'the humanities are relevant and they matter...They matter as we consider climate change, global mobility, social injustice, human rights, poverty, the values we hold, & what kind of society we want to be.'
Our new #OpenAccess series is Humanities Futures:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/02/call-f…

Some exciting news from us about #Accessibility – we’ve received a 100% ASPIRE gold-rated score for the quality of our accessibility statement.

We are also proud to be an ally of the PAAG Charter for Accessible Publishing.

What we’ve been working on:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/embedd…

Join @DanMcDonaldDM Joanna Davis @NiallGeraghty6 and me next week for the launch of Liberation Theology and Praxis in Contemporary Latin America: As it Was in the Beginning?

ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-a…

💥We're very excited to share that we have launched a new free training course!

Explore our #OpenAccess in the #Humanities training course on RESHAPED, a new learning platform developed by @SASNews.

Details here:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/new-op…

The course offers an introduction to open access publishing for humanities researchers at all career stages, as well as students, librarians and research support staff.

Many thanks to our Publisher & course author Emma Gallon, and to the expertise of other SAS staff involved!

🚨 * VACANCY! * We're currently recruiting a new Production Manager to join our small and friendly team.

More info below: jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

⏰ Deadline: Mon 9th June

Please share with your networks!

#PublishingJobs #AcademicPublishing

NEW: useful post and list of resources on managing 3rd-party permissions in #OpenAccess books. We co-developed & co-hosted the original event, with the Open Access Books Network & our Publisher @emmagallon on the panel along with other expert speakers:

openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/05/27/fro…

@AcadiaFaculty @AcadiaU @UTexasPress @unsamoficial @MyDeditores 📕BLAR's (44:2) BOOK REVIEW📕

5. Frederik Schulze (@UniCologneIO) reviews The Social and Political Life of Latin American Infrastructure (2022 @UoLPress), edited by @AldermanJD and @GBGoodwi.

READ HERE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bl…

Our Publisher Emma Gallon will be presenting on #OpenAccess publishing at an event run by @IALS_law next week:

🪧Doctoral Research Masterclasses in Law: The Publishing Imperative
📅 Wednesday, 14 May 2025, online

Details here: ials.sas.ac.uk/events/doctora…

Thanks for this brilliant review @LatAmRoB!

The book, Liberation Theology and Praxis in Contemporary Latin America, is available to read online for free:

uolpress.co.uk/book/liberatio…

#OpenAccess @CLACS_SAS @PMBradbury

🔓We're excited to be part of a new @Copim_community resource for people publishing #OpenAccess books, called Copim Compass.

We have author success stories and a training webinar on permission included.

Explore this collection of useful material here: compass.copim.ac.uk/books

A reminder about our exciting new #OpenAccess book series, #HumanitiesFutures.

We're looking for proposals showcasing how the #humanities – and the #arts – can help solve complex global challenges.

Details on our website: uolpress.co.uk/book-series/hu…

#Publishing

Wonderful to listen to Dr Karen Attar, co-editor of Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction, discussing the book on Radio NZ!

rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

The book is available #OpenAccess.

@SenateHouseLib @SASNews

We're all set up at #BDCAM25! If you're attending, please come & browse our #OpenAccess books.

The Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory conference is the perfect place for an announcement we'll be making on Friday...

Explore the programme:

easychair.org/smart-program/…

Our Head of Publishing Paula Kennedy is at @UKSG in sunny Brighton today, speaking about libraries and non-profit approaches to #OpenAccess publishing with Rosie Higman, Gillian Daly, Sarah Thompson and Philippa Grand.

📍 Auditorium 1 today at 4.30pm

#UKSG2025

Last chance to sign up for our #PeerReview training!

Covering the role of peer review to research quality & researchers’ careers, it uses practical examples to explain the process for journal articles & book proposals.

⏲️Tomorrow, 2pm, online

Register:
sas.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

Would you like to learn more about #PeerReview?

Sign up for our free online training session aimed at doctoral and early career researchers.

📍27 Mar 2025, 2pm, online

Register now:
sas.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

Out today: Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa's Anti-Apartheid Struggle by Rachel E. Johnson.

Published #OpenAccess with @ihr_history and @RoyalHistSoc, this book listens for the voice and silence of Mary Masabata Loate.

uolpress.co.uk/book/voice-sil…

It's not too late to sign up for 'Good metadata practice for #OpenAccess books'!

⏲️Tomorrow, 15.00 GMT, online

@oipassoc @Copim_community

Details and sign up link here:

uolpress.co.uk/2025/02/event-…

Tomorrow an exciting new #OpenAccess book publishes: Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle: The Shadow of a Young Woman, by Rachel E. Johnson, part of the #NewHistoricalPerspectives series.

@ihr_history @RoyalHistSoc

uolpress.co.uk/book/voice-sil…

Learn all about #PeerReview in our free online training session for researchers.

📅 27 Mar 2025, 2pm

The session will be led by Emma Gallon and Amaan Hyder (both from University of London Press) and Dr Peter Collinge (Keele University).

Sign up:

sas.ac.uk/news-events/ev…