Author's Corner

What does #SpeakUP mean at Leuven University Press?

by Annemie Vandezande November 13, 2023

From Monday November 13 to Friday November 17, members of the Association of University Presses celebrate University Press Week. Mirjam Truwant, acquisitions editor, explains WHAT #SpeakUP means at Leuven University Press.

Posted in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Open Access, Publishing

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Irene Hilden | Absent Presences in the Colonial Archive

by Annemie Vandezande September 30, 2022

In Absent Presences in the Colonial Archive Irene Hilden examines sound objects and listening practices that render the coloniality of knowledge fragile and inconsistent, revealing the absent presences of colonial subjects who are given little or no place in established national narratives and collective memories.

Posted in Archives, Open Access, Post-colonial studies

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Wim Van Petegem, JP Bosman, Miné De Klerk, and Sonja Strydom | Evolving As a Digital Scholar

by Annemie Vandezande November 09, 2021

As the world keeps evolving towards a digitalized future, developing technologies also find their way into the higher education institutions and the need to design courses by incorporating necessary educational tools and materials is present more than ever. In this book, scholars Wim Van Petegem, JP Bosman, Miné De Klerk, and Sonja Strydom aim to provide both a framework and a guideline to help scholars acquire the necessary skills and qualifications to curate a digital approach to their work.

Posted in Academic Development, Digital Scholarship, Open Access

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Mohit Chandna | Spatial Boundaries, Abounding Spaces

by Annemie Vandezande September 16, 2021

The colonial project is far from over and it continues to determine our lives through the borders that surround us. In order to understand here and now, one needs to start with there and then.

Posted in Literature, Open Access, Post-colonial studies

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Ernst Wolff | Mongameli Mabona

by Annemie Vandezande January 05, 2021

Ernst Wolff's book 'Mongameli Mabona. His Life and Work' is the first study of any kind devoted to Mongameli Anthony Mabona (1929), a South African scholar with an exceptional life path.

Posted in Open Access, Post-colonial studies

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Benjamin Nickl | Turkish German Muslims and Comedy Entertainment

by Annemie Vandezande October 06, 2020

Comedy entertainment is a powerful arena for serious public engagement with questions of German national identity and Turkish German migration.

Posted in Current Issues in Islam, Migration, Open Access

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Leen d’Haenens | Images of Immigrants and Refugees in Western Europe

by Annemie Vandezande June 25, 2020

Images of Immigrants and Refugees in Western Europe examines the dynamic interplay between media representations of migrants and refugees on the one hand and the governmental and societal (re)actions to these on the other.

Posted in Migration, Open Access