Laurel Plapp
laurelplapp.bsky.social
Laurel Plapp
@laurelplapp.bsky.social
Senior Acquisitions Editor for Language, Literature and Culture, Peter Lang Oxford
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Thrilled to announce WGS Pathbreakers, a subseries of Peter Lang's Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture series, that seeks to showcase the cultural contribution of women, queer, non-binary, trans and gender non-conforming writers and artists to German studies. (1/3)
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I am delighted to announce the 2026 Peter Lang #EmergingScholars Competition in #DisabilityStudies. 
Winners receive a Gold #OpenAccess contract for publication! Read more here: peterlang.com/2026-emergin... #PeterLangOxford
October 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Deadline has been extended to 20 October 2025! Please be sure to enter this competition for first book proposals in #GermanStudies in collaboration with @wigsblog.bsky.social. The #winner receives a #cash prize courtesy of #PeterLangOxford
October 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Looking forward to seeing everyone at AGS 2025! Please stop by the #PeterLangOxford stand to say hello! @ags-gbi.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Feast your eyes on this beauty...the cover for the soon to be published Fairies: A Companion edited by the ever amazing Lorna Piatti-Farnell and myself.
May 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Wonderful book launch last night for @sjvanders.bsky.social
new book 'Pro-vax', hosted by the @oxmartinschool.bsky.social! Thrilling to be in a room with the top vaccine researchers in #Oxford. Please be sure to watch the full launch online here: youtube.com/live/OnW-Tc8....
'Pro-vax: Supporting Vaccines through Activism, Petitions, and Trials' with Samantha Vanderslott
YouTube video by Oxford Martin School
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May 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Join me & @ajpollard1.bsky.social tomorrow 5-6pm GMT talking about my book! ‘Pro-vax: Supporting Vaccines through Activism, Petitions, and Trials’ reconsiders vaccination from the perspective of those who actively support and vocally promote vaccines. www.youtube.com/live/OnW-Tc8...
'Pro-vax: Supporting Vaccines through Activism, Petitions, and Trials' with Samantha Vanderslott
For a long time, the concentration has been on attitudes to vaccination by those who are in opposition (the ‘anti-vax’), neglecting the majority who are supportive. In this talk, Samantha Vanderslott,...
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May 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#PeterLangOxford is now offering a Special 30% Discount on The Weird for the month of May! Please purchase through the website www.peterlang.com/document/132... and enter the code WEIRD30 at checkout. #genre #weird #horror
May 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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CFP: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

We're nearing the last few weeks for our Call for Papers for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - A Companion.

Full CFP in the images and below, and abstract submission form here 👉https://forms.gle/XUsmPfBsXju2XpcR9 (due 15 May 2025)
April 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
LAST CALL

Don't miss your chance to win a Gold #OpenAccess book contract in #PeterLangPublishing 2025 Emerging Scholars Competition. Closes 30 April 2025.

ow.ly/NORO50VAPZJ

#QueerStudies #CallForSubmissions #EmergingScholars #PeterLang #DEI #LGBTQIA
2025 Emerging Scholars Competition
Enter the 2025 Emerging Scholars Competition in Queer Studies for the chance to win a publishing contract with Gold Open Access.
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April 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Looking forward to seeing everyone at #BAFTSS2025 this week! Please come by and see me at the #PeterLangOxford bookstand in Oculus Room 002 during the breaks. We'll be offering a special 30% discount on these titles and more! @baftss.bsky.social #FilmStudies #PeterLangPublishing
March 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Proud of this fabulous new collection on #Indigenous Pop Culture! The volume editors interview Dr Lee Francis 4 in their new blog post: www.peterlang.com/article/cele... Book is available here: www.peterlang.com/document/137...
March 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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It’s here! My new book ‘Pro-vax’ reconsiders vaccination from the perspective of those actively supporting and vocally promoting vaccines. Using contemporary and historical examples, I explore civil society in action through activism, petitions, and trials www.peterlang.com/document/130...
January 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Working in #Queer Studies? Please consider entering
Peter Lang's competition for emerging scholars! Read more here: peterlang.com/2025-emergin... #PeterLangOxford
February 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Delighted to have this new blog post at #PeterLangGroup #PeterLangOxford from @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social and Maria Isabel Romero Ruiz, Series Editors for the new book series "Gender and the History of Institutions"! #GenderStudies #History

Read the post and learn more here:
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Why We Need a Global Approach to Gender and the History of Institutions
Series Editors: Professor Maria Isabel Romero Ruiz and Dr Sarah-Anne Buckley share their vision for the Gender and the History of Institutions series This new book series welcomes studies of the histo...
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February 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Delighted that our publishers selected "Through the Looking-Glass: A Companion" to reflect on what makes a successful book launch (or two!)🪞

📚Unique setting (birth places of Carroll's book & Disney's movie)
📚Engaging Programming
📚Strong author presence

Read more:
www.peterlang.com/article/the-...
January 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Many congratulations to Dr Amy Ainsworth for being named a Winner in the 2024 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in #Environmental Humanities! The book will publish Gold Open Access in the #Plants & #Animals book series: peterlang.com/emerging-sch... #GermanStudies @thegsa.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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And it's a wrap! I concluded my Carrollian Fellowship at the University of Southern California with the launch of the "Spectral Science" exhibition, and world premiere of the completely sold out, hour-long Phantasmagoria Magic Lantern show I co-created from my research. Absolute life highlight! 🪞🔮
November 18, 2024 at 4:30 PM
The DEI Working Group at Peter Lang Publishers are pleased to share our latest collection on #Diversity, #Equity, and #Inclusion. Our latest titles, educational resources and series are listed - please ask me about getting involved!
www.peterlang.com/diversity-eq... #EquityMatters
November 18, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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Would you like to be involved in our collective? We are currently looking for a group of people to reanimate what used to be a successful syllabus/pedagogy workshop with a focus on anti-fascist education (2 times a year). DM here to express interest.

www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-syllabu...
DDGC Syllabus Workshop — The DDGC Collective
www.ddgccollective.org
November 17, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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Trying to build a starter kit for Black Europe and Afropean scholars and activists - but many ppl I can think of are not (yet) on blusky. I need HELP 🖤

@eraldo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @afropean.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social @camillahawth.bsky.social @jeannetteoho.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 9:48 AM