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Most read in French Studies this week:
Hauntology, Spectres and Phantoms by Colin Davis.

Read it in the French Studies online archive: bit.ly/FS-Hauntology
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#FrenchStudies #SubscribetoOpen

With less than two weeks to go until #UPREDUX2026, have you registered your place?

Join us on the 17-18 March at The Spine in Liverpool, UK, for two days of practical insights, candid conversations, and collaborative strategies for navigating the evolving terrain of publishing.

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📖 Most read in the latest issue of the Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Spatial Competition and Pass-through of Fuel Taxes: Evidence from a Quasi-natural Experiment in Germany, by Frederik von Waldow and Heike Link.

Read it online at: bit.ly/JTEP-Fuel-Taxes
#TransportPolicy #PublicPolicy

If you are attending the Redux in March, please come along to a session I am chairing - How Does AI COUNT? Normalised Usage Metrics in an Artificial World.
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Only for AUPresses members - sorry.

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Today at CAA 2026: Sculpture Journal editors Erin C. Giffin (Hamilton College) and Teresa Kittler (University of York) present “Sculpture and the Non-Normative Body.”
🕚 11:00–12:30
📍 Hilton Chicago, 3rd Floor, Private Dining Room 2 (Hybrid)
#CAA2026 #CAA #ArtHistory

The @aupresses.bsky.social Journals Committee (including me) have organised a Hangout - Let's Talk About…The Impact of AI on University Presses, Thurs 3/5 at 12p EST.

Please do some along if you are a member!

2026 Annual Conference The Society for French Studies is the UK's premier scholarly organisation for encouraging and supporting intellectual enquiry in French studies at all levels.

We are delighted to announce that registration for our Annual Conference is now open.🔔

The conference will take place at the University of Leicester, 29 June - 1 July 2026.

See link below to register and check out the provisional programme:

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AUPresses Hangout

Attention journals-publishing members: Make plans to attend this AUPresses Hangout: Let's Talk About…The Impact of AI on University Presses, Thurs 3/5 at 12p EST. Our Journals Committee is hosting this open discussion and exchange of ideas & resources. Register here: https://bit.ly/4rY0TcP.

This year, for Lent, I’m giving up.

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I'm attending #UPREDUX2026 in Liverpool on 17th - 18th March! Hope to see you there.
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From “AI helps me write” to “AI runs the workflow”: Eight Tech-trend Reports through a Publishing-and-learning Lens - The Scholarly Kitchen A review of eight technology industry trend reports that offer a similar conclusion: AI is no longer a feature. It’s becoming infrastructure — and the unit of value is moving from “a better tool” to “...

"In our industries, trust is the foundation and the product"

Interesting piece on SK today, looking at four tech-trend themes from finance, commerce, and marketing that are likely to impact scholarly publishing and education....

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Great news!

National Indexing Day 2026 The Society of Indexers is celebrating National Indexing Day for the tenth successive year on Tuesday 31 March 2026. This year we will be celebrating with a hal

Our annual celebration of indexes and indexing, National Indexing Day, takes place on Tues 31 March 2026. We’ll be celebrating online (follow #IndexDay) and running half-day workshops all about indexing for publishing professionals in London. Find out more and book your place at: buff.ly/y0rLvyT

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New Special Issue of Bulletin of Hispanic Studies now out. Exploring contemporary Spanish art fictions and the artist novel in the context of creative capitalism, late liberalism & precariousness, with work on Vila-Matas, Morales, Kopf, Chirbes & more.
🔗 bit.ly/BHS-ArtFictions #HispanicStudies

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I accept you with minor revisions.

Promotional banner for a Sculpture Journal panel at the College Art Association Annual Conference 2026. Text reads “Sculpture and the Non-Normative Body,” Friday, February 20, 2026, 11:00 AM–12:30 PM. Sculpture Journal logo at top left, CAA logo at top right, and Liverpool University Press logo at bottom right, over a monochrome abstract sculptural background.

A reminder for those attending CAA 2026: Sculpture Journal editors Erin C. Giffin (Hamilton College) and Teresa Kittler (University of York) will present the panel “Sculpture and the Non-Normative Body.”
Full details at: bit.ly/SJ-CAA-2026
#CAA2026 #CAA

We’re proud to share that our Journals & Online Manager, @emmalburridge.bsky.social, is part of the @aupresses.bsky.social Faculty Outreach Committee, who’ve created the excellent AskUP guide for authors.
➡️Take a look below or follow the link: bit.ly/LUP-AskUP

Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one. Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.

Bad Bunny had read and admired Jorell Meléndez-Badillo's book "Puerto Rico: A National History", which is published by Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social.

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The new issue of Labour History Review is out now, online and in print
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Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda review – millennial vampire tale with bite This debut novel is a surefooted, art-filled and wholly 21st-century take on bloodsucking

Started this last night - really fun so far.

www.theguardian.com/books/2022/m...

Promotional banner for a Sculpture Journal panel at the College Art Association Annual Conference 2026. Text reads “Sculpture and the Non-Normative Body,” Friday, February 20, 2026, 11:00 AM–12:30 PM. Sculpture Journal logo at top left, CAA logo at top right, and Liverpool University Press logo at bottom right, over a monochrome abstract sculptural background.

Attending CAA 2026? Join Sculpture Journal editors Erin C. Giffin (Hamilton College) and Teresa Kittler (University of York) for the panel “Sculpture and the Non-Normative Body.”
Find out more at: bit.ly/SJ-CAA-2026
#CAA #CAA2026 #ArtHistory #Sculpture

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Every subscription to LUP Open Planning helps to support #OpenAccess to the latest content for scholars worldwide. Helping to build a more inclusive research community 🌍
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New episode! Beatles scholar @feldmanbarrett.bsky.social explores the mystery, storytelling and sitar-soaked brilliance of Norwegian Wood, and why it still feels so modern.

Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1820033/epis...

#beatles #thebeatles #beatlesforever

📢New issue alert!

The first issue of the Journal of Transport Economics and Policy published fully by @livunipress.bsky.social is now available, with new research on fuel tax pass-through, high-speed rail and poverty, and the regulation of bus station infrastructure.

Check it out!

“Everything We Do Matters.” Minneapolis’s Moon Palace Books is a Hub For Anti-ICE Resistance Angela Schwesnedl from Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis picked up my phone call on Saturday almost two hours to the minute after Alex Pretti was murdered in the street by ICE officers. “If you have…

Independent bookstores have become important sites of community organizing and support. Check out this great interview with one of the owners of Moon Palace, the local indie in the neighborhood of Longfellow.

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Fort Snelling: The Advance Guard of Federal Invasion Since 1805 - Racket Federal agents are once more using Fort Snelling for its established purpose: to maintain a “monopoly of violence.”

Distinguished McKnight Professor at the University of Minnesota, press author, and former Faculty Board member David Chang penned an important essay on the history of Fort Snelling, out of which ICE is operating.

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The University of Minnesota Press is sharing a curated list of Books for Understanding to aid readers wishing to learn more about the local history of the Twin Cities as well as the broader contexts of race, immigration, and citizenship in the U.S.

Why Authors Aren't Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) Do About It - The Scholarly Kitchen Only a negligible percentage of authors seem to actually be disclosing their AI use. Here's why I think that's the case.

I've found these articles on Scholarly Kitchen really useful:

Why Authors Aren’t Disclosing AI Use and What Publishers Should (Not) Do About It (parts 1 & 2)

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scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/02/03/w...

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