LUP Blog
Hemangini Gupta & Fiona Mackay | Feminists Resisting Gendered Violence
2nd October, 2026 in Author’s corner
In ‘Feminists Resisting Gendered Violence’, editors Hemangini Gupta and Fiona Mackay bring together artists, activists, scholars, and community organisers to examine creative and collective responses to gendered violence.
Henrik von Achen | Cross, Crown and Crusade
30th September, 2026 in Author’s corner
In ‘Cross, Crown and Crusade’, Henrik von Achen discusses the origins, meaning, and audience of the altar frontal from Nedstryn, shedding light on the visual and literary traditions that shaped this remarkable artwork around 1300.
Book Tour Cinema in Post-War Belgium
24th September, 2026 in Latest news
‘Cinema in Post-War Belgium’ goes on tour with a series of talks and film screenings across Belgium.
From Barcelona to Stockholm: Leuven UP on the Road
22nd September, 2026 in Latest news
The past few weeks our team attended several conferences, meeting with scholars, authors, librarians, and publishing partners from across Europe and beyond.
And Another Thing I Heard — Book Launch at STUK Leuven
16th September, 2026 in Latest news
On Thursday 1 October, we warmly welcome you to STUK Leuven for the launch of ‘And Another Thing I Heard’, the new book by composer, artist, researcher and educator Esther Venrooij.
Book Launch – Radical Dreams – 28 September
16th September, 2026 in Latest news
Join us at the KU Leuven Faculty of Social Sciences on 28 September for the launch of Montassir Sakhi’s book, ‘Radical Dreams: French and Belgian Volunteers in the Syrian Revolution’.
Peer Review Week 2026 | Why University Presses Matter More Than Ever
15th September, 2026 in Latest news
At a time when AI-generated content is proliferating rapidly, the role of university presses and peer-reviewed scholarship has never been more important. Researchers, students, librarians, and scholarly readers deserve content they can trust.
ART AT NOON – Ecologies of Photography in the American West, 7 October
21st August, 2026 in Latest news
This online event features a talk and conversation with art historians Monica Bravo and Carolin Görgen as they explore photographs of the American West.
Esther Venrooij | And Another Thing I Heard
19th August, 2026 in Author’s corner
Composer, artistic researcher and educator Esther Venrooij offers a rich map of the various ways we engage with sound: how it reaches the body before the mind, how it reveals space, and how it carries meaning and memory.
The Impact of Path to Open: A Sustainable Model for Open Access Publishing
11th August, 2026 in Latest news
Path to Open combines shared library investment with open access, giving participating libraries early access to new titles before they become freely available to all after three years. The results highlight the success of this approach.
Monica Bravo & Carolin Görgen | Ecologies of Photography in the American West
31st July, 2026 in Author’s corner
Monica Bravo & Carolin Görgen examine the role of photography in documenting, exploiting, and transforming ecosystems across the varied geographies of the American West.
Cristián Moreno Pakarati & Diego Muñoz | German–Rapanui Entanglements
29th July, 2026 in Author’s corner
‘German–Rapanui Entanglements’ traces interactions between the Germanic world and Rapanui society from past to present through encounters between scholars, missionaries, institutions and Indigenous actors, and through the material and visual traces.