Paula Kennedy
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Paula Kennedy
@paulakennedy.bsky.social
Head of Publishing @uolpress.bsky.social. Interested in all things books, humanities and open access (amongst other things…). Vice-Chair of @oipassoc.bsky.social.
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@latemedievalist.bsky.social's new book (@royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social @uolpress.bsky.social) is a ground-breaking feat of research that weaves one local #medieval institution into the very fabric of society - read this blogpost, then read the book! blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/11/06/f...
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Great to see the 25th book in our #NewHistoricalPerspectives series with @royalhistsoc.org and @ihr.bsky.social published today! 🎉
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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You can pre-order the book in print, or the #OpenAccess PDF and 'read online' Manifold edition will both be available later this week!

uolpress.co.uk/book/forging...

@ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society - University of London Press
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society is an ambitious and innovative study of the social, political and religious histories of medieval England and Wales. Using the Palmers’ Guild of Ludlow as a...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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'Rachael Harkes achieves a tremendous blend of analysis and insight through meticulous document research'

Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society: The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow by @latemedievalist.bsky.social is out this Thursday!

#OpenAccess #NewHistoricalPerspectives #Skystorians #History
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Today we're celebrating History Day in Senate House w/ @senatehouselib.bsky.social & @ihr.bsky.social!

For #HistDay25 we're also celebrating 25 titles in our #NewHistoricalPerspectives series (with the 25th #OpenAccess title publishing tomorrow!).

Explore the series:
uolpress.co.uk/book-series/...
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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30% of respondents to our #OpenAccess survey said they only feel 'somewhat confident' about their knowledge of OA, & 5% said 'not at all confident'.

Our 'Open Access in the Humanities' course on RESHAPED is a great free resource for anyone wanting to learn more:

reshaped.sas.ac.uk/course/view....
Log in to the site | RESHAPED
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October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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📖 It's publication day for our colleague Gareth Roddy's (@grod.bsky.social) new book, 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880-1940.' You can buy your copy from @uolpress.bsky.social via the link below! Congratulations, Gareth!
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Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940 - University of London Press
The west has long gripped the imagination. In Atlantic Isles, Gareth Roddy examines the cultural and political prominence of the ‘westward gaze’, which flourished in late-nineteenth century Britain an...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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📢 Today we've published the latest #OpenAccess title in our popular #NewHistoricalPerspectives series with @ihr.bsky.social & @royalhistsoc.org:

Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940 by @grod.bsky.social!

Read it now:
uolpress.co.uk/book/atlanti... #History
Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940 - University of London Press
The west has long gripped the imagination. In Atlantic Isles, Gareth Roddy examines the cultural and political prominence of the ‘westward gaze’, which flourished in late-nineteenth century Britain an...
uolpress.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Dr Attar's journey beautifully captures OA's transformative power! Personal testimonies like this demonstrate how Open Access democratizes knowledge, reshaping research culture toward greater accessibility and impact. Thank you for sharing! 🔓📚
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I love this quote from an author interview we featured last week during #OpenAccessWeek - libraries as the ‘beating heart of humanities research’ and open access 👍
October 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Very proud of our book and experiment on open peer review. And grateful to all who have contributed!
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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This is a great resource for researchers!

#AcademicPublishing #Author #OABooks #OAWeek2025 #OpenAccess
For #OAWeek, the OABN & @uolpress.bsky.social bring you a resource focused on how to include material that you *don't* own in your #OA book.

'Frequently Asked Questions on Third-Party Materials in Open Access Books':

openaccessbooksnetwork.hcommons.org/2025/10/22/f...
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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💭 'What surprised me most was the change of my attitude between the traditional print model and open access.'

Why has Dr Karen Attar @senatehouselib.bsky.social changed her stance on #OpenAccess #publishing? Find out in our latest author blog for #OAWeek2025.

👉 uolpress.co.uk/2025/10/refl...
Reflecting on publishing and research culture during Open Access week 2025 – with Dr Karen Attar - University of London Press
At the University of London Press, we have been reflecting on recent conversations in the sector about research culture, what this means for the humanities, the potential benefits of open access, the ...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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This year's #OpenAccessWeek theme is 'Who owns our knowledge?' We put this, alongside some other questions about publishing and research culture, to a selection of our authors.

First up is Devyani Prabhat, author of a forthcoming #OA book on borders and citizenship:

uolpress.co.uk/2025/10/refl...
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Really brilliant today hearing from @samuelmoore.org about the @morphss.bsky.social project and all the @oipassoc.bsky.social members discussing their work for the half-day online OIPA Symposium 👏

Thanks to all the speakers for their time and contributions, and attendees for the discussion! 🎉
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Please share with your networks! It’s a *very* short survey, I promise…
As it's #OAWeek we'd like to ask #humanities researchers a few questions on how they feel about #OpenAccess - this will help us to inform the resources we create and share. If you have a couple of minutes, please fill this out, we'd love to hear from you!

www.surveymonkey.com/r/8RV273D

#Publishing
Open Access 2025
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October 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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New post! We thought it would be fitting for #OpenAccessWeek to publish two new chapters of our exciting forthcoming #OpenAccess title Living with Machines, along with some learnings from this project so far.

The final book will publish next year. Read more:

👉 uolpress.co.uk/2025/10/univ...
University of London Press staff publish case study in Learned Publishing - University of London Press
We are very pleased to share the publication of a case study in Learned Publishing by our Publisher Emma Gallon and previous Production Manager Jamie Bowman: ‘Reimagining the Humanities Book: Bringing...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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We're very excited for this book to publish in November and it will be #OpenAccess!

#OAWeek #OpenAccessWeek #AcademicPublishing #DigitalHumanities
October 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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We're very excited to publish both of these brilliant books!

The two new titles by @grod.bsky.social and @latemedievalist.bsky.social will take us to 25 published #OpenAccess titles in the New Historical Perspectives series!

The full series can be viewed here:
uolpress.co.uk/book-series/...
New Historical Perspectives Archives - University of London Press
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October 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📣 There’s still time to sign up for our @oipassoc.bsky.social Symposium on Tues 21st Oct…

Featuring a keynote from @samuelmoore.org and lightning talks from OIPA members inc @openlibhums.org, @lsepress.bsky.social, find out more and sign up below ⬇️

oipauk.org/news-events-...

#OpenAccessWeek
Event: OIPA Symposium 2025
Event: OIPA Symposium 2025 Join the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA) for our Online Symposium in October! Following our inaugural in-person Symposium in 2024, we are delighted to be…
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October 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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#OAWeek is coming up!

Don’t miss our webinar: Mainstreaming Diamond – Regional Perspectives, Shared Futures

With @joedeville.bsky.social, @theblochian.bsky.social, @kirahopkins.bsky.social, @rupertgatti.bsky.social & @joannaball.bsky.social

🗓️ 24 Oct | 🕐 1 pm BST
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October 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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We've two new titles forthcoming in our New Historical Perspectives book series:

> Gareth Roddy's 'Atlantic Isles' is published on 30 October bit.ly/3WFhpRg
> Rachael Harkes's 'Forging Fraternity' is available from 6 November bit.ly/4ogSm2H

Full details from @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2
October 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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For anyone heading to the Frankfurt book fair this year, you can find out details about @oipassoc.bsky.social at the @thoth-metadata.bsky.social stand (Hall 4.0 / E67)!

OIPA was founded to connect and encourage #OpenAccess publishing.

#InstitutionalPublishing #UniversityPress #FBF25 #Academic
October 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Tomorrow is #BookshopDay!📚

It's a great time to support our friends in independent bookselling by buying a book or two from your local shop... independently published of course😉

There's lots going on and all the info can be found here booksaremybag.com/BookshopDay/...
@booksaremybag.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM