LUP Blog
And Another Thing I Heard — Book Launch at STUK Leuven
16th September, 2026 in Latest news
On Thursday 1 October, we warmly welcome you to STUK Leuven for the launch of ‘And Another Thing I Heard’, the new book by composer, artist, researcher and educator Esther Venrooij.
Book Launch – Radical Dreams – 28 September
16th September, 2026 in Latest news
Join us at the KU Leuven Faculty of Social Sciences on 28 September for the launch of Montassir Sakhi’s book, ‘Radical Dreams: French and Belgian Volunteers in the Syrian Revolution’.
Peer Review Week 2026 | Why University Presses Matter More Than Ever
15th September, 2026 in Latest news
At a time when AI-generated content is proliferating rapidly, the role of university presses and peer-reviewed scholarship has never been more important. Researchers, students, librarians, and scholarly readers deserve content they can trust.
ART AT NOON – Ecologies of Photography in the American West, 7 October
21st August, 2026 in Latest news
This online event features a talk and conversation with art historians Monica Bravo and Carolin Görgen as they explore photographs of the American West.
Esther Venrooij | And Another Thing I Heard
19th August, 2026 in Author’s corner
Composer, artistic researcher and educator Esther Venrooij offers a rich map of the various ways we engage with sound: how it reaches the body before the mind, how it reveals space, and how it carries meaning and memory.
The Impact of Path to Open: A Sustainable Model for Open Access Publishing
11th August, 2026 in Latest news
Path to Open combines shared library investment with open access, giving participating libraries early access to new titles before they become freely available to all after three years. The results highlight the success of this approach.
Monica Bravo & Carolin Görgen | Ecologies of Photography in the American West
31st July, 2026 in Author’s corner
Monica Bravo & Carolin Görgen examine the role of photography in documenting, exploiting, and transforming ecosystems across the varied geographies of the American West.
Cristián Moreno Pakarati & Diego Muñoz | German–Rapanui Entanglements
29th July, 2026 in Author’s corner
‘German–Rapanui Entanglements’ traces interactions between the Germanic world and Rapanui society from past to present through encounters between scholars, missionaries, institutions and Indigenous actors, and through the material and visual traces.
Ednei Soares | An Acceptable Abnormality?
22nd July, 2026 in Author’s corner
In ‘An Acceptable Abnormality?’, Ednei Soares explores how Freud’s lifelong engagement with fetishism reshaped some of the central concepts of psychoanalysis.
‘Constructing Faith in the Antipodes’ receives Queensland Heritage Award
1st July, 2026 in Latest news
Dr Lisa Marie Daunt’s book ‘Constructing Faith in the Antipodes’ has won a 2026 Queensland Heritage Award in the category Heritage Reports · Resources · Publications.
Book Launch of ‘Jean Katambayi Mukendi: Circuits’ at M HKA
1st July, 2026 in Latest news
On 6 June 2026, ‘Jean Katambayi Mukendi: Circuits’ was launched at the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA), during the opening of RATIO, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition.
Sofía Monzón, Lucie Spezzatti, Elisabeth Goemans | Affect in Translation and Interpreting
30th June, 2026 in Author’s corner
This volume in the series ‘Translation, Interpreting and Mediation’ explores how emotions, relationships, and human connection guide the work of translators and interpreters around the world. A Q&A with the editors.