LUP Blog
15th March, 2021 in Author’s corner
Today’s challenge is to make modern international development cooperation a principled approach that seeks win-wins wherever possible, in tandem with programmes that address long-term structural challenges and promote the interests of more vul…
50 Years Leuven University Press – Meet the President of the Board Geert Bouckaert
9th March, 2021 in Latest news
University Presses are among the most visible societal vehicles of universities. They are at the core of what academic communities do: discovering and inventing new and future realities. Geert Bouckaert, President of the Board since 2…
Publish your book in Open Access with the KU Leuven Fund for Fair OA and Leuven University Press
3rd March, 2021 in Latest news
In January 2018 KU Leuven has launched the KU Leuven Fund for Fair OA. All researchers who wish to publish an OA book with Leuven University Press are eligible to apply for funding. More details to publish your book in Open Access with the KU Leuven…
Jo Shaw | The Art of Being Dangerous
23rd February, 2021 in Author’s corner
A major inspiration for the project was the tendency by some in the media to describe particular women as ‘the most dangerous woman in’ Scotland, or the UK, or the world. The Art of Being Dangerous offers many different images of women, some humoro…
50 Years Leuven University Press – Meet the Director Hilde Lens
11th February, 2021 in Latest news
Leuven University Press is a mature academic press that has developed and earned its place in the publishing world. I dare to hope that the future for Leuven University Press will remain just as enriching, challenging and interesting! Hilde Lens, Dir…
Celebrating 50 Years of Leuven University Press!
19th January, 2021 in Latest news
Turning Inspiring Scholarship into Outstanding Publications Established in 1971 Leuven University Press is proud to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year. The world of scholarly communication is highly dynamic, constantly evolving, and adapting to…
Alexandra Moschovi | A Gust of Photo-Philia
6th January, 2021 in Author’s corner
Art museums have an important role to play in helping audiences to make sense of photography not only as art, visual communication, and social practice but also as a vehicle for promoting critical citizenry and civic engagement. Photography was lo…
Ernst Wolff | Mongameli Mabona
5th January, 2021 in Author’s corner
“Mongameli Mabona belongs to the South African intellectual and resistance history as well as to the history of the African diaspora. The way in which scholarship has sidestepped him for fifty years is a mistake.” ‘Mongameli Mabona. His Life and Work…
Olha Lehka-Paul | Personality Matters
28th November, 2020 in Author’s corner
“There is a global need nowadays to attract people’s attention to translators and their contribution, and to finally admit that without translators our world would be completely different.” In her book Personality Matters Olha Lehka-Paul…
Fiona-Katharina Seiger | Migration at Work
28th November, 2020 in Author’s corner
“People’s (im)mobilities within and across borders are shaped by very different structural factors like gender, class, ethnicity, citizenship, as well as by factors such as the recognition of educational credentials in a given place, or the desirabil…
Achttien bekende Belgen bieden een unieke blik op het Belgische collectieve geheugen
29th October, 2020 in Latest news
Universitaire Pers Leuven en Presses universitaires de Louvain publiceren een uniek boek over België. Welke gebeurtenissen, plekken en figuren blijven er hangen in het geheugen van achttien prominente Belgen als ze aan hun land denken? In D…
Benjamin Nickl | Turkish German Muslims and Comedy Entertainment
6th October, 2020 in Author’s corner
“Muslim integration in German society, or Europe in general, is a challenge. But the pop culture industry and humour can make a difference and really make a change.” Comedy entertainment is a powerful arena for serious public engagement with question…