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Amsterdam University Press and Leiden University Press sign international distribution and marketing agreement
Amsterdam University Press (AUP) will internationally distribute and market titles published by Leiden University Press in print and digital format effective 1 July 2022. The agreement will strengthen the relationship

Online boekpresentatie: Het belang van het Antilliaans erfgoed
Gert Oostindie vertelt over het boek Antilliaans erfgoed en het project ‘Traveling Caribbean Heritage’. Georganiseerd door de Vereniging Antilliaans Netwerk en het KITLV. In de onlangs verschenen bundels Antilliaans erfgoed,

A lecture and debate at RUSI, leading defence and security think tank
Lt Col Mirjam Grandia Mantas will speak about her recently published book followed by questions and discussion. The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), leading defence and security think tank, organizes

Staging China: The Politics of Mass Spectacle has won the IBP 2021 Publisher’s Accolade
Out of nearly 1000 titles Staging China: The Politics of Mass Spectacle by Florian Schneider has won the Publisher’s Accolade in the Social Sciences for Outstanding Production Value at the

American Journal of Archaeology praises Liquid Footprints for its innovative angles
A book review by Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow of Liquid Footprints: Water, Urbanism, and Sustainability in Roman Ostia by Mark A. Locicero in American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 125, No. 4

“Ishikawa Sanshirō’s Geographical Imagination” shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society 2021 Gladstone Prize
Nadine Willems book “Ishikawa Sanshirō’s Geographical Imagination” published in the Critical, Connected Histories series has been shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society 2021 Gladstone Prize. The Gladstone Prize is one

Saskia Gieling new managing publisher of Leiden University Press
As of April 1, 2021, Dr. Saskia Gieling will be the new managing publisher of Leiden University Press (LUP), the academic press of Leiden University. Gieling brings a wealth of