LUP Blog
Online Book Launch ‘Homo Mimeticus III’ – 4 February
15th January, 2026 in Latest news
Join French philosopher Catherine Malabou, along with the editors and contributors of Homo Mimeticus III, for an online book launch.
Wout Saelens | Fossil Consumerism
14th January, 2026 in Author’s corner
In his book ‘Fossil Consumerism’, author Wout Saelens offers a reinterpretation of the historical roots of global warming, finding these not in the industrial mill, but in the intimate, overlooked spaces of the home.
New Book Series on African Commerce, Law and Management in Collaboration with the Wits School of Governance
12th January, 2026 in Latest news
Leuven University Press and African Minds are pleased to announce a new fully open access book series, ‘Contemporary African Studies in Commerce, Law and Management’, developed in collaboration with the Wits School of Governance.
First volume in the New Book Series ‘NIAS Studies in Academic Freedom and Epistemic Diversity’.
7th January, 2026 in Latest news
We are pleased to present the first volume in the new book series ‘NIAS Studies in Academic Freedom and Epistemic Diversity’, available in February 2026.
New Book Series ‘Liveable Futures’
7th January, 2026 in Latest news
We are pleased to announce the new book series ‘Liveable Futures’. The series provides a platform to articulate the ideals, relations and knowledge we need for liveable futures.
Lisa Marie Daunt | Constructing Faith in the Antipodes
16th December, 2025 in Author’s corner
In ‘Constructing Faith in the Antipodes’, Lisa Daunt shows how Queensland’s church architecture was shaped by its unique time and place, offering a perspective distinct from northern hemisphere accounts of modernism.
Boekvoorstelling ‘The Art of Urbanization’ – 12 februari 2026, FelixArchief, Antwerpen
15th December, 2025 in Latest news
Op donderdagavond 12 februari 2026 stelt Tom Broes zijn boek ‘The Art of Urbanization. Urban Questions that Made the Antwerp Agglomeration, 1907-1939’ voor in het FelixArchief Antwerpen.
Hugo Frey and Maaheen Ahmed | The Visionary Art of Franco-Belgian Comics, 1930s to 1960s
1st December, 2025 in Author’s corner
The exhibition catalogue ‘The Visionary Art of Franco-Belgian Comics, 1930s to 1960s’ offers an insightful introduction to French-language comics of the mid-20th century. In this Q&A, editors Hugo Frey and Maaheen Ahmed share stories behind these los…
Nidesh Lawtoo and Willow Verkerk | Homo Mimeticus III
1st December, 2025 in Author’s corner
The volume ‘Homo Mimeticus III’ argues that plasticity—understood in its double capacity to receive form and to give form—plays a transformative role in the many lives of homo mimeticus qua homo plasticus. A Q&A with the editors.
How do university presses around the world #TeamUP in the work they do every day?
4th November, 2025 in Latest news
The annual University Press Week for 2025 will take place from 10 to 14 November. This year’s theme, #TeamUP, highlights the many ways University Presses give voice to scholarship and bolster the unfettered exchange of ideas around the world.
Nena Vandeweerdt | Women and Work through a Comparative Lens
24th October, 2025 in Author’s corner
In ‘Women and Work through a Comparative Lens’, author Nena Vandeweerdt offers a multifaceted understanding of women’s economic roles in premodern Europe.
Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse | Historisch denken
22nd October, 2025 in Author’s corner
In de reeks ‘Historisch denken’ is net het zevende deel ‘Denken en dialogeren over identiteit’ verschenen. In een Q&A vertelt Karel Van Nieuwenhuyse meer over het opzet en het doel van de reeks.