Series
Our publishing programme includes a broad range of book series, including newer cutting-edge series and previous long-running successful series across many areas of humanities research. We publish several series in partnership with academic centres and scholarly organisations, including the Royal Historical Society and renowned humanities Institutes within the School of Advanced Study.
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New Historical Perspectives (27 books)
Series editor(s): Elizabeth Hurren, Professor of Modern History, University of Leicester, UK and Sarah Longair, Senior Lecturer in the History of Empire, University of Lincoln, UK
New Historical Perspectives is an open access book series for early career scholars (within ten years of their doctorate), who are writing their first book. The series is commissioned, edited and published by the Royal Historical Society and the University of London Press in association with the Institute …
Reimagining Law and Justice (4 books)
Series editor(s): Carl F. Stychin, Director and Professor of Law, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London, UK
Today, societies face urgent questions about the meaning of justice, whether that takes the form of racial, sexual, economic, environmental, reparative, intergenerational, interspecies or social justice. The Reimagining Law and Justice series, published in association with the Institute of Advanced …
Critical Human Rights Studies (8 books)
Series editor(s): Damien Short, Professor of Human Rights and Environmental Justice, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, UK
The Critical Human Rights Studies series is committed to investigating today’s most pressing human rights issues from diverse interdisciplinary and intellectual perspectives. It embraces critically engaged scholarship, methodologies spanning the humanities and social sciences, creative non-fiction …
Humanities Futures (0 books)
Humanities Futures is a new book series that advocates powerfully for the value of the humanities and their vital role in tackling contemporary society’s most pressing issues.
Our need for the humanities is greater than ever. In today’s rapidly changing world, the humanities provide critical …
Understanding Languages, Cultures and Societies (2 books)
Series editor(s): Charles Burdett, Director; Joseph Ford, Senior Lecturer in French Studies; Godela Weiss-Sussex, Professor of Modern German Literature; and Naomi Wells, Senior Lecturer in Languages and Digital Humanities, ILCS, School of Advanced Study, University of London, UK
Understanding Languages, Cultures and Societies is an open access book series that supports and advances the integrated study of languages, cultures, and societies. Published in association with the ILCS, one of the principal goals of the series is to demonstrate the subject area’s significant contribution …
Digital Cultural Heritage (1 books)
Series editor(s): Dr Eirini Goudarouli (The National Archives), Dr Anna-Maria Sichani (School of Advanced Study) and Professor Jane Winters (School of Advanced Study)
A forum for exploring the past, present and future of digital cultural heritage, both digitised and born-digital.
Digital cultural heritage exists in many contexts, from large museum, library and archive collections to other forms of digital content generated by individuals, communities, …
History & Policy Shorts (1 books)
Series editor(s): Philip Murphy, Professor of British and Commonwealth History and Director of History and Policy, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, UK; Simon Szreter, Professor of History and Public Policy and Fellow of St John’s College, University of Cambridge, UK; Laura King, Professor of Collaborative History, University of Leeds, UK
History & Policy Shorts is a series of concise, open access books designed to foster dialogue between professional historians and policymakers, providing concrete examples of how history and historical reasoning can assist in finding answers to major contemporary problems.
Published in …
IHR Shorts (7 books)
IHR Shorts is an open access series of concise and insightful commentaries on topical historical subjects. The series is published with the Institute of Historical Research and was designed to cater for new research that’s best communicated in a form that’s longer than a journal article …
VCH Shorts (23 books)
The Victoria County History Shorts series of paperback parish and urban histories aims to bring local research to publication as swiftly as possible, and to inspire readers to get involved with VCH ventures in their own localities. Each history makes a new contribution to the Victoria County History, …
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplements (85 books)
Series editor(s): Katherine Harloe, Director, Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, UK
Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies – Supplements was established in 1965 as a forum for publication of new research and scholarship in all areas of classical studies. Along with the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies journal, it continues today as a venue for the publication …
imlr books (19 books)
Formerly known as igrs books, the imlr books series comprises monographs and volumes of essays in the field of Modern Languages (French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and comparative studies), and is published with the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, University of London.
Selection …
OBserving Law (6 books)
OBserving Law – the IALS Open Book Service for Law is an open access book publishing initiative aiming to provide a showcase for the vibrant state of legal scholarship, by publishing the best monographic works in law and making them free to read anywhere. It embraces the full scope of legal …
IHR Conference Series (18 books)
The IHR Conference Series publishes edited collections of new research, typically derived from academic conferences and workshops. Volumes in the series range widely: from medieval gender identities and twentieth-century historiography, to spatial histories and historical biography. The series, published …
Warburg Institute Colloquia (21 books)
The books in this series represent the curated published proceedings of conferences held at the Warburg Institute. Each volume consists mainly or entirely of papers presented at a conference, then developed, reworked and peer-reviewed for publication. The subject matter for Colloquia volumes follows …
Warburg Institute Studies & Texts (7 books)
Warburg Institute Studies and Texts is the successor to Studies of the Warburg Institute and Warburg Institute Surveys and Texts. It is a peer-reviewed series which publishes the original research of scholars associated with the Warburg Institute, in the fields of cultural history, art history and …
Hilda Hulme Lecture Series (8 books)
The Hilda Hulme Memorial Lectures held at the Institute of English Studies were established in 1985 following a donation from Mr Mohamed Aslam in memory of his wife, Dr Hilda Hulme. The lectures are on the subject of English literature and relate to one of ‘the three fields in which Dr Hulme specialised, …