Helena Heald

Journal of Roman Studies review:

"[This] is an admirably accessible volume... Many of these chapters will be top recommendations on my undergraduate and postgraduate reading lists. Overall, the volume is an impressive piece of work that makes a valuable and fresh contribution to the field."

Publishing trainee - Edinburgh | Opportunities @ Creative Access Closing date for applications: Sunday 24th August at 11.59pm Salary: National Living Wage Duration: 6 months Working hours: Mon-Fri, 35 hours (flexible sta

We are delighted to be working with @creativeaccess.bsky.social to recruit for our publishing trainee. If you want to join our team, we’d love to hear from you!

For more information, check out the following:
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Workshop: How to Edit Your Own Book Turn your current work-in-progress into a manuscript that scholarly publishers will actually want. Join Laura Portwood-Stacer to learn a time-tested method for developing publishable scholarly books, ...

If you are like the many academic book writers I know who were never taught a systematic way to revise a manuscript (and can therefore feel the writing process dragging on longer than you want it to), my next free workshop on August 6th is for you

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Myth and History in Ancient Persia Myth and History in Ancient Persia

🦁more info (including all the details you could share with your library), here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-myth-an...

Photo of a hardback book, Myth and History in Ancient Persia by Reza Shaghaghi Zarghamee. The cover shows a carved figure holding a lion.

But wait, there's more! New on the @edinburghup.bsky.social bookshelf: Myth and History in Ancient Persia by Reza Shaghaghi Zarghamee, "another radiant entry in Edinburgh Studies in Ancient Persia"

🔗Check out the free ebook on the @edinburghup.bsky.social website: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-slavery...

A photo of a hardback book, Slavery and Honour in the Ancient Greek World, edited by David Lewis, Mirko Canevaro and Douglas Cairns. The cover includes an ancient vase painting of a shackled humanoid figure.

Happy Friday! May I interest you in a free book? SLAVERY AND HONOUR IN THE ANCIENT GREEK WORLD is out now in Open Access! This edited collection from David Lewis, Mirko Canevaro and Douglas Cairns explores the complexities of honour and dishonour in ancient Greek slavery.

It me 🤩 delighted to be on the Rising Star list alongside some amazing book folk!

A photo of a baby seagull waiting at a counter in a restaurant.

(bonus seagull queueing politely for dinner)

Heading back after a fab time in St Andrews for the #CA2025. Conferences are one of the best bits of my job, and they're even better when they're in a sunny seaside town 🌊

An empty Edinburgh University Press table

The books are hidden away and sleeping while the ceilidh is on but I'll be BACK tomorrow morning for more books and more book chat ✨ #CA2025

Drop by for book chat! Or slightly out of date St Andrews recommendations...

A photo of the Edinburgh University Press book stall, Helena Heald stands behind it.

Hello #CA2025 👋

Wildly excited to be hopping over to Fife for the #CA2025 this weekend 🌞

Also great to catch up with Late Roman Italy editor Jeroen Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social. The collection is available now in paperback!

Lovely quick #IMC2025 trip! Thanks to everyone who stopped by for a chat 🤩 Next stop 🔜 #CA2025

I have nightmares of this wolf sometimes 😂

A book stall full of Edinburgh University Press books.

Hello Leeds! Drop by for some book chat at the @edinburghup.bsky.social stand👋 #IMC2025

Vacancy: Key Account Manager - Americas We are looking for a Key Account Manager - Americas to join the sales team for a full time, permanent contract.

We're hiring!

EUP is looking for a Key Account Manager to join our busy Sales team. This full-time, permanent role focuses on developing relationships with institutional libraries across the Americas.

Find out more and apply 👉 edin.ac/4l2je5m

Hey kids! First time at the #IMC2025 @imc-leeds.bsky.social?

Here are some of Old Man Kramer's Hot Tips!

#medievalsky

*out now, for it is, in fact, June (somehow)

Social Stratification in Late Byzantium Social Stratification in Late Byzantium

edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-social-...

Toxic Masculinity in the Ancient World Toxic Masculinity in the Ancient World

edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-toxic-m...

Believing Ancient Women Believing Ancient Women

edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-believi...

Socioeconomic Transformation in the Sasanian Empire Socioeconomic Transformation in the Sasanian Empire

edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-socioec...

Photo of a stack of four books on a desk, their spines facing outwards so their titles can be read: Socioeconomic Transformation in the Sasanian Empire, Believing Ancient Women, Toxic Masculinity in the Ancient World and Social Stratification in Late Byzantium

Lovely clutch of paperbacks out this month! Featuring:
🚶Sasanian settlement patterns
♀️Feminist epistemological frameworks
⚔️ Toxic masculinity
🏘️Byzantine social structure

🖼️"This combination of literary, theoretical and media-focused approaches results in a wide array of tantalizing analyses at times as compelling as the objects they scrutinize." fab new review of Amy Mars Lather's @edinburghup.bsky.social book: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Less than a month! See you soon, Leeds 🤩

See you there!

Huge congratulations!