LUP Blog
Fall-Winter 2024 Catalogue Coming Soon | Enjoy our Summer Discount!
27th June, 2024 in Latest news
In July and August our office will remain open, but at times with less staff. We will be back fully operational by mid-August. We wish you a lovely summer with lots of reading time.
JSTOR’s Path to Open Supports the Book Series ‘Figures of the Unconscious’
21st June, 2024 in Latest news
We’re excited to announce that JSTOR’s Path to Open, a program to support the open access publication of scholarly books, will support all forthcoming volumes in our book series ‘Figures of the Unconscious’.
Matthias Buschmeier | European Literatures of Military Occupation
12th June, 2024 in Author’s corner
What does it mean to live under occupation? How does it shape the culture and identities of European nations? How does it affect the way we write and read literature?
Theofanis Tsiampokalos | Plutarch and Rhetoric
3rd June, 2024 in Author’s corner
In his book, ‘Plutarch and Rhetoric’, Theofanis Tsiampokalos offers new insights into Plutarch’s seemingly moderate attitude towards rhetoric.
Paulo Beer | Truth and Suffering
15th April, 2024 in Author’s corner
In ‘Truth and Suffering’ Paulo Beer explores different conceptions of truth and their profound influence on our understanding and approach to suffering.
Ágnes Györke and Tamás Juhász | Urban Culture and the Modern City
15th April, 2024 in Author’s corner
In Urban Culture and the Modern City editors Ágnes Györke and Tamás Juhász expand the scope of literary urban studies by focusing on Budapest and Hungarian small towns
Luc Sterckx | Corporate Governance from Startup to Scale-up
8th April, 2024 in Author’s corner
In his book ‘Corporate Governance from Startup to Scale-up’ Luc Sterckx provides firsthand advice on how early-stage companies can be governed in an efficient and workable manner, regardless of their limited financial resources.
Paul Nnodim and Austin Okigbo | Ubuntu
8th February, 2024 in Author’s corner
This anthology edited by Paul Nnodim and Austin Okigbo weaves interdisciplinary perspectives into the discourse on African relational ethics in dialogue with Western normative ideals.
The Open Book Collective welcomes Leuven University Press
6th February, 2024 in Latest news
We are delighted that Leuven University Press is one of three University Presses to join the OBC this month, with each offering a new Supporter Programme available for university libraries and other supporters to subscribe to. Find more information a…
Peter J. Freeth and Rafael Treviño | Beyond the Translator’s Invisibility
24th January, 2024 in Author’s corner
‘Beyond the Translator’s Invisibility’ demonstrates the value of understanding the visibilities of translators and translation in the plural and adds much-needed nuance to one of translation studies’ most pervasive, polarizing, and imprecise concepts…
Markéta Hánová, Yuka Kadoi, and Simone Wille | Collecting Asian Art
16th January, 2024 in Author’s corner
‘Collecting Asian Art: Cultural Politics and Transregional Networks in Twentieth-Century Central Europe’ examines museum collections of Asian art in the region of Central Europe, rather than the well-known collections of Western European and North Am…
Peter De Cuyper | Newcomers Navigating the Welfare State
20th December, 2023 in Author’s corner
In ‘Newcomers Navigating the Welfare State’ the authors explore the policies and practices related to social assistance and labour market activation for newcomers and the factors that influence individuals’ access to their rights. Q&A with editor Pet…