How the Indo-European peoples imagined death – Language, myth and archaeology in a new book

 By interweaving philological analysis, archaeological evidence and mythological narratives, Indo-European Afterlives offers new perspectives on how notions of death and the beyond were embedded in early Indo-European belief systems. From poetic visions of the afterlife to the ritual logic of cremation and the etymology of mourning, Indo-European Afterlives examines how the transition from life to death was conceptualized … More How the Indo-European peoples imagined death – Language, myth and archaeology in a new book

Specialpedagogisk forskning och tidiga insatser – andra boken i ny bokserie

Den 28 maj var det fest på Specialpedagogiska institutionen på Albano, Stockholms universitet. Den nya boken Specialpedagogisk forskning och tidiga insatser släpptes och finns nu öppet tillgänglig. Bland de närvarande för att fira boksläppet fanns en av bokens redaktörer, Mara Westling Allodi, flera av författarna i antologin, inklusive Samuel L. Odom från University of North … More Specialpedagogisk forskning och tidiga insatser – andra boken i ny bokserie

Open Access Week 2024

The theme for the international Open Access Week this year, October 21-25, is “Community over Commercialism”. Open Access Week in Norway and Denmark Stockholm University Press would like to highlight the series of webinars that our Nordic countries Norway and Denmark organize during Open Access Week. Free sessions and webinars University libraries across Norway are … More Open Access Week 2024

Networking event on academic publishing

On April 15–16 Malmö University Library hosted a network meeting on academic publishing. The Stockholm University Press Team, along with more than forty representatives from close to twenty Swedish universities, enjoyed an inspiring “lunch to lunch”-conference with shared experiences, challenges and opportunities, as well as concrete plans for future collaboration. Everyone agreed that the network, … More Networking event on academic publishing

“For the people” – populist discourses in election campaigns in romance-speaking countries

The new anthology The New Challenges of Populist Discourses in Romance Speaking Countries , edited by Malin Roitman et al., examines election campaigns in Spain, France, Italy and Brazil with an aim to identify, explore and compare expressions of populism. The past decades have seen a rise in populist discourse and populist candidates have been … More “For the people” – populist discourses in election campaigns in romance-speaking countries

Nordic and Baltic Perspectives in Canadian Studies – editors of new anthology interviewed.

How can Canada be narrated and compared with countries in Northern Europe? “Nordic and Baltic Perspectives in Canadian Studies – An Interdisciplinary Approach to Northern Spaces Narratives” contains a collection of articles from various fields in the humanities that introduce major topics of Canadian studies, as they are examined in the Nordic and Baltic countries. … More Nordic and Baltic Perspectives in Canadian Studies – editors of new anthology interviewed.

New book examines the dynamics of circulation between Francophone literary areas and the Swedish cultural landscape

French literature has an established position on the global book market and has proven to provide consistent cultural value to peripheral regions. Within this vast body of texts, literature written in French by authors born outside of France is increasing and claiming a space in global literary circulation. How can unequal conditions of circulation be … More New book examines the dynamics of circulation between Francophone literary areas and the Swedish cultural landscape

New anthology about the forms and functionality of negation

Negatives and Meaning: Social Setting and Pragmatic Effects. Using Negatives in Political Discourse, Social Media and Oral Interaction, edited by Malin Roitman, explores the pragmatic dimension of negation and its functions in media and public discourses, using tools from cognitive, functionalist and pragmatic language theories, and from corpus linguistics. Negation is one of our most … More New anthology about the forms and functionality of negation

Peer reviewed open access textbooks in high demand

In an article in Universitetsläraren, representatives from Stockholm University Library, Stockholm University Press, and Stockholm University Student Union, call on universities and colleges to make academic resources and textbooks more accessible. They wish to open a discussion regarding university textbooks being published with immediate open access. “The aim of open science is to make scientific … More Peer reviewed open access textbooks in high demand