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International Women’s Day Series 2026 The SAS International Women’s Day Series brings together and celebrates the work of women as leaders, creators, and innovators in the Arts & Humanities within SAS and beyond.

🎉International Women’s Day at the School of Advanced Study

We’re marking International Women’s Day with a programme of events. From research showcases to collaborative workshops, this series brings together colleagues and partners across the humanities.

👉 www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Happy World Book Day!

Strong reading skills have been shown to improve children’s academic attainment across a range of subjects. But in 2024, 1 in 8 young people aged 5-18 said that they did not have a book of their own at home.

Support @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social & everyone sharing their books 📚

Overview of Journals Publishing

Our popular 'Overview to #Journal #Publishing’ session is running on 12th March! 📅 2-3pm via Zoom.

A journal editor & author discuss different perspectives on the journal publishing process & finding the right journal for you. Sign up to attend:

www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

#OpenAccess #Training

We’re pleased to be part of this year's London Open Science & Scholarship Festival with lots of wonderful publishers & institutions! #LDNOpenFest26 #OpenAccess

Thanks so much to those involved in our panel including @paulakennedy.bsky.social & @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social!

View the full schedule:

Migrating Borders and Citizenship in Law - University of London Press Borders not only demarcate nations and territories, but transform people into migrants. Hand-in-hand with law and law enforcement, borders create residents and foreigners. The law ascertains who cross...

Publishing this month:

Migrating Borders and Citizenship in Law: Scales, Locales, Themes and Practices by Prof Devyani Prabhat

Part of the Reimagining Law & Justice series published in association with @ials.bsky.social

uolpress.co.uk/book/migrati...

#OpenAccess #LegalStudies #Immigration

Front cover of 'Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire', by Rowan Thompson.

Coming soon: the next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series is 'Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire', by Rowan Thompson: bit.ly/474AbHq

Published free OA & in p/back @uolpress.bsky.social on 9 April #Skystorians 1/2

What might stop authors from wanting to publish an experimental book?

@emmagallon.bsky.social says often it’s a widespread lack of awareness of what can be done. What are the possibilities for publishing your research in different ways? Publishers need to show ppl what’s possible.
#CopimConference

Slide titled Our publishing experiments, with bulleted text that reads: - Experimentation an explicit part of UoL Press's publishing remit - Manifold platform - Example book projects: Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, Women Working in the Past, Living with Machines

1/ OBC publishers are innovating when it comes not only to #OpenAccess, but also to form & process. Emma Gallon @emmagallon.bsky.social from @uolpress.bsky.social talking at the #CopimConference about how the press is engaging in a range of #ExperimentalPublishing practices

Slide from the University of London Press on display at the Copim Conference. Text says: Developments in experimental book publishing - three reflections 1) Experimental publishing is increasingly blurring the distinction between where the research project stops and the publication process begins. 2) Experimental publishing continues to be resource- and labour-intensive. 3) There's a reciprocal relationship between experimental publishing and positive (open) research cultures. Publishers as collaborators

The final note from our Publisher @emmagallon.bsky.social is for publishers to be collaborators.

#OpenAccess and experimental publishing can make a really positive contribution to (open) research cultures.

#CopimConference

Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...

Example book projects that used experimental publishing:
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship doi.org/10.63674/yra...
Living with Machines: Computational Histories of the Age of Industry uolpress.co.uk/book/living-...
#CopimConference

Screen on display at the Copim conference showing new enhanced editions by the University of London Press

Our member @uolpress.bsky.social’s Publisher @emmagallon.bsky.social presenting at the #CopimConference on experimental publishing, with a number of enhanced projects available and forthcoming.

Digital screen on display at the Copim Conference showing the University of London Press logo and the title ‘Experimental Publishing Futures’

Our colleague @emmagallon.bsky.social is now presenting on our experimental and multimodal book publishing. #OpenAccess gives us room to rethink what a scholarly book can be. Excited to publish two enhanced OA editions this year using our instance of @manifoldscholar.bsky.social.

#CopimConference

This presentation from @emmabooth.bsky.social was a great endorsement for @thoth-metadata.bsky.social (who we work with to help disseminate our #OpenAccess books).

‘No open access without open infrastructures’.

Feeling energised by yesterday’s #CopimConference and excited for today! Values-driven, community‑owned, scholar‑led infrastructures aren’t just ideals, they’re becoming part of the reality of sustainable #OpenAccess book publishing.

Great to see everyone and be part of some inspiring conversations at the #CopimConference today!

We're looking forward to this! Lots of great sessions planned, including one with our colleague @emmagallon.bsky.social.

We're also excited to see many of those involved with @oipassoc.bsky.social 🤗

#OpenAccess #CopimConference

Great new book klaxon!

Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle (Part 1) By Rachel E. Johnson YouTube video by The Dr. Anotida Chikumbu - BOOK SERIES

Watch a video discussion about recent #OpenAccess book, Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle with author @rachelejohnson.bsky.social:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmK7...

#SouthAfrica #History #Skystorians @ihr.bsky.social

Access the book: uolpress.co.uk/book/voice-s...

- Museums and Patronage by Scott Anthony, @byrnealice.bsky.social & Harry Parker

- Living with Machines by @ruthahnert.bsky.social, Emma Griffin, @jonhistorian61.bsky.social and the Living with Machines Team!

We can't wait for all of these books to be out in the world! Follow us for updates.

- Artificial Intelligence, Art and Indigeneity by @theapitman.bsky.social, Sandra De Berduccy & Andreas Rauh

- Open Data in Ancient and Byzantine Studies by @nottinauta.bsky.social & @palaeofuturist.bsky.social

- Insiders and Outsiders in the History of Law by @gwenseabourne.bsky.social & @jhmccunn.bsky.social

- Literature for Change by Charles Burdett, @drjoeford.bsky.social, Godela Weiss-Sussex & @naswells.bsky.social

Plus many more exciting titles throughout the year such as:

- Women Working the Past by @katherineharloe.bsky.social & @amalexathorn.bsky.social

- Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence by @drgillhistory.bsky.social

Organised Crime and Migration - University of London Press Human mobility, organised crime and corruption remain critical issues in Mexico and Central America. This book is the first to consider together three major, interconnected ways in which organised cri...

Organised Crime and Migration by Dr Victoria Knox, part of our Critical #HumanRights Studies series, published with @hrc-sas.bsky.social and @icws-sas.bsky.social.

Published #OpenAccess with funding from @acls1919.bsky.social with generous support from Arcadia.

uolpress.co.uk/book/organis...

The 1st book in an exciting brand new #OpenAccess series on #DigitalCulture, Exploring Digital Cultural Heritage by Eirini Goudarouli from @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @amsichani.bsky.social and @jfwinters.bsky.social from @sas-news.bsky.social, May 2026:

uolpress.co.uk/book/explori...

Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain - University of London Press While militaristic and patriotic organisations formed an important part of Edwardian political culture, 1918 often marks a terminus for histories of organised militarism in Britain. Taking the end of ...

👀 Looking ahead at some of the brilliant books we have coming up this year...

Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain by @rowan-thompson.bsky.social, part of our New Historical Perspectives series published with @ihr.bsky.social:

uolpress.co.uk/book/organis...

#Skystorians #History #OpenAccess

An event to celebrate the launch of this brilliant new #OpenAccess book, published with @ials.bsky.social:

uolpress.co.uk/book/migrati...

This is a great write up of everything @oipassoc.bsky.social has achieved over the last year. 30 new members! We're proud to be a founding member and excited for the year ahead, championing #OpenAccess together.

Thanks @beckywojturska.bsky.social!

‘Postcards, Translators and #Esperanto Pioneers: An Alternative History of International Communication’ by Guilherme Fians, Bernhard Struck and Claire Taylor is out now in #OpenAccess!

You can read it here (@uolpress.bsky.social) : doi.org/10.63674/wuj....

Two grant schemes from the School of Advanced Study are now open for applications: Being Human Festival 2026 and the Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities’ new Collaboration and Innovation Grant.

Go to bit.ly/3ZoolUq for details on how to apply

If you work in production in #publishing and are open to a new role or know anyone who might be, we are #hiring!

www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

The closing date is 15th Feb. We're a small and friendly team focused on making high quality #OpenAccess books in the #humanities.

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