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19th April, 2019 in Author’s corner

“I hope readers would remember the value of studying history; both its intrinsic value, and the importance of learning history in order to better understand the past and the present.” In ‘The Leopard, the Lion, and the Cock’ Matthew Stanard exam…

15th March, 2019 in Author’s corner

“Especially nowadays it is important to study the complicated equilibrium of a European small state that often involved political negotiations and the influence a local elite maintained to a large extent.” In War, State, and Society in Liège Roe…

11th March, 2019 in Author’s corner

“I was surprised by the fact that architects were hardly ever studied as a group – while the profession underwent some very significant transformations in the 20th century.” In ‘Brokers of Modernity’ Martin Kohlrausch tells the story of modernis…

5th February, 2019 in Latest news

In 2018 Leuven University Press participated in the fifth pledging round of Knowledge Unlatched (KU). Six titles of the press have been selected for unlatching and we are very pleased to announce that these titles have now been made available free of…

16th January, 2019 in Author’s corner

 Photo by Anna Oswaldo Cruz Lehner   “Industrial environments can provide the intense physical/emotional experience of cathedrals.” In the latest volume of the Lieven Gevaert Series, Renaissance. Scenes of Industrial Reconversion…

29th October, 2018 in Latest news

The new book series ‘Translation, Interpreting and Transfer’ takes as its basis an inclusive view of translation and translation studies. It covers research and scholarly reflection, theoretical and methodological, on all aspects of the core activiti…

26th October, 2018 in Latest news

Initiatieven voor Open Access, of het gratis beschikbaar stellen van publicaties na een eenmalige betaling door de onderzoeksinstellingen, gaan te vaak voorbij aan de knowhow en inspanningen van de lokale academische uitgevers, die een belangrijke ro…

23rd October, 2018 in Latest news

Het is hier en daar hommeles tussen wetenschappelijke uitgeverijen en hun leveranciers en klanten. De roep naar open access – gratis toegang tot onderzoeksresultaten voor iedereen – werd deels ingewilligd, maar niet altijd op die manier die…

9th May, 2018 in Latest news

Leuven University Press is participating in the fifth pledging round of Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the central platform for sustainable Open Access (OA) funding models. Six titles of the press have been selected to KU Select 2018. Knowledge Unlatched…

22nd February, 2018 in Latest news

We’re very proud to have the volume ‘Artistic Research in Music: Discipline and Resistance’ in the Orpheus Institute Series selected for the 2018 Association of University Presses Book, Jacket, & Journal Show! This year, 258 books, 7 journals, an…

5th February, 2018 in Latest news

We are delighted to announce that KU Leuven has launched this January 2018 the KU Leuven Fund for Fair OA. The KU Leuven Fund for Fair Open Access fosters the development of new and innovative publishing models which are cost-effective and sustainabl…

23rd November, 2017 in Latest news

From January 2018 onwards Humanistica Lovaniensia. Journal of Neo-Latin Studies will no longer be published by Leuven University Press. The last issue published by Leuven University Press in print edition, Volume LXVI – 2017, will be available in Jan…