UCL Press News & Views

Today marks the second inauguration of Donald Trump as US President, following his previous controversial stint from 2017 to 2021. To mark the occasion, we take a look back at how social media (in particular Twitter, now known as X) fuelled Trump’s a…

Today marks the publication of a new book from UCL Press: Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt by Professor Alice Stevenson. We are delighted to celebrate this new open-access publication by sharing an interview with Alice, exploring her…

The debate on the decriminalisation and legalisation of drugs has been long-running and hotly contested for many years. In an article that originally appeared appeared on the blog of The Journal of Bentham Studies to accompany his new article Jeremy…

In a recent article in History Education Research Journal, Sarah Holland uses practitioner research to advocate rethinking assessment in history, and asks how ‘creative’ or ‘innovative’ approaches to assessment can make this a more effective and mean…

Robert Yeates, author of  American Cities in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction, discusses pivotal themes explored within his book to celebrate National Science Fiction Day.

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…

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.

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!

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…