From the fourteenth century, prostitutes in Florence were encouraged to leave their profession and spend their lives in repentance at the monastery of Sant’Elisabetta delle Convertite. Many did over i...

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

Copim reflects on Wiley’s acquisition of Emerald and the issues of scale and corporate consolidation in academic publishing.

This is a two-year research project examining the changing relationships between STEM museums and industrial patronage, through both historical and contemporary lenses.

The Open Book Collective is seeking a highly organised, proactive Head of Operations to help lead the day-to-day running of our growing organisation.

The digitisation of cultural heritage has had a transformative effect both on humanities research and on research and professional practice in the cultural heritage sector, even if the scale and natur...

A newly launched toolkit offers practical guidance to cultural heritage professionals and researchers on preserving fragile and outdated media formats.

Subjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society

Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

This volume presents case studies in classical and Byzantine research that exemplify practices, structures and standards in open data which transform and subvert historical scholarship. It leverages n...

Joanne and Jordy met with Justin from the LSE Press to discuss how they achieve accessible content.

Our mission at the University of London Press is to ‘open up humanities research’, and a key element of this is our commitment to open access publishing for the majority of our new books. The proven b...

Writing history is an art and a craft. This handbook supports research students and independent scholars by showing how the historical profession works and how to participate in its vibrant community ...

An essential teaching companion offering practical strategies for enhancing learning for all teachers of history in higher education. The study of the eighteenth century has been a growth area in univ...

Event: OIPA Symposium 2026 Register for the OIPA 2026 Symposium Overview Thursday, June 18  •  10 AM – 5 PM •  Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Fa…

Event: OIPA Symposium 2026 Register for the OIPA 2026 Symposium Overview Following on from the success of the 2024 OIPA Symposium, this year’s event will feature panels, lightning talks and w…