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‘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.

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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…

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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!

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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,…

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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.

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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.

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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.

Learning from history – how could it work?

November 26, 2024

Maren Tribukait’s recent article in History Education Research Journal asks how the topic of contemporary right-wing extremism is approached in German educational media, and how it is linked to the Nazi era. In this post, she explains what she learnt…

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