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Bram De Maeyer | Building for Belgium
22nd October, 2025 in Author’s corner
In ‘Building for Belgium’ author Bram De Maeyer examines the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ embassy-building programme from 1945 to 2020.
Book Launch ‘London Exile’ – 6 November 2025 – London
9th October, 2025 in Latest news
As part of the symposium ‘Metropolitan Crossings: Art, Displacement, and the Making of Modern London’, Burcu Dogramaci will present her book on 6 November 2025 at the Ben Uri Gallery and Museum in London.
Online Book Launch ‘Women and Work Through a Comparative Lens’ – 11 December 2025
8th October, 2025 in Latest news
In her new book Women and Work through a Comparative Lens, Nena Vandeweerdt compares women’s roles in the labor markets of Antwerp and Mechelen (Brabant) and Bilbao (Biscay). Join us for the online book launch.
Leuven University Press Expands its Open Access Collection by Flipping Recent Backlist Titles
30th September, 2025 in Latest news
On the occasion of the international Open Access Week 2025, Leuven University Press is pleased to announce that a selection of recent backlist titles is now freely available in Open Access to readers worldwide.
Daniel Harkett and Katie Hornstein | Animal Modernities
12th August, 2025 in Author’s corner
‘Animal Modernities’ challenges the traditional human-centered focus of art history and explores how modern art, visual culture, and modernity itself emerge from relationships between humans and animals.
‘Mobs and Microbes’ shortlisted for the Colvin Prize
12th August, 2025 in Latest news
‘Mobs and Microbes’ has been shortlisted for the prestigious Colvin Prize by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain.
Burcu Dogramaci | London Exile
11th August, 2025 in Author’s corner
In her book ‘London Exile’ Burcu Dogramaci explores the British capital of the 1930s and 1940s as a sanctuary for modern artists.
Herman Westerink and Philippe Van Haute | Seduction, Drive and Repetition
30th July, 2025 in Author’s corner
‘Seduction, Drive and Repetition’ makes the compelling argument that the key to understanding Freud’s clinical writings and psychoanalytical theories lies in his trauma theory. The authors argue that Freud never truly abandoned his initial trauma the…
Enjoy the Summer with 25% Off • Fall-Winter 2025 Catalogue Coming Soon
30th June, 2025 in Latest news
In July and August our office will remain open, but at times with reduced staff. We apologise for possible delays in answering your enquiries. We will be back fully operational by September.
University Presses Offer Essential Reading on Immigration
25th June, 2025 in Latest news
Here is essential reading on migration and immigration—selected books, journal articles, and commentary from university presses and their expert authors—for all who seek to understand these topics more deeply than they are represented in today’s head…
Visit our Book Table at ECAS 2025 in Prague
18th June, 2025 in Latest news
Join our acquisitions editor Mirjam Truwant at the 10th European Conference on African Studies in Prague, from 25 to 28 June 2025.
David John Boyd and Julie Briand-Boyd | Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity
16th June, 2025 in Author’s corner
In ‘Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity’ authors David John Boyd and Julie Briand-Boyd investigate questions of historical and contemporary expressions of Scottishness in transcultural comics genres such as superhero, science fiction, and fantasy.