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Opening up humanities research.

Passionate advocates for the humanities, we are a collaborative, non-profit and predominantly open access publishing partner to researchers and institutions, creating award-winning scholarly books.

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There's also an exciting @nationaltrust.org.uk event for British Working-Class and Radical Writing Since 1700 on 11th Dec in Birmingham!

More info and tickets here:

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/birmin...

#Radical #WorkingClass #OpenAccess #Event #Book #Publishing #History #Skystorian
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December 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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This year's #OpenAccessWeek theme is 'Who owns our knowledge?' We put this, alongside some other questions about publishing and research culture, to a selection of our authors.

First up is Devyani Prabhat, author of a forthcoming #OA book on borders and citizenship:

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'Who Owns Our Knowledge? Open Access Week 2025' appears on a colourful tiled background
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Some exciting news from us about #Accessibility – we’ve received a 100% ASPIRE gold-rated score for the quality of our accessibility statement.

We are also proud to be an ally of the PAAG Charter for Accessible Publishing.

What we’ve been working on:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/embe...

#OpenAccess
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June 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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A reminder about our exciting new #OpenAccess book series, #HumanitiesFutures.

We're looking for proposals showcasing how the #humanities – and the #arts – can help solve complex global challenges.

Details on our website: uolpress.co.uk/book-series/...

#AcademicSky #Publishing
Call for Proposals for Humanities Futures book series
April 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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We're all set up at #BDCAM25 in Senate House! If you're attending, please come & browse our #OpenAccess books.

The Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory conference is the perfect place for an announcement we'll be making on Friday...

Explore the programme: easychair.org/smart-progra...
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April 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Registration is now open for the Humanities Summits 2025!

Join a vital discussion about the future of the humanities with colleagues from across the UK.

📅 Manchester & London, 15 & 22 May.

Register now:

www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#Humanities #AcademicSky #Research
Humanities Summits 2025 15th May in Manchester 22nd May in London Free and open to all. Booking essential.
April 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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What are you currently reading? We'd love to see some academic TBR piles!

We're happy that our copies of Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction have arrived!

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#AcademicSky #CurrentlyReading #BookSky #AmReading #TBR
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February 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Happy new year! While people may choose to make resolutions for the year ahead, we are still committed to the values we came up with during our rebranding project. These include advocating for the humanities, and committing to responsible open research.
Read the list:
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January 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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There's still time to register for this event TODAY taking place in person and online, hosted by the Refugee Law Initiative to celebrate the launch of our #OpenAccess book, #Refugee Reception in #SouthernAfrica:

rli.sas.ac.uk/events/perso...

🪧14 November 2024, 18:00-19:30 (EAT); 15:00-16:30 (GMT)
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November 14, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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It's publication day for Roman Military Diplomas VI, edited by Paul Holder, and published with @ics.bsky.social!

This sixth volume in the renowned Roman Military Diplomas series includes 179 diplomas.

uolpress.co.uk/book/roman-m...

#Classics #RomanHistory #MilitaryHistory
Front cover of Roman Military Diplomas VI published by the University of London Press
November 14, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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Sign up for our free webinar with OABN: 'From permission to publication: Managing third-party materials in
#OpenAccess books'. With advice from us (@emmagallon.bsky.social), an author, a copyright expert & a rep from the GLAM sector.

📍Online, 19th Nov, 13:30 GMT

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Open Access Books Network and University of London Press webinar banner: From Permission to Publication
November 13, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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This morning's reading: The Value of History report from the Royal Historical Society: royalhistsoc.org/value-of-his...

President Emma Griffin presents a recent RHS survey of UK #History departments, many of which are facing cuts.
Overview of findings from the RHS Value of History report
October 29, 2024 at 10:49 AM
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A reminder for #OpenAccessWeek that all 20 titles in
our book series, 'New Historical Perspectives', published with @ihr.bsky.social and the Royal Historical Society are always available free:

uolpress.co.uk/book-series/...

#History #Publishing #Research #OABooks
Books in the New Historical Perspectives series
October 23, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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Author Nicholas Maple popped into our office yesterday to get his hands on the first copy of his new book, #Refugee Reception in Southern Africa!

The book uses the case studies of Zambia and South Africa.

uolpress.co.uk/book/refugee...
Jamie Bowman, Production Manager for the University of London Press, and author Nicholas Maple are pictured together in Senate House with Nick's new book, Refugee Reception in Southern Africa.
July 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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It was wonderful to be part of the School of Advanced Study's 30th anniversary celebrations last week, and to meet HRH The Princess Royal, who asked some great questions about book sales and #OpenAccess!

#Publishing #Humanities #RoyalFamily #UniversityofLondon
Three members of staff from the University of London Press stand in front of a book display, showing the new Press logo Head of Publishing Paula Kennedy and Professor Jo Fox, Dean of the School of Advanced Study, speak with HRH The Princess Royal at the School's 30th anniversary
June 19, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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Our Head of Publishing @paulakennedy.bsky.social
is part of an OA Books Network webinar on 23rd May on how #OpenAccess associations support #OA book #publishing. She'll be speaking about new association OIPA.

You can sign up here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
OABN webinar on open access book publishing on Thursday 23 May 2024 at 2.30-4pm BST / 3.30-5pm CEST / 9.30-11am EDT
April 30, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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As it's International Women's Day, we wanted to celebrate some of the brilliant #OpenAccess titles in our #NewHistoricalPerspectives series with @ihr.bsky.social and the the Royal Historical Society. All are free to download from our website:

uolpress.co.uk/book-series/...

#IWD2024
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March 8, 2024 at 12:42 PM
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Thanks to everyone who came to our event last night - we hope you all enjoyed the discussion and learnt something from our expert speakers about the future of humanities publishing!
For anyone who couldn't make it, sign up to our newsletter or keep an eye on our socials for access to the recording.
Future of Humanities Publishing panel at Senate House
March 6, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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Happy #HistDay23! Celebrate with @ihr.bsky.social from 12-4pm: historycollections.blogs.sas.ac.uk/history-day/

You can order a selection of our favourite History titles through our site for 30% off the print edition (also available #OpenAccess!). Use HISTDAY23:

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History Day 2023 banner with Senate House Library and Institute of Historical Research logos Selection of History titles published by UoLPress: Gender, Emotions and Power, 1750–2020 | November 2023 | Open Access Anti-Communism in Britain During the Early Cold War | April 2023 | Open Access The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy | November 2022 | Open Access Providing for the Poor | August 2022 | Open Access Freedom Seekers | February 2022 | Open Access Before Grenfell | July 2023 | Open Access Becoming a Historian | May 2022 | Open Access The Victoria History of Hampshire: Dummer and Kempshott | December 2022
November 23, 2023 at 10:02 AM
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Tonight is the launch of Before Grenfell: Fire, Safety and Deregulation in Twentieth-Century Britain @ihr.bsky.social with @shaneewen.bsky.social, Pete Apps, Andy Slaughter MP, and Deborah Garvie from Shelter. You can read the #OpenAccess book here:

uolpress.co.uk/book/before-...
Before Grenfell launch event
November 8, 2023 at 5:46 PM
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We are proud to be founder members of a new association for UK-based open institutional publishers, the Open Institutional Publishing (#OIPA). Our Head of Publishing is Co-Vice Chair of the new organisation.

13 Reasons Why Open Institutional Publishing Matters by OIPA: oipauk.org/2023/10/20/w...
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October 31, 2023 at 11:47 AM
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Part of our commitment to #humanities research includes publishing #OpenAccess books with crucial, real-world impact such as Before Grenfell by @shaneewen.bsky.social. This powerful book is freely available: uolpress.co.uk/book/before-...

You can also register to attend the launch @ihr.bsky.social.
Before Grenfell book launch details
October 26, 2023 at 3:16 PM
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The launch event for #OpenAccess title Before Grenfell by Shane Ewen will take place on the 8th Nov, from 5:30pm in Senate House.

Guest speakers include author and journalist Peter Apps, MP Andy Slaughter and Policy Manager at Shelter, Deborah Garvie.

Register:
www.history.ac.uk/events/befor...
Before Grenfell book launch details
October 17, 2023 at 2:39 PM
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Check out this exciting (and free!) event as part of the #BeingHuman festival. From some of the academics behind Queer Between the Covers: Histories of Queer Publishing and Publishing Queer Voices, 'How to read a censored book' at Senate House Library in London on 11th Nov.
Queer Between the Covers book cover
October 17, 2023 at 10:22 AM
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We're currently heading towards ONE MILLION DOWNLOADS of our #OpenAccess books. If you're interested in any of our recent titles, such as Before Grenfell, Law, Humanities and the COVID Crisis, or The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy, download them for free and help us reach this milestone! uolpress.co.uk
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October 12, 2023 at 9:30 AM