UCL Press News & Views
Everyday resistance to Assad never dimmed
December 20, 2024
Charlotte Al-Khalili spent three years embedded with Syrians displaced to the Turkish border after the 2011 uprising. She found a people continuing to resist and evidence of a permanent ’ revolution. The voices she presents in this ethnography have d…
‘They explode with gayness’: Polish queer migration and self-realisation
December 18, 2024
This International Migration Day, we’re highlighting the experiences of migrants. This piece is by Richard Mole, who describes the experiences of queer Polish people moving to London.
Geographies of Solar Energy Transitions awarded best edited book award by American Energy Society
December 12, 2024
We are delighted to announce that Geographies of Solar Energy Transitions has been awarded the American Energy Society’s best edited book award for 2024!
A Contemporary Archaeology of London’s Mega Events wins London Archaeological Prize
December 11, 2024
We are delighted to share the news that A Contemporary Archaeology of London’s Mega Events by Jonathan Gardner has won the London Archaeological Prize awarded by London Archaeologist to the best book about London archaeology published in the precedin…
New open access books published in December 2024
December 10, 2024
The end of the year is nigh, and we’ve got one very exciting open access publication to share with you: Urban Transformations in Sierra Leone!
Remembering Sylvia Townsend Warner in 2024
December 6, 2024
On the anniversary of her birth, the UCL Press journals team reflects on the life and works of Sylvia Townsend Warner. Born on 6th December 1893, Warner was an English novelist and poet. In 1925 Warner published her first collection of poetry,…
What is blindness?
December 3, 2024
Find out how the word ‘blind’ can be an emotionally charged term, and how one patient took the news of worsening vision impairment in a surprising way.
New open access books published in November 2024
December 2, 2024
The end of the year is nigh, and Winter is upon us (in the Northern hemisphere, at least). As things start to wind down for the end of year festivities, we’re here with news of four new open access books to devour in the quieter moments.
Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: meet the author
November 28, 2024
To celebrate the publication of Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Text, we are delighted to publish an interview with the author, Dr Assaf Bar-Moshe.