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Women and Ports The role of women in the maritime sector has long been overlooked. Diverting from the image of women passively waiting for men to return, this edition of the Yearbook of Women’s History argues that wo...

πŸ“š The new @womenshistory.bsky.social is out with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social now! 'Women and Ports' focuses on the hidden role of women in harbors, ranging from protestors to entrepeneurs. Had a lot of fun editing this! www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

24.11.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Women and Ports The role of women in the maritime sector has long been overlooked. Diverting from the image of women passively waiting for men to return, this edition of the Yearbook of Women’s History argues that wo...

Our new book, Women and Ports, is out now with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social! Read more about it here:

www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

24.11.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello Bluesky πŸ‘‹πŸŸ¦

We’re CEU Press, an independent academic publisher championing democratic thought, academic freedom & a diverse set of voices.

We publish books and journals in the humanities & social sciences.

Follow to hear about our latest books, open access initiatives & calls for proposals!

21.10.2025 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Great news!! My special issue on Writing for Third Parties: Commercial Manuscript Production in the Late Middle Ages (Queeste, @amsterdamupress.bsky.social) is now available in open access.

Looking much forward to your reactions!

www.aup-online.com/content/jour...

08.10.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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At the beginning of this month, my book 'ASML and Dutch Physics' was officially launched with a panel discussion on the perks and challenges of public-private collaboration in science.

The book is now available through the website of @amsterdamupress.bsky.social (see links below)

24.09.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A book cover, with a detail at the top of a drawing including a ship on a body of water. The bottom half of the book is aquamarine, containing the book title and the publisher's name and logo.

A book cover, with a detail at the top of a drawing including a ship on a body of water. The bottom half of the book is aquamarine, containing the book title and the publisher's name and logo.

New from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social -

Nautical Rutters & New Bodies of Knowledge in the Age of the First Globalization, 1400-1600
Edited by Luis Ribeiro, David Salomoni, & Henrique LeitΓ£o
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

Available for download as #OpenAccess -
admin.library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

06.09.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈPractices and Narratives of Early Modern Piracy:
Connecting the Seas, 1550–1800, edited by @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner,
the newest book in @amsterdamupress.bsky.social Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 book series is out *22 Sept 2025* Available to preorder: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

07.09.2025 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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What is #European? Democracy? Freedom? Many people have one-sided or distorted ideas about this, as professor Dag Nikolaus #Hasse (#History of #Philosophy) shows in a book that is now also available in English @amsterdamupress.bsky.social

16.09.2025 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The book cover of Persuasive Gaming in Context

The book cover of Persuasive Gaming in Context

CORRECTION!!! This was a duplicate from #62, so changing this entry to...

403. PERSUASIVE GAMING IN CONTEXT

πŸ‘‰ www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/persuas...

#GameStudies @teresadelahera.bsky.social @jj-58.bsky.social @amsterdamupress.bsky.social #Gaming #Books #Booksky

15.08.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of the book "A Transmedia Archaeology of Film Promotion Online: Horror Ballyhoo and Fantastic Nostalgia" with a black background and the outline of a giant bunny (from the film DONNIE DARKO) created by white ASCII text.

The cover of the book "A Transmedia Archaeology of Film Promotion Online: Horror Ballyhoo and Fantastic Nostalgia" with a black background and the outline of a giant bunny (from the film DONNIE DARKO) created by white ASCII text.

If you've spent quality time in cyberspace with the Blair Witch or Frank the Bunny, Kim Walden's new book about horror film experiential websites is for you. "A Transmedia Archaeology of Film Promotion Online" @amsterdamupress.bsky.social. Aca-priced, so nudge a librarian.
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

15.08.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion <p><em>NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion</em>, formerly known as Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift (NTT), is a leading platform for academic debate in the fields of religion and theo...

NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social is a leading platform for academic debate in the fields of #Religion and #Theology.

Keep an eye out for regular special issues on current topics πŸ‘€πŸ“°

➑️ www.scienceopen.com/collection/A...

01.08.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Heat of Change: The Study of Religion and Theology in the Netherlands (1989–2024) <p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" dir="auto" id="d3983281e69">This article discusses the transformation of theology and religious studies in the Netherlands between ...

'The Heat of Change: The Study of Religion and Theology in the Netherlands (1989–2024)' - an article published in the @amsterdamupress.bsky.social NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion on #ScienceOpen:

πŸ”— www.scienceopen.com/document?vid...

πŸ–‡οΈ #Theology #ReligiousStudies #DutchAcademia

01.08.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Voor @amsterdamupress.bsky.social stelden Frans Willem Lantink en Jeroen Koch de bundel 'Nederlandse historici over #Duitsland. Actualiteit en (dis)continuΓ―teit' samen. De Duitse geschiedenis lijkt alleen maar uit breuken te bestaan, maar kent ook doorgaande lijnen:
www.mdnl.nl?p=18462

04.08.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A book cover; the top half reproduces a picture of a 2-page spread of a 17th-century manuscript. The bottom half contains title, subtitle, volume editor's name, and the publisher's name and logo.

A book cover; the top half reproduces a picture of a 2-page spread of a 17th-century manuscript. The bottom half contains title, subtitle, volume editor's name, and the publisher's name and logo.

New from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social -

Discovering Bridget Manningham’s Rivall Friendship:
A Seventeenth-Century Manuscript Romance
Edited by Jean Brink
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

See the table of contents here: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

30.07.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Art of Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721-1782) The Art of Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721–1782) is the first English-language monograph on this exceptional German artist that critically examines Therbusch’s artworks and career as a history and mytho...

There is a new book about the artist from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social –

The Art of Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721-1782),
by Christina Lindeman

Read about it at www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

23.07.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And what's more, it's published open access by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social , so you can read it now and easily teach with it in the autumn if so minded.

02.07.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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image of two children looking at mini colloseum rendering, with text 'Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture Annual Conference' on top

AUP and CEUPress will attend the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture Annual Conference, taking place this week at the University of Amsterdam.

Drop by our table to browse our latest titles and journals, and chat with us!

www.aup.nl/en/events/am...

30.06.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ CALL FOR PAPERS!

Want to publish your Gender Studies BA/MA thesis as an academic article? - This is your chance.

Curious to learn more? Find all details using the link below.
▢️ www.aup-online.com/upload/TvGen...

#GenderStudies #TvG #Academia #AUP

23.06.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
A book cover that features, in the top half, a manuscript of a 17th-century recipe as the cover image.

A book cover that features, in the top half, a manuscript of a 17th-century recipe as the cover image.

Congratulations to Hillary Nunn on the publication of

Recipes on the Move in Early Modern England & British North America
Domestic Medicine, Mobility & Manuscript Culture
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
@amsterdamupress.bsky.social, 2025

It appears in "Connected Histories in the Early Modern World."

11.06.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NEW BOOK SERIES with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social !

#photography #mediastudies #arthistory #digitalcultures #aiimages

02.06.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to see this new collection Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy: Connecting the Seas, 1550–1800, eds @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social in Maritime Humanities 1400-1800 series
Out 18/8/25 & available to pre-order: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
β˜ οΈπŸ΄β€β˜ οΈβš“

28.05.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion <p><em>NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion</em>, formerly known as Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift (NTT), is a leading platform for academic debate in the fields of religion and theo...

NTT Journal for #Theology and the Study of #Religion by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social has a broad scope and welcomes contributions from religious studies, theology, and a wide range of disciplines within the #Humanities and the #SocialSciences: www.scienceopen.com/collection/A...

26.05.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Recipes on the Move in Early Modern England and British North America <p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d8460188e60">Using feminist and ecocritical approaches alongside recent historical work on early moder...

'Recipes on the Move in Early Modern England and British North America' - a πŸ†• book published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social on #ScienceOpen: www.scienceopen.com/book?vid=3e2...

22.05.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amsterdam University Press Books <p>A leading European press with an international outlook.</p><p>Across the humanities and social sciences, Amsterdam University Press (AUP) publish academic monographs, edited collections, handbooks,...

A leading European press with an international outlook - Across the #Humanities and #SocialSciences, @amsterdamupress.bsky.social publish academic monographs, edited collections, handbooks, reference works, textbooks, journals and conference proceedings: www.scienceopen.com/collection/A...

22.05.2025 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With @sgessner.bsky.social and Nikolaj Bijleveld I publish an edited volume with contributions of many others on Devotees of Science around 1800.

It's published with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social and is available (Open Access!) in June (proofs handed in on Monday)

www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

22.05.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Had a great time talking to Emily Colbert Cairns and Nieves Romero-Diaz on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about #EarlyModern Maternities in the #Iberian Atlantic #skystorians #earlymodernist #gender #IberianHistory @amsterdamupress.bsky.social

newbooksnetwork.com/early-modern...

19.05.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Aaron Benanav’s (@abenanav.bsky.social) review of Precarious Workers: History of Debates, Political Mobilizations, and Labor Reforms in Italy by Eloisa Betti (published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social)

doi.org/10.1215/1547...

15.05.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
book cover of Greg de Cuir's 'Yugoslav Black Wave' -- all in black and white

book cover of Greg de Cuir's 'Yugoslav Black Wave' -- all in black and white

Greg de Cuir's 'Yugoslav Black Wave' is out now!

The Yugoslav Black Wave remains the last major postwar European new wave yet to receive sustained critical attention β€” a gap this book seeks to address.

www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... #yugoslavcinema #yugoslavhistory #cinemahistory #newwave

13.05.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Disability & Sanctity in the Middle Ages' is now published with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social. For folks interested in visual impairment, I've contributed a chapter exploring visual impairments and sanctity in medieval imagery.

www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

#disabilityhistory #histmed #newpublication

12.05.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BOOK REVIEW: Frederik DHONDT, "Ineke Huysman en Roosje Peeters eds., Johan de Witt en het Rampjaar. Een bloemlezing uit zijn correspondentie (Uitgeverij Catullus; Soest, 2022) 272 p., ill., €24,99 ISB... (image source: AUP ) First paragraph: Deze heel verzorgde derde bundel over de correspondentie van Johan de Witt brengt 26 β€˜schatten uit h...

BOOK REVIEW: Frederik DHONDT, "Ineke Huysman en Roosje Peeters eds., Johan de Witt en het Rampjaar. Een bloemlezing uit zijn correspondentie" (Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis CXXXVIII (2025), nr. 1 (May), 83-84)

@amsterdamupress.bsky.social πŸ“–

vubcore.blogspot.com/2025/05/book...

12.05.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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