AAH 2011

STARTS TODAY

The AAH 2011 conference kicks off today at The University of Warwick. As well as displaying a huge range of Art History titles, we'll also be launching Screen/Space, the latest title in the Rethinking Art's histories conference.

Visit our stand, and take advantage of some very generous conference discounts!

The Revels Plays to feature in the forthcoming season of Lewis, on ITV1

MUP's Revels Student Editions hit primetime ITV

The fifth series of hit drama Lewis has returned to ITV1 with Inspector Lewis and his partner Hathaway investigating more murders against the backdrop of the city of Oxford.

On 10th April, The White Devil by John Webster featured in an episode entitled 'Wild Justice' with a premise of Elizabethan and Jacobean revenge tragedy. Follow this link for more information on The Revels Student Editions to buy the book and to watch the episode.

New Labour and the European Union

BOOK LAUNCH

New Labour and the European Union
Dr Oliver Daddow

7th April 2011, The Federal Trust

Mary Sumner House,
24 Tufton Street,
London
SW1P 3RB

Please email bethan.hirst@manchester.ac.uk if you would like to attend this launch event.

Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World

NEW ISSUE NOW ONLINE

Volume 1 Issue 4 is now available to browse completely free of charge.

Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World is MUP's first open access journal. It's an international, multidisciplinary journal aimed at academics, undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and practitioners in the field.

MUST-SEE EXHIBITION FOR 2011

Joan Miró
TATE MODERN
14 April – 11 September 2011

For the first time in over 50 years, the work of iconic artist Joan Miró (1893–1983) will be exhibited in the UK. The Tate Modern is providing a rare opportunity to enjoy over 150 paintings, drawings, sculptures by one of the leading artists of the early twentieth century.

Those interested in the work of Joan Miró should check out Fixed Ecstasy, by Charles Palermo. The book focuses on Miró's work and enterprises in the 1920s, and analyses some of the most important works of his career.

LAUNCH!

A history of British sports medicine by Vanessa Heggie Monday 14th March , 4.30 - 6.00pm The Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge 50% OFF THE RRP FOR ALL LAUNCH ATTENDEES!

Launch event to coincide with the marking of twenty years since the formation of the Voluntary Action History Society (1991-2011)

An afternoon seminar on 18 April at LSE will include papers by Professor Bernard Harris (University of Southampton) and Associate Professor Melanie Oppenheimer (Beveridge and voluntary action in Britain and the wider British world).

For more information and to book a place please follow this link

Launch event for In Strange Countries: Middle English Literature and its Afterlife

John Anderson taught medieval literature at the University of Manchester for nearly 40 years. This book, edited by David Matthews, pays tribute to his career and its diverse interests.

Please join us to celebrate John’s career and the publication of In Strange Countries.

Tuesday 8 March 2011, 6pm The International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester

Author interviewed in The Latin American Review of Books

Nathanial Gardner, author of Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela by Elena Poniatowska has been interviewed in the new edition of The Latin American Review of Books.

A new website for 'More work! Less pay!'

'More work! Less pay!' now has its own dedicated website. As well as providing vital information on the book, it's hoped the website will provide those interested in the Italian Left in the 1970s a much needed forum for discussion.