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Royal Historical Society
The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly study of the past. Our membership is an international community of historians.
John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Promoting world-leading research using the unique special collections of @UoMLibrary โ National Research Library in the North @OfficialUoM
Cath Feely
Historian of storytelling in modern Britain; teach & research @derbyuni & proud trustee of @cromfordmills
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Author. Shakespeare Lecturer @ShakespeareBT General Editor: Collected Plays of Robert Greene. Associate Editor: Collected Works of Thomas Kyd. FRHistS.
Dale Townshend
Professor of Gothic Literature. Finishing off a monograph on M. G. Lewis, and co-editing the posthumous works of Ann Radcliffe for CUP.
Calling early career #historians ๐ข
The RHS is holding an online workshop on publishing monographs next month. Join us on 14 June at 2pm BST if you'd like to learn more about the publishing process.
Register for free here:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/getting-publโฆ
This will be great! And feat. the brilliant Meredith Carroll at Manchester University Press who was wonderful to work with on my monograph and edited collection!
On Friday 31 May (6-9pm) Birkbeck, Faculty of Science Psychological Sciences presentsโฏ'Presence:โฏThe Strange Science and True Stories of the Unseen Other' with author and researcher Ben Alderson-Day Benjamin Alderson-Day, who will explore the uncanny truth behind felt presence of all kinds.
A brilliant interview with author and Principal of Brasenose News, John Bowers KC, about his brand new book 'Downward spiral: Collapsing public standards and how to restore them' has been published by Oxford University Alumni - read it here:
alumni.ox.ac.uk/article/worse-โฆ
Tune into BBC Manchester from 1pm today to hear PAULETTE speak to Simone Riley ahead of her appearance at WOW - Women of the World at #Manchester 's Factory International next weekend.
#WavellReviews Precision by James Patton Rogers, A history of Amercian Warfare.
wavellroom.com/2024/05/16/wavโฆ
'Precision' (Manchester University Press) by James Patton Rogers is an intellectual history of America's military pursuit of the titular objective. Covering the WWI through to drones, Rogers focuses on concepts as opposed to tech making it a welcome contribution. Wavell Room wavellroom.com/2024/05/16/wavโฆ
We know our books sell in the US, but nothing beats the excitement of seeing our titles prominently displayed in American bookshops!
Great to see 'The medium of Leonora Carrington' sitting proud in the Art section at Green Apple Books on the Park in #SanFrancisco ๐จ
#LeonoraCarrington
A superb talk on collaboration among university presses for #Redux2024 (ALPSP | Edinburgh University Press)
With presentations from Philippa Grand LSE Press, Caroline Priday Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s, Emma Brennan Manchester University Press and Alison Shaw #BUP ๐๐๐ค
300 new #books are on the path to #OpenAccess . ๐ โญ Faculty and students at participating #libraries can access these titles upon release. All Path to Open books will be open access 3 years post-publication.
See the title list: bit.ly/3JWf1PX
Recharged after a great lunch, weโre excited for the 2nd half of the #Redux2024 Day 1
Onto learning about the latest initiatives from the EvenUp DEI network of uni presses
How to fix the โsense of decayโ affecting parliament โ with detailed and robust reforms. Miranda Green reviews Downward Spiral, by John Bowers on.ft.com/3y6cZK5
Well over 200 of all political persuasions Cidermill Theatre Saturday afternoon to hear Nicolas Wilson, The Right Honourable Lord Wilson formerly of the UK Supreme Court, interview John Bowers KC on collapsing public standards #PublicInterest
Last chance to sign up for our The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies hybrid launch this Thursday, where we will be presenting new books on Graveyard Gothic, Matthew Gregory Lewis and Gothic Voices. Everybody welcome! #gothic #horror #newbooks #booklaunch eventbrite.co.uk/e/gothic-book-โฆ
Manchester University Press Today 42 yrs ago, The Clash's 'Combat Rock' was released. It broke them in America but also was the beginning of the breaking of the band two years later - read about the politics of the issues in my 'Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer'
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526148988
So pleased to have been chair of the panel which awarded the British in India prize this year to Conquering the Maharajas by Harrison Akins, Ph.D. from Manchester University Press britishinindia.org.uk/winners2024
๐ข New blog post
David L. Pike discusses stories of active resistance, radical policy proposals and advocacy for change in #literature #film #music during and since the #ColdWar ๐manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2024/05/1โฆ
His new book After the End is available to order ๐
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526174048/โฆ
