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Season’s Greetings from LUP!
From all at Leiden University Press we are wishing you and your loved ones a very happy holiday and a wonderful 2025! We would like to bring to your attention
Ebook launch The Eighty Years War
With popular demand for our printed edition, we are now launching the ebook of The Eighty Years War From Revolt to Regular War, 1568-1648. The Eighty Years War offers an
Revealing the story behind the cover. Podcast feature!
Alp Yenen and Erik-Jan Zürcher talk about their book, A Hundred Years of Republican Turkey: A History in a Hundred Fragments. Featured in episode 46: History in Fragments podcast by
Leidschrift nr. 3- november 2024
Klik hier om het nummer aan te schaffen. Leidschrift Studenten aan Zet Onderzoek van de Historici van Morgen Jaargang 39, nummer 3, november 2024 Kernredactie: Jesse Dijkshoorn Donna Doesborg Wouter
#StepUP – Uni Press Week 2024
This year’s theme—#StepUP—is a chance to discover the ways university presses step up to educate, enlighten, and take action and to explore how their publications and platforms help to contextualize
Thunderstorms in Art and Literature
By writer Jan Wim Buisman in a featured series about his book Lightning in the Age of Benjamin Franklin. This blog was originally published by the John Adams Institute. Benjamin Franklin’s invention
Demons and Thunder
By writer Jan Wim Buisman in a featured series about his book Lightning in the Age of Benjamin Franklin. This blog was originally published by the John Adams Institute. Enlightened Protestants and
Feature on Turkey Book Talk
Take a listen to Alp Yenen on weighing up the Republic of Turkey’s legacy at 100 years. Along with Erik-Jan Zürcher, Alp co-edited the volume, published to mark the centenary
Religious Reactions to Thunderstorms
By writer Jan Wim Buisman in a featured series about his book Lightning in the Age of Benjamin Franklin. This blog was originally published by the John Adams Institute. That God addresses
A New Invention: Franklin and the Netherlands
By writer Jan Wim Buisman in a featured series about his book Lightning in the Age of Benjamin Franklin. This blog was originally published by the John Adams Institute. Benjamin
Lightning, Volcanism and Earthquakes!
By writer Jan Wim Buisman in a featured series about his book Lightning in the Age of Benjamin Franklin. This blog was originally published by the John Adams Institute. This
Middle Eastern Library Launch
An extraordinary launch for an extraordinary publication! At the opening of the Middle Eastern Library of Leiden University on 25 September 2024, we were delighted to launch our latest publication
Bert van Selm-lezing
Lancering van ons nieuwste boek met een stimulerende presentatie van de auteur Prof. Dr. Joris van Eijnatten. Struisvogelgedrag in de geesteswetenschappen: Een pleidooi voor computationele zelfredzaamheid, stelt de vraag (en meer):
450th jubilee give away
Marking the opening of this 450th academic year at Leiden University, the LUP is running a competition to win one of our special edition books. Take a step back through
OTV programma interview Mieke van Baarsel
In de radio documentaire van deze week over de geschiedenis van de geneeskunde en kwakzalverij bespreekt Mieke onderwerpen uit haar boek ‘Geleerde Zorgen’. Het Staphorster Boertje of: Hoe de strijd
LUP summer road trip!
Our team are on the road this summer to bring you our latest publications, insights and offers. Drop by our booths to pick up a copy of our titles and
Leidschrift nr. 2 – Juni 2024
Klik hier om het nummer aan te schaffen. Leidschrift Handelingen en Herdenkingen 450 jaar Leidens Ontzet Jaargang 39, nummer 2, juni 2024 Kernredactie: Thomas Brinkman Florence Cobben Donato Finelli Wouter
NRC boekentip ‘Het te korte heldenleven van Fiet van Gilse (1912-1945)’
Michel Krielaars schenkt in zijn wekelijkse column in de NRC boekenlage aandacht aan het in mei bij LUP verschenen boek van Pauline Micheels over Fiet van Gilse. Over het boek
Boekpresentatie ‘Het te korte heldenleven van Fiet van Gilse (1912-1945)’
Op dinsdag 28 mei werd in de historische Lokhorstkerk te Leiden een boekpresentatie gehouden over de nieuwe publicatie Het te korte heldenleven van Fiet van Gilse (1912-1945). Deze boekpresentatie en
Leiden University Press embarks on the Path to Open!
We are excited to announce our participation in Path to Open, a program to support the open access publication of new groundbreaking scholarly books that will bring diverse perspectives and
Leidschrift nr. 1 – februari 2024
Klik hier om het nummer aan te schaffen. Leidschrift Er was eens… Sprookjes, folklore en mythes door de jaren heen Jaargang 39, nummer 1, februari 2024 Kernredactie Gerike Buskes Florence
Lennart Bes receives the ICAS Book Prize 2023, Specialist Publication Accolade
Lennart Bes has received the Specialist Publication Accolade from the ICAS Book Prize 2023 for his work The Heirs of Vijayanagara: Court Politics in Early Modern South India, published at
Boekpresentatie en panel ‘Nederlands kolonialisme van archief tot geschiedschrijving’
Op maandag 20 november was de boekpresentatie van Nederlands kolonialisme van archief tot geschiedschrijving. Een gids voor onderzoekers, uitgekomen bij Leiden University Press. Waar redacteuren Alicia Schrikker, Sanne Ravensbergen, Lennart
Book launch ‘Caribbean Cultural Heritage and the Nation’
Last week Leiden University Press celebrated the publication of Caribbean Cultural Heritage and the Nation. During this festive and well-attended occasion, editors Alex van Stipriaan, Luc Alofs and Francio Guadeloupe
