers, authors, and printers; managing schedules to keep everything on track; and ensuring the work stays within budget. Costings and supplier quotes are a key part of the job. Sarah, Senior Production Editor' On the bottom right is an illustration of a person sat on a calendar working on a laptop. Post for Liverpool University Press promoting ‘Work in Publishing Week 2025.’ The top features the Liverpool University Press logo. Large text reads ‘What is your favourite part of the job?’ inside a red-bordered box. Below, smaller text says: '“Working with early career scholars to publish their first book – nothing beats being able to provide joyful moments of acceptance and then publication – and to then see their careers progress thanks to having their work published. Also the satisfaction of being involved in a book’s conception, development, and eventual release into the world.” Clare, Senior Commissioning Editor'. Below this, more text: '“I love all of the journals that we work with so getting to engage with the research that they publish is definitely my favourite part of my job. I also work with wonderful colleagues, and we all share the same goal with equal passion, so my working environment is really great.” Natasha, Journals Marketing Manager'. On the bottom right is an illustration of a person working on a laptop. Post for Liverpool University Press promoting ‘Work in Publishing Week 2025.’ The top features the Liverpool University Press logo. Large text reads ‘What advice or tips would you give for anyone interested in joining the publishing world?’ inside a red-bordered box. Below, smaller text says: '“Keep abreast of the key issues facing the sector you are interested in – the best interviews I have seen (and I’ve seen a lot) included specific examples of connecting LUP to issues such as AI, Open Access mandates, accessibility, library budgets, shrinking of the market etc. It shows enthusiasm and diligence, both of which are needed to work at LUP.” Jennie, Director of Sales and Marketing'. On the bottom left is an illustration of a person reading a book.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Recently published in our 'World Writing in French: New Archipelagoes' series, published in partnership with the Winthrop-King Institute 📚

Explore the series here: bit.ly/World-Writing

More details in the thread below 👇
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November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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📚 Unlock a century of scholarship
Libraries subscribing to LUP Open Languages gain exclusive access to journal archives dating back to 1923 — while supporting Open Access to today’s research. Find out more at: bit.ly/LUP-Open-Lang
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November 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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2025 Finalist 🎉 | 'Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New' by Marc B. Shapiro, published in partnership with the Littman Library, has been announced as a finalist for the prestigious Rabbi Sacks Book Prize. Congratulations, Marc!

Learn more about the book here ⬇️
bit.ly/RenewingTheOld
Promotional graphic announcing that 'Renewing the Old, Sanctifying the New: The Unique Vision of Rav Kook' by Marc B. Shapiro is a 2025 finalist for the Rabbi Sacks Book Prize. The image features the book cover showing a historical photograph of Rav Kook surrounded by others, along with Littman Library’s 60th anniversary logo (1965–2025). The text highlights: “Rabbi Sacks Book Prize 2025 Finalist” and includes a gold finalist seal with Yeshiva University’s emblem.
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Most Read | Essays in Romanticism
'Deaf Education and the Rise of English Melodrama' Terry F. Robinson
Read it online: bit.ly/EiR-Robinson
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November 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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'Tale of Black Histories' is available in Hardback, Paperback, and ebook editions, with 20% off RRP when you order directly from our website: bit.ly/taleofblackhistories 📖
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Last month, the editors of 'Tale of Black Histories: A Translation and Critical Edition' marked the book’s release with a launch event featuring readings from the play and a Q&A with the editors. ⬇️
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Ahead of #DisabilityHistoryMonth in the UK, browse the latest articles from JLCDS, including the latest from @helenevans.bsky.social: 'Crossing the Water: Musings on Inclusion and Higher Education'
Read it online: bit.ly/JLCDS-Evans
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'Instrumental in the interdisciplinarity of literary studies, cultural studies and disability studies' is written in black text to the right, with the red and peach cover of The Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies itself placed to the left. The background is a silver and white textured image of curved lines with a red decorative rectangle banner at the bottom.
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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New in Studies in Labour History | Militant Migrants: Clements Kadalie, the ICU and the Mass Movement of Black Workers in Southern Africa, 1896-1951 is available now!

Learn more about this book here ⬇️
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Promotional image for the book Militant Migrants by Henry Dee, published by Liverpool University Press. The book cover shows a black-and-white photograph of a man addressing a large crowd of people wearing hats. The subtitle reads: “Clements Kadalie, the ICU and the Mass Movement of Black Workers in Southern Africa, 1896–1951.” To the right, text reads: “A global labour history, Militant Migrants rehabilitates Clements Kadalie’s unprecedented organising throughout interwar Southern Africa.” The Liverpool University Press logo appears in the upper right corner.
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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We are thrilled to share that Educating the Romantic Poets has made it onto the shortlist for the Marilyn Gaull Book Award! Congratulations to Catherine E. Ross (@crossphd.bsky.social) on this very deserved nomination.
Book cover of Educating the Romantic Poets by Catherine E. Ross, part of the Romantic Reconfigurations series. The cover shows a young boy in nineteenth-century attire holding an open book. Text beside the cover explains that the book explores how grammar schools and Oxford and Cambridge influenced Romantic-period literature.
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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New in Liverpool Library of Asian & Asian American Studies | Fangirls, Youth Political Participation and Nationalism in Contemporary China is available now!

The ebook is available to libraries exclusively as part of the @jstor.bsky.social Path to Open initiative.

Learn more here ⬇️
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Promotional image for the book Fangirls, Youth Political Participation and Nationalism in Contemporary China by Ronggang Chen, published by Liverpool University Press. The image shows the book cover, which features abstract geometric shapes in shades of purple, blue, red, yellow, and beige. Next to the cover, white text on a purple background reads: “The first book specifically addressing Chinese youth nationalism concerning the Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Movement, offering a unique, gendered perspective on the intersection of Chinese pop fandom and political participation.” The Liverpool University Press logo and text “Founded 1899” appear at the bottom left.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Every subscription to LUP Open Planning helps to support #OpenAccess to the latest content for scholars worldwide. Helping to build a more inclusive research community 🌍
Subscribe or recommend today: bit.ly/LUPOpenPlanning
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#UrbanPlanning #Development #S2O #OA
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November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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New Open Access British Academy Monographs 📚

British Academy Monographs published after Summer 2025 are now Open Access.

Explore the series at bit.ly/4oJYfWD

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A stack of British Academy Monographs: On the Edges of Christendom; The Judeo-Christian Thought of Franz Rosenzweig; Capital, Privilege, and Political Participation Capital, Privilege, and Political Participation by Joe Greenwood-Hau The Judeo-Christian Thought of Franz Rosenzweig, by Daniel M. Herskowitz On the Edges of Christendom, by Teresa Witcombe
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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New in Romani Studies | 'The folklore of the European Roma and mythologies of the Indian tribal world' by Yaroslav Vassilkov
Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/ROST-Vassilkov
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November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Most read in Labour History Review |
'A Radical and Progressive Legacy: Labour’s Housing Record, 1945 to 1951' by John Robert Temple
Read it online: bit.ly/Temple-LHR
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November 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM