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The School of Advanced Study is uniquely positioned to advocate for the arts and humanities and their contribution to our culture and society, playing a key role as a major UK national centre supporting these essential disciplines.

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Call for proposals: Humanities Futures book series

We are delighted to announce the details of our exciting new book series, Humanities Futures, and to invite book proposal submissions.  Humanities Futures is a new book series that advocates powerfully for the value of the humanities and their vital role in tackling contemporary society’s most pressing issues.   Our need for the humanities is […]

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New book explores the depiction of libraries in fiction, from Don Quixote to Discworld

Our latest title, Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction looks at how texts and reading spaces have been represented in popular culture throughout history.  The new book presents chronological essays on the depiction of books, libraries and reading from the medieval period to the present day, drawing from literary history and book studies to examine what fictional […]

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2024 in books

This post includes every book published by the University of London Press this year! 11 titles, published across a number of humanities disciplines, including History, Classics, Human Rights and Languages, Cultures and Societies. 9 of the 11 are available Open Access, so can be downloaded or read online for free. Browse the full 2024 list […]

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