#OnTheBlog After analysing over two-hundred documentaries, Julian Koch explains how genocidal 'perpetrators' are more complex than representational schemata of violent hatred and racism suggest... Read it here:

#OnTheBlog 🐏 Explore James Hogg’s writings on Scottish rural life, tracing the loss of communal culture and the social tensions of modern sheep-farming. A sneaky look at our forthcoming title, The Shepherd’s Guide, edited by Angus Sutherland and Alex Deans.

Recommend. Such a smart and fun look at the literary side of John Waters. With some Divine filth mixed in (in)appropriate doses. 🔥💩😋👀 #filmsky #booksky

Our Critical Insights in American Studies series is looking for a new Co-Editor. 🗓 Deadline: March 13th 📍 Interviews at BAAS 2026 (Glasgow) Interested in helping to shape the future of the series? Details here:

🤓 New on our blog Denise Wong discusses Shame in Contemporary You-Narration, exploring second-person storytelling, shame, temporality, and narrative experimentation across literature and media.

Robin McAlpine says decades of new public management have reshaped Scotland’s universities, creating a leadership class which has left the sector overstretched, undemocratic and facing its worst crisis yet www.heraldscotland.com/news... @edinburghup.bsky.social

The editors of @scottishhistreview.bsky.social introduce their article on the #ScottishMartyrs. The article was the runner-up in the SHR’s inaugural Early Career Researcher prize!

Sebastian Monteux and Linda Murdoch warn that rising emotional‑safety rules are changing how Scotland’s universities teach, regulate behaviour, and handle debate www.heraldscotland.com/news... @edinburghup.bsky.social

✨ We are at The Renaissance Society of America Conference (@rsaorg.bsky.social). Drop by the EUP stand (211/213) to meet with Senior Commissioning Editor for Literary Studies, @emilysharp.bsky.social to discuss your next project and pick up a new book! Here until the 21st! #RenSA26

🎉 Congratulations to Rachel Moss and Heather Pulliam for winning the #HistoriansOfBritishArt Exemplary Multi-authored Book Award! https://edin.ac/4rYxak0

Jonathan Hearn and Gale Macleod warn that universities are losing the intellectual toughness and open debate that once defined higher education www.heraldscotland.com/news... @edinburghup.bsky.social

📚 New on the blog! Beth Williamson discusses her research on the story of pioneering educator and influential artist, #WilliamJohnstone. Delve into the post: 

This week, The Herald is collaborating with Scottish Affairs - Scotland’s longest running journal on contemporary political and social issues - published by @edinburghup.bsky.social Here, Sebastian Monteux and Jane Fenton introduce our week-long collaboration www.heraldscotland.com/news...

Thank you @heraldscotland.bsky.social for this piece! Once you are done reading this fascinating article on #ScottishEducation, head on over to the new #ScottishAffairs issue for more... edin.ac/4aQfUHQ

#VirtualIssue This eclectic issue illustrates the breadth and character of #TheInnesReview. Delve into articles exploring working conditions for Catholic teachers, the Marist brothers, and more! Free to access until 31st July.

Explore this free-to-read virtual issue from the #JournalOfScottishPhilosophy  Includes discussions on influential thinkers like Pufendorf, Mandeville and Hutcheson, exploring their ideas on moral emotions and their impact on #ScottishEnlightenment thought. Check it out:

The #HistoriansOfBritishArt Book Prize committee have announced their results, including a special nod to our author, Bryony Combs for their book, Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance!  🎉 Congratulations @bryonycoombs.bsky.social#HistoriansOfBritishArt Read more:

"Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories", a 2024 essay collection I edited w/ Richard Barlow, is now available to pre-order in a much more affordable paperback edition from @edinburghup.bsky.social! (use code PAPER30 for a further 30%-off discount) edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-finnega...

Reading is important on so many levels. At EUP, it is our mission to connect people and ideas. We do that by making field- defining research available across our journal and book publishing.   Find out how we are honouring the #NationalYearOfReading

📚 On the blog! Q&A with the author of Barbarians as the Religious Other in the Late Roman World. They discuss how Roman identity was redefined during two major transformations! 🤓 Delve in to find out more:

Dear all! I'm happy to report that my book: Bergson and Affect is now available for pre-order from @edinburghup.bsky.social ! For those interested on #affect, #intensity, #embodiment, #virtuality, or in #Bergson, #philosophy, and #phenomenology in general. Check it out! Discount code attached ⬇️

Comrades, if you want to read about CLS at a more accessible price, the good people at @edinburghup.bsky.social have released my book The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies in paperback - edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-ris...

Join us on Tuesday 3 March, @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social, to launch new books in @edinburghup.bsky.social series The Islamicate East: New Approaches to Texts and History, with Arezou Azad & an expert panel. Book your free ticket now: bit.ly/Oxfordbooklaunch #booklaunch #skystorians #medievalsky

Everyone wave your severed limbs! The Refocus series has a new volume on the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis. Ed @brassupnorth.bsky.social w/ @serialmummy.bsky.social @mleeder.bsky.social @drdantils.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-refocus...

In this interview, we dive headlong into the multidimensional world of Sabira Ståhlberg, a distinguished multilingual writer known for her innovative explorations of polyglot creativity.

📖 New on the blog! 📜 Tatjana Sandon explores the lives of Roman freedwomen through inscriptions, family networks and daily experiences, revealing the overlooked stories of women once enslaved in #AncientRome. Have a read:

It's here! @edinburghup.bsky.social More about the book here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-derrida...

🔎 Discover a cross-journal special feature from Archives of Natural History and Library & Information History. Explore the interconnected worlds of library collections and historic information practices. 🤓 Free to read until the end of 2026!   

🎉 Book Launch! 📅 Thursday, February 5th 🕔 5pm GMT Melanie Kreitler discusses her new book, Mental Illness and Narrative Complexity, analysing the cultural impact of complex narratives on public perceptions of mental illness. #FilmStudies 🔖 To attend, register here:

On the blog! @erettalviste.bsky.social explores #VirginiaWoolf and #JeanRhys through scenes of solitude and ordinary freedom. Delve into the post:

We've made it to the #CharlestonConferenceAsia in Bangkok! Drop by the @aupresses.bsky.social stand (tables 42 & 43), where Key Account Manager, Daniel Miele, is available for a chat!

At last, out in March! Thanks to Frederick Luis Aldama for the great preface, the series editors (@ahbryan.bsky.social) and the staff at @edinburghup.bsky.social.. I can't wait to see it in print 🎉

I put on my batik shirt and frolicked over to Warwick today to talk about my book.

📚 New on the blog! 👥 Rethinks the concept of power in relation to an emerging form - sensory power. Delve into the post:

Out now in hardback from @edinburghup.bsky.social

My review of Sara Crangle's An Anatomy of Mina Loy @edinburghup.bsky.social is available in Women: a Cultural Review! Thank you to the editorial team, especially Dr. Clara Jones. DM for help with access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... #ModWrite @eui-history.bsky.social @eui-qfg.bsky.social

📚 Enjoy free access to thousands of Edinburgh University Press ebooks!  Until March 2026, your library can enjoy free access to our collection through Paradigm’s University Press Library. @paradigmpubserv.bsky.social  Find out more:

📚 Book review in Film International: 'Demonstrates [...] that the radical potentiality of children’s media cannot be stifled by the closed fists of authoritarian brute force and that innocence is but a weapon too often wielded in the hands of guilty adults.'

📚 Book launch 📅 Thursday, February 5th 🕔 5pm GMT Melanie Kreitler discusses her new book, Mental Illness and Narrative Complexity, which analyses the cultural impact of complex narratives on public perceptions of mental illness. 🔖 Register your attendance: https://edin.ac/49qzBpc

On the blog! Harry Lewis reflects on his award-winning article following his receipt of the first Scottish Historical Review Early Career Researcher Article Prize.

Paperback version of my book w/ @timsnelson.bsky.social & Ray Macauley available to preorder from @edinburghup.bsky.social. 30% off with code PAPER30: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-demons-... #ScienceInCinema #ScienceCommunication #FilmStudies #HistoryOfPsychiatry #Psychiatry #HistoryOfScience

📚 New on the blog! Frances Wright redefines feminist philosophy through Epicurus's ideals of pleasure and virtue in her 1822 novel. Have a read:

Studying criminal law in Scotland this semester?  Scots Criminal Law provides an up-to-date statement of the Criminal Law of Scotland, perfect for students, academics and practitioners. Enjoy 30% off with discount code PAPER30: https://edin.ac/4ottdl0

My book on people's memories of watching videos they perhaps shouldn't have been watching in the 1980s is finally almost here from @edinburghup.bsky.social Available to pre-order at edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-unsuita... Use code NEW30 for a 30% discount!

📚 New on the blog Annelies Van Assche explores five innovative ways to challenge the dance canon and expand beyond Eurocentric narratives.

📖 New on the blog Q&A with @benbgdalton.bsky.social about his new book, which journeys through philosophy, literature, film and (neuro)science to discover how our bodies and brains transform throughout life. edin.ac/3NypndA

Pre-order now your copy of the academic autobiography of Professor PS Atiyah, one of the world’s foremost legal scholars of the twentieth century. There is a launch discount of 30%! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-ps-atiy...

From all of us at EUP, we wish you a happy and healthy festive season! We can't wait to bring you more books and journals in 2026!

We're delighted to share that #Shakespeare on the Radio by @audioandrea.bsky.social has been awarded the 2025 Outstanding Academic Title by Choice! @choicereviews.bsky.social#Shakespeare 🎉Congratulations Andrea! Explore audio production in Shakespearean performance: 

New on the blog! 'A Scotland that gets its #SocialCare system right will be a Scotland that cares.'