'While we can’t address all of the volume’s essays in this post, together they reframe nineteenth-century Ireland by offering new theories of racialization, new approaches to colonial violence, and new understandings of Irish literary forms.' Mary Mullen and Renée Fox discuss their new book here:

🧡 Through personal and lyric essays, "Sifting the Feminine" explores how illness, especially #PCOS, reshapes women’s relationships with their bodies and challenges cultural expectations of femininity. bit.ly/4rmnUoU @ugapress.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

We are pleased to share that Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster has been nominated for the Best Book on 70 Years of Godzilla at 24th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Voting is now open here until the 1st May: bit.ly/3PwvU9V

Most read in the Journal of Jewish Studies: Le livre des Jubilés, Melkisedeq et les dîmes, by André Caquot Read it in the online archive: bit.ly/Le-livre-des-Jubiles Recommend a subscription to your librarian to gain access to content dating back to 1948. @ochjs.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social

🌐 With LUP Open Languages, libraries support Open Access for all If enough institutions subscribe: ✔️ Authors publish without APCs ✔️ Readers access the latest content OA ✔️ Subscribing institutions also gain exclusive archive access. Recommend subscription to your librarian ➡️ bit.ly/LUP-Open-Lang

In "Resources and Everyday Conflicts in Rural Ukraine," Deema Kaneff's ethnographic research in a rural Bulgarian community reveals how post-socialist resource redistribution reshaped local conflicts, alliances, and social relations. @upittpress.bsky.social bit.ly/3NwO2zH

📚 Join Liverpool University Press at UKSG 2026! We'll be exhibiting with the Association of University Presses collective at booths 61/63. Stop by to explore our collections, archives, and open access initiatives. View our Collections & Archives catalogue > bit.ly/collections-catalogue-26

Congressional partisanship is often a strategic performance: by analysing millions of social media posts, "Posting for Power" shows how lawmakers amplify partisan conflict to boost reelection prospects and status within their party... bit.ly/4rX3ZhD @uofmpress.bsky.social

From #MSUP, "Violent Histories, Livable Futures" explores the tension between power, representation, and justice through historical case studies, including 1950s sub-Saharan Africa, post-WWII Guatemala, and the U.S. after George Floyd's murder. bit.ly/4rLFjIP @livunipress.bsky.social

Monastic Saints, edited and translated by Michael Whitby, is publishing soon! Discover more about the book here ⬇️ www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

New podcast 🎧️ Jessica Clarke has appeared on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to discuss her recent book, A New History of Ancient Roman Theatre! Listen here:

New series announcement | LUP is delighted to announce a new series: Pioneering Peace: New Paradigms in Peace and Conflict Studies. Read more here:

"The Digital Lives of Greater South Languages," the special journal issue I guest edited with Modern Languages Open, has luanched, fully open-access. Please take a look! lnkd.in/dVH_BuNf Gratitude to the contributing authors, editorial assistants, MLO staff, anon reviewers, and artist Abel Tilahun.

Arabic Sciences and Philosophy | Most Read ‘A Tangled Web: The Commentary Cycle on Samarqandī’s Treatise on the Rules of Disputation (Ādāb Al-Baḥṯ)’ by Khaled El-Rouayheb Read it online: bit.ly/ASP-KHALEDEL-ROUAYHEB @medphiljournals.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social

The Library | Most Read 'A True and Impartial Narrative of the Lives of the Fletchers of Oxford, Eighteenth-Century Booksellers' by Christine Ferdinand @bibsoc.bsky.social @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @davidshaw41.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/Library-Ferdinand

Day two of #UPRedux2026 has begun! Today, @georgewalkley.com kicks the second day off with a keynote on AI in the context of scholarly publishing.

☘️We’re all set up at #UPRedux2026! Ready for an exciting day of talks and collaboration here in Liverpool. First session underway… @livunipress.bsky.social

@alpsp.bsky.social UP Redux has kicked off! Our CEO Anthony Cond begins the conference with opening remarks, on a sunny day in Liverpool. #UPRedux2026

🎉 This morning we were thrilled to host four of our client presses for our second annual LDS Client Press Day in Liverpool. A collaborative and insightful (and rainy) start to the week before #ALPSPRedux2026 kicks off tomorrow! @uofmpress.bsky.social @ugapress.bsky.social @uwapress.uw.edu #MSUP

Recently published | This collection examines formats of public orality in the long nineteenth century from a cultural-historical perspective, treating the evolving scene of oral culture as a symptom and catalyst of social, political, and media change. Find out more: bit.ly/46UaHws

New podcast 🎧️ @sarihanafi.bsky.social discusses his book Against Symbolic Liberalism on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! Listen here ⬇️

🎭️ What does it mean to age on stage? "Late Stage" examines how theatre contests ageist narratives, highlights intergenerational dialogue, and portrays later life as a complex, evolving process shaped by culture, creativity, and social structures. bit.ly/3ZAwHbG @uofmpress.bsky.social

OPEN ACCESS | 'Anticolonialism, race and violence in Basque radical nationalism (1892-1936)' by Maria Reyes Baztán is the first study on the origins of anticolonial rhetoric within Basque radical nationalism. To read this book OA, or buy in Paperback, visit our website: bit.ly/Baztán-OA 📖

Help make Town Planning Review & International Development Planning Review #OA for 2026 🌍 Recommend LUP Open Planning to your library to support: ✔ Open Access to the latest research ✔ No OA fees for authors ✔ More visibility for research Learn more: bit.ly/LUPOpenPlanning @aupresses.bsky.social

Recently published | This book uses travelogues to explore British encounters with Morocco in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and represents a significant advancement in the fields of travel literature and postcolonial studies. Find out more: bit.ly/47DjMd8

"The Racial Environmental State" publishes next month. Miyake explores how the Environmental Impact Assessment process shapes race and state power, revealing how communities use environmental policy to resist racial capitalism and colonialism. ✊️ @uwapress.uw.edu bit.ly/4kVqAIM

Series spotlight | Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics publishes modern editions of Classic Hispanic texts, with substantial introductions and commentaries as well as the original text with facing-page English translation. Browse the latest titles in the series: bit.ly/ArisPhillipsHC 📖

We are pleased to share that 2026 marks the beginning of the Winthrop-King Institute's sponsorship of Francosphères, where we welcome Martin Munro alongside Rebekah Vince as co-editor 🎉 Find out more: bit.ly/FRANK-WKI @sfps.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social @sfhs.bsky.social @khalidlym.bsky.social

Five new books from the British Academy 📚 Three now Open Access 🔓 liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/the-british-academy

Recently published | This collection of essays argues for an understanding of Romantic aesthetics grounded in nature, and capable of acting on, existing within, and indeed participating in processes of worldmaking. Find out more: bit.ly/4s6bCCw

From @samhalvorsen.bsky.social , “Territorializing Democracy” examines how political control of space shapes urban participation, using Buenos Aires to explore activism, governance, and democratic debates on autonomy and populism. bit.ly/4kSCbbD @ugapress.bsky.social

New on the blog: To mark 70 years since the Calder Hall reactors began generating electricity this year, Wayne Cocroft presents a small selection of the illustrations used in his book Building for the Atomic Age in our recent blog post:

Polish-born, Soviet-domiciled composer Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996) is the 21st century’s most remarkable rediscovery in the field of art music. A new British Academy book explores his extraordinary life and work.

Liverpool University Press is at London Book Fair, of course! Visit @livunipress.bsky.social at the AUPresses booth, 7B71. #LBF26 #ReadUP

Out this month from the Pitt Latin American Series, "Rethinking Latin America’s Left Turn" analyses the rise and shortcomings of the 21st-century pink tide, comparing Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador, and Venezuela to explore what a true left turn could look like... @upittpress.bsky.social bit.ly/46ntBM2

Five new books from the British Academy 📚 Three now Open Access 🔓 liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/the-british-academy

This time next week, the first day of @alpsp.bsky.social UP Redux will have started! We're excited to have university press colleagues join us here in Liverpool. Check out the full programme to plan your time (and let us know if you need any local recommendations!):

In "Icon Dresden", Susanne Vees-Gulani examines how #Dresden’s post-1945 memory culture, shaped by urban planning, tourism, and visual narratives, constructed a lasting myth of victimhood that continues to shape the city’s identity and far-right politics. bit.ly/46qNeTm @uofmpress.bsky.social

We're thrilled that *two* LDS presses are finalists for the Foreword Indie Awards 2025. University of Georgia Press and University of Pittsburgh Press are among the nominees. See the full list: bit.ly/4bu7cPT Explore UGAP and UPP titles: bit.ly/4dhzoqm @ugapress.bsky.social @upittpress.bsky.social

Great to see The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature reviewed in Books Ireland. Find out more about the book here ⬇️ bit.ly/IrishLitCorpse

📢 Reminder: Call for Expressions of Interest – 2027 Special Issue Bulletin of Hispanic Studies Proposals welcome on literature, linguistics, culture, film & visual arts within Hispanic Studies. 🗓 Submit by 30 March 2026 More info: bit.ly/BHS-2027-SI-Call @ilcs.bsky.social #HispanicStudies

Ecotexts in the Postcolonial Francosphere, edited by Nsah Mala and Nicki Hitchcott, is highlighted by @unesco-bridges.bsky.social as part of its publications spotlight. Discover more about the book ⬇️ www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781836243144

Most read in the latest volume of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry: The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Penis: Recipes and Kabbalistic Masculinity in the Early Modern Ashkenazi World, by @agpal.bsky.social. Read it online: bit.ly/Polin-Kabbalistic-Masculinity @guesnet.bsky.social @biajs.bsky.social 🧵

To celebrate #JewishBookWeek this year, we're offering up to 30% off all titles from the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. Use the code 27LITTMAN30 at checkout on our website before 19th March to receive your discount. Find out more: bit.ly/Littman-JBW 📖

📻️🌈 In the brilliant "Lavender Sounds", Copeland traces the journey from lesbian radio to #queer feminist podcasting, revealing how sound becomes a powerful, embodied medium for activism, storytelling, and community across generations. @scopeland.bsky.social @uofmpress.bsky.social bit.ly/4cmdjGW

🌊 LUP author Faye Hammill recently appeared on the Mariner's Mirror Podcast from the Society of Nautical Research, to discuss their upcoming book Ocean Liners and Modern Literature! Listen here 🎧️ snr.org.uk/the-mariners... #MaritimeHistory #SkyStorians

🎞️ Out this month: "Screen Captures" Stephen Lee Naish interrogates how contemporary cinema mediates crises from climate to platform capitalism, asking what our viewing habits reveal about power, attention, and cultural life today. Find out more: bit.ly/409WszW @leverpress.bsky.social

EVENT: Join Emily Gee, author of Hostel, House and Chambers: Accommodating the Victorian and Edwardian Woman, at a lecture with the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society on Tuesday 10th March, 6:30-7:30pm at The Alan Baxter Gallery, London. www.lamas.org.uk/product/host...

Is your library looking to expand its medieval studies digital holdings? LUP offers a wide range of medieval studies monographs across multiple ebook collections, all available with perpetual access. Browse the collections in our catalogue ➡️ bit.ly/collections-...

Most read in French Studies this week: Hauntology, Spectres and Phantoms by Colin Davis. Read it in the French Studies online archive: bit.ly/FS-Hauntology @frenchstudies.bsky.social #FrenchStudies #SubscribetoOpen