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Talk of the Town: 8 Things That Happened in The Publishing Industry in August 2021

Talk of the Town: 8 Things That Happened in The Publishing Industry in August 2021

13 September 2021 Publishing Industry News

The book publishing industry saw a rousing first half with life getting back to some state of normalcy, offices opening up and in-person events taking place. Publishers are hopeful that the increased interest in reading will carry forward through 2021…and beyond. Anthem Press has tailored 8 remarkable and latest articles...

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Is History This Time Really Coming To An End?

Is History This Time Really Coming To An End?

11 September 2021 Guest Post

Much was heard lately about the emergence of a new Cold War between the United States and China. There is something both reassuring and disturbing about this confrontation: reassuring because we find in it something familiar and what we have overcome in the past in the case of the Soviet...

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Life in Reverse: Corollaries By Ron Westray

Life in Reverse: Corollaries By Ron Westray

7 September 2021 Guest Post

“It is possible that we exist in a predominantly narcissistic society – in which people want you to love them; and then they don’t want you anymore.” I occupy these worlds: jazz and academia. The jazz world is filled with pandering, patronage (real and false), banter and fastidious applause; meanwhile,...

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University Press Roundup: Beyond History and Identity, The Robot Century, Women in Translation Month 2021

University Press Roundup: Beyond History and Identity, The Robot Century, Women in Translation Month 2021

26 August 2021 University Press Blog Roundup

Check out this collection of 8 of the most interesting university press blog posts for this month. We aim to keep you informed, engaged, and part of the ongoing scholarly conversations. Beyond History and Identity-what else can we learn from the past You are just about to find out why...

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Talk of the Town: 8 Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in July 2021

Talk of the Town: 8 Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in July 2021

2 August 2021 Uncategorized

The pandemic has given us reasons to think differently, do the unthinkable and bring in variety to our lives. We never know what awaits us in the coming months. So why not increase our reading horizons and stay on top of what has been happening in the publishing industry? Do...

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University Press Roundup: The rise and fall of the European Super League, Nature’s wars, Euclid

University Press Roundup: The rise and fall of the European Super League, Nature’s wars, Euclid

20 July 2021 Uncategorized

Check out this collection of 8 of the most interesting university press blog posts for this month. We aim to keep you informed, engaged, and part of the ongoing scholarly conversations. 1. The Rise and Fall of the European Super League The Rise and fall of the European Super League:...

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Brexit and the Future of the European Union

by Ewoud van Laer

Brexit and the Future of the European Union

by Ewoud van Laer

20 June 2021 Guest Post

On 5 May 2021 the UK government dispatched two Royal Navy patrol boats, HMS Severn and HMS Tamar, to the waters off the coast of Jersey in the English Channel. The ships were not there to commemorate the end of the Second World War in Europe but to scare off...

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Talk of the Town: 8 Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in May 2021

Talk of the Town: 8 Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in May 2021

8 June 2021 Uncategorized

Tough times call for tougher measures. While the world is slowly healing, things shall not return to normal any time soon. Going by the latest data given out by WHO, it is time to adapt to a new normal, where safety and hygiene should be our prime focus and we...

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Digital identity, rights and citizenship in Latin America and the Caribbean: who are we including and who is being left behind?

Digital identity, rights and citizenship in Latin America and the Caribbean: who are we including and who is being left behind?

7 June 2021 Guest Post

The guest author of this post is Eve Hayes de Kalaf. She is a Stipendiary Fellow at the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and the author of the Anthem title ‘Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic’. Over the...

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Heavy Metal Women: How Gender Matters in Popular Culture

Heavy Metal Women: How Gender Matters in Popular Culture

7 June 2021 Guest Post

Anna S. Rogers and Mathieu Deflem What happens to women when they do something only men have traditionally been expected and accepted to do? What motivates these women to move beyond conventional mores and enter communities and subcultures that are not only dominated by men but shaped by their values...

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