Here's a long thread on an issue dear to my heart. This Tuesday evening I’m doing an Intellectual Publics with Macarena Gomez-Barris on publishing. Like last year’s conversation with Denise Cruz, or the prior year’s with Racquel Gates, we will talk about how to find a publisher, turn a thesis... 1/

💡Got a proposal? WOTM is open for submissions! Find out more on the series page on the MUP website or contact one of our commissioning editors: @shannonkneis.bsky.social👋@historicalmeredith.bsky.social👋

Save the date!!!! 📢 Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, Critical Disability Studies, and Mad Studies. One-day hybrid symposium for researchers and community members. 11th June 9.30 - 4.30 Centenary Building, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ. And online! #MadCrip2025 #AutRes

What a line up! Rachel Rosen, Eve Dickson and Gwyneth Lonergan will discuss their new books on bordering and motherhood. Response by Umut Erel, chaired by Nando Sigona. Thurs 5 June 5 pm (UK)Sign up: ssahe.net/2025/04/25/m... @manchesterup.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social

Social media is flooded with images of the perfect housewife and 'cleanfluencers'. In her new book, The return of the housewife, @emmahcasey.bsky.social asks why women are still cleaning up. Upcoming events in #Leeds (8/5) & #Durham (14/5): manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/ #booksky

Join our author @mgloriapolimeno.bsky.social at @soasuni.bsky.social for the launch of Egypt and the rise of fluid authoritarianism! Maria's book explores the struggle of political authorities to gain legitimacy in Egypt after the 2013 coup. 📆13th May ⏰5:30pm 📍Khalili Lecture Theatre

Celebrations in order - congratulations to Billy Holzberg's 'Affective Bordering' winning this year's Philip Abrams Prize at the @britsoci.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

Tonight! Come and join us for a post-day1-conference-social + test whether you know your Bauman from Bourdieu 🤓

Born #OnThisDay in 1940, Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, and who started a movement to plant millions of trees across sub-Saharan Africa. Discover her story in 'Wildly different' by @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social, out now!

🔓A selection of social sciences titles are now available #OpenAccess! An ethnographic study of breast cancer experiences in Western Europe, powerful new research on human disappearances, and the latest addition to our Racism, Resistance and Social Change series. #10YearsofOA📖

📢Our Racism, Resistance and Social change series publishes the most challenging scholarship on race, racism and ethnic relations - mapping their shifting forms in the contemporary age and recognising anti-racism as an intellectual and social movement. Find out about our Spring titles below!👇

Delighted to see a new book review on ‘The urban life of workers in post-Soviet Russia’ by Dr Mitja Stefancic just out in the 50th Anniversary issue of Network, the magazine of @britsoci.bsky.social. Link to the full issue 👉🏽 www.britsoc.co.uk/publications... @manchesterup.bsky.social #class #workers

On the new episode of The C Word podcast, a review of 'Culture is bad for you': "Work in heritage? Get this. Work in museums? Get this. Work in management? Especially get this!" Listen here: thecword.show/2025/04/02/s... @drdaveobrien.bsky.social @orianbrook.bsky.social @markrt.bsky.social

We are proud to celebrate @lgbthm.bsky.social and our queer history titles across our trade and academic list. You can get 25% off all the books in our reading list by using code LGBT25 at checkout. Discount code is valid 1st until 28th February 2025: buff.ly/40uG900 #lgbthm #lgbtreads #booksky

Have something to say about higher education and the institutions? New @manchesterup.bsky.social series ''University reimagined'' is now accepting proposals

📖Now available #OpenAccess🧡 Digital Ecologies explores how livestreams, mobiles, social media and new software are reconfiguring our lives in profound ways. 🤖Find out more and access the FREE eBook: tinyurl.com/5e5hbms5

After much haranguing from me, @adriennebuller.bsky.social — the host of @the-breakdown.bsky.social and author of this book that y'all should read — is finally on Bluesky! You should follow both if you're interested in how capitalism has shaped, and is being reshaped, by climate change.

Attending #AAA2024Tampa this week? Our Anthropology, Creative Practice and Ethnography series is open for proposals! Find out more in our #ACPE spotlight over on the blog⬇️ tinyurl.com/3tu3xjx2 PLUS, get 30% off our #Anthropology & #Sociology titles.

Founding members then set up the Contemporary Anarchist Studies monograph series, now published by Manchester University Press. This is an excellent series, but I’m biased