Category Archives: Translation

To mark the ICCEES 2025 World Congress at UCL in London this week, we’ve put together a reading list of essential open access books from UCL Press.

If you’re attending, Dr Chris Penfold, our commissioning editor, will be there to talk you through our extensive list of titles, and answer questions about how to publish your next open access book with UCL Press.

Join the UCL Press mailing list to find out more about the latest open access titles, or visit our stand!

UCL Press is delighted to announce the appointment of Prof. Kathryn Batchelor as a series editor of the popular series Literature and Translation. Currently Professor in Translation Studies at UCL, she joins fellow editors Prof. Timothy Mathews and Dr. Ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva.

The appointment comes as Prof. Geraldine Brodie steps down as co-series editor. We would like to thank Prof. Brodie for her hard work and dedication in growing the series.

Literature and Translation is a series for books of literary translation as well as about literary translation. Its emphasis is on diversity of genre, culture, period and approach. The series uses the UCL Press open access publishing model widely to disseminate developments in both the theory and practice of translation. Translations into English are welcomed of literature from around the world.

Fine out more about the series, and view published titles by visiting the series page.

As Autumn closes in, we’ve had a busy month publishing 4 new open access books which cover everything from inclusion, diversity and innovation in translation education to the surprising ways that many people use their mobile and smartphones for health purposes.

The month’s first publication was  Inclusion, Diversity and Innovation in Translation Education. Through examples of literary and audio-visual translation teaching practices, this unique book places a novel emphasis on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) synergising the latest research advancements in EDI and translation curricula. It’s a must-read for anyone teaching in these areas.

It was closely followed by Reconnoitring Russia. By focusing on such geographical practices as exploring, observing, describing, mapping and similar activities, the late Denis J.B. Shaw’s final book, Reconnoitring Russia, seeks to explain how Russia’s rulers and its educated public came to know and understand the territory of their expanding state and empire, especially as a result of the modernizing policies of such sovereigns as Peter the Great and Catherine the Great. It’s a fantastic read that can be downloaded free.

Next up was Structural Injustice and the Law, which presents theoretical approaches and concrete examples to show how the concept of structural injustice can aid legal analysis, and how legal reform can, in practice, reduce or even eliminate some forms of structural injustice. A group of outstanding law and political philosophy scholars discuss a comprehensive range of interdisciplinary topics, including the notion of domination, equality and human rights law, legal status, sweatshop labour, labour law, criminal justice, domestic homicide reviews, begging, homelessness, regulatory public bodies and the films of Ken Loach. Intrigued? Find out more!

The final book of the month (and final volume in the Ageing with Smartphones series) An Anthropological Approach to mHealth, published on 28th October. Based on ten 16-month ethnographies in settings across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America, it proposes a radically different anthropological approach to the development and dissemination of mobile health (mHealth), a rapidly growing sector in healthcare. Read more about the surprising ways that many people use their mobile and smartphones for health purposes.

Some fantastic reads there that we’re sure you’ll enjoy!

We’ll be back again next month with a round up of the very best open access books. As always, stay safe!