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Dr. Laurel Plapp

Senior Acquisitions Editor

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Dr. Laurel Plapp

Senior Acquisitions Editor

Laurel is Senior Acquisitions Editor for the Language, Literature and Culture list. She began working in the publishing industry in 1995 and joined Peter Lang in 2010. She holds a PhD in Literature with a focus in French and German. Her core commissioning areas are modern languages and literatures, cultural studies and visual culture. She manages specialized series in memory studies, women’s writing, genre fiction, comparative literature, film studies, art history, translation studies, critical race studies, medical humanities and disability studies, among others. She is delighted to speak with scholars about new book and series proposals.

Lucy Melville

Group Publishing Director

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Lucy Melville

Group Publishing Director

Lucy has been working in publishing since 1995 and as the UK and Irish Director of Peter Lang since 2011. With overall strategic and commissioning responsibility for the UK and Irish divisions, Lucy is also responsible for the History, Theology and Religious Studies, and Social Sciences lists. She acquires manuscripts in the areas of African development, ethics (including business ethics), religion and theology, media and communication, sport history, trade union history, and British Mesolithic and Neolithic studies, amongst others. She also commissions books in the history and culture of Scotland, aspects of British identity since 1707 and queer studies. She is always interested in receiving new series ideas.

Dr. Phil Dunshea

Senior Acquisitions Editor (Area Studies: Humanities)

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Dr. Phil Dunshea

Senior Acquisitions Editor (Area Studies: Humanities)

Philip Dunshea is Senior Acquisitions Editor for the Humanities at Peter Lang, managing series on History, Literature, Culture and Religious Studies. Philip has an MA (Hons) in History from the University of St Andrews and an MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge. Newly arrived in North America from Scotland, he is based in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. Previous roles include Acquisitions Editor for History and the Social Sciences at Peter Lang.

Tony Mason

Senior Acquisitions Editor (Ireland)

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Tony Mason

Senior Acquisitions Editor (Ireland)

Tony has been working in publishing since the early 1990s and is Senior Commissioning Editor, Ireland and the UK. He commissions books in the fields of Irish studies, education, and international relations. Tony is very interested in receiving book proposals and series ideas in these areas. He previously worked for Manchester University Press, Kogan Page and Prentice Hall among others. He has a particular interest in commissioning books on Ireland and has vast experience in that area.

Irish Studies We are actively expanding our publishing program in Ireland, which is overseen by senior commissioning editor Tony Mason. Our book series Reimagining Ireland is a particular highlight of the program, showcasing the latest interdisciplinary research in Irish studies. We welcome proposals from scholars throughout Ireland and the United Kingdom working in all areas of the humanities and social sciences.

THIERRY WASER

Deputy Managing Director and Senior Acquisitions Editor

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THIERRY WASER

Deputy Managing Director and Senior Acquisitions Editor

Thierry Waser holds an MA in French literature and contemporary history from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He started working for Peter Lang in 2008, first in the Bern office, before joining the Brussels office in 2015, where he works as the deputy managing director and senior commissioning editor. He speaks French, German and English. Subject areas: History, sociology, linguistics, philosophy, law, ecology and environmental studies.

Adrian Stähli

Senior Acquisitions Editor

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Adrian Stähli

Senior Acquisitions Editor

Adrian Stähli studied Romance languages and literature (with a focus on Italian), German and English at the universities of Bonn, Bern and Florence. Following an academic activity at the University of Bern, he joined Peter Lang in 2012 as an acquisitions editor, overseeing mostly books and series in literature and linguistics at the Swiss publishing location until 2017. After working for five years in another area of the publishing industry, he re-joined Peter Lang in Berlin in 2022 as an acquisitions editor and editorial team lead. His focus is on theology & philosophy, art studies, Romance studies, linguistics and education.

Viktoria von Wickede

Acquisitions Editor

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Viktoria von Wickede

Acquisitions Editor

Viktoria von Wickede studied Romance studies, history and comparative literature in Jena, Toulouse and Vienna. She worked for several years in an academic publishing house in Vienna. In the Vienna office of Peter Lang, she is responsible for Austria in the fields of Romance studies, history, literary studies and art history and is happy to discuss new projects with you.

Nandini Ganguli

Acquisitions Editor

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Nandini Ganguli

Acquisitions Editor

Nandini Ganguli is Acquisitions Editor for the Humanities list at Peter Lang India. She has been a Commissioning and Acquisitions editor for Humanities and Social sciences, with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education and publishing industry for the last eight years, in companies like McGraw Hill India, Oxford University Press India, and SAGE Publications India. Her job involved acquiring and assessing manuscripts, engagement with content and the market, project management, author servicing and management, and creating business strategies. Nandini holds an MA and M.Phil. degree in History, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Book Publishing, all from the University of Calcutta. Nandini absolutely loves to engage with content and would always be excited to work with authors and develop book and series ideas, particularly in the various subject areas of humanities, focussing mostly on India and South Asia.