In collaboration with Jisc, Peter Lang has strengthened its commitment to Open Access publishing. A new pilot project called Greenlight offers institutions the opportunity to grow their lists and support Open Access publication in the Humanities and the Sciences.

The Greenlight package includes monographs by UK authors on current topics in medicine, technology, sexuality studies and environmental studies. Participating institutions pay a one-off fee to receive perpetual unlimited multi-user access planned for publication in the course of 2023.

Peter Lang offers more than 2,000 Open Access titles to date and is proud to support the dissemination of academic research to the global community.

To learn more about Greenlight and how to participate, visit https://subscriptionsmanager.jisc.ac.uk/catalogue/2832 And to explore all of Peter Lang’s Open Access models, go to https://www.peterlang.com/our-services/open-access/

Peter Lang Publishing is delighted to announce the 2022 Peter Lang Emerging Scholars Competition in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Proposals are invited from emerging scholars in Women’s Studies, Gender Studies and Sexuality Studies for single-author books to be evaluated by a distinguished editorial board. Proposals may be interdisciplinary or in any of the following disciplines: Cultural Studies, Education, History, Law & Economics, Literature, Media & Communication, or Politics. We also welcome projects representing regional perspectives (e.g. Irish or Swiss).

Proposals should be submitted to editorial@peterlang.com with the subject line ‘Emerging Scholars Competition’ by 15 October 2022 and consist of an abstract (including chapter synopses), a sample chapter (5,000 to 10,000 words in length), a CV, and a statement describing how you are an emerging scholar, in separate Microsoft Word documents. Proposals under review elsewhere should not be submitted.

The winner(s) will be offered a contract for a book with this distinction. Planned manuscripts should be from 60,000 to 100,000 words in length and written in English, French, Spanish or German. Authors will be expected to prepare the manuscript in accordance with the style guidelines provided.

Decisions will be made by 1 December 2022 and the winners will be notified shortly thereafter.

For more information, please contact our competition coordinators:

Dani Green (d.green@peterlang.com) and Laurel Plapp (L.PLAPP@peterlang.com)

Be sure to visit our dedicated page for more information: Emerging Scholars Competition – Peter Lang

On 4 September 2018, “cOAlition S”, an assembly of major European research funding organisations, supported by the European Commission and the European Research Council (ERC), has signed an agreement to demand full and immediate Open Access to scientific publications funded by them as of 2020. The agreement that is known as “Plan S” will further accelerate the transition to open access in scientific publishing.

Dr. Laurence Pagacz, Publishing Director at Peter Lang Brussels, and Senior Commissioning Editor Thierry Waser share their views on the implications for academic book publishers in Alternatives Economiques. The full article (in French) is available here: « Comment rendre les publications scientifiques accessibles à tous ? L’édition scientifique face à un nouveau paradigme » 

Jisc Collections has agreed the terms of a license to renew access to Peter Lang’s DRM-free eBook collection of more than 10,000 titles. Starting on January 1, 2019 and for the next three years, the monographs, conference proceedings and reference works are again available for purchase through the agreements JISC has negotiated for its members. The books that include nearly 4,000 English language titles are available as subject collections, mini collections, evidence-based selection collections or standalone titles across all disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The initial agreement is still in force until the end of 2018 and to celebrate its continuation, JISC grants an additional 5% discount for any orders placed before 14th December 2018. More information.  

Peter Lang has closed an agreement with French media group Hachette Livre to increase the availability of Peter Lang books in Francophone markets. The agreement is scheduled to start in autumn 2018 and covers two main aspects: Through its print on demand service with Lightning Source France, Hachette will print and distribute all new titles released by Peter Lang’s Belgian publishing office P.I.E. Peter Lang SA. Through its Hachette Livre Distribution division, Hachette will distribute Peter Lang’s entire French Language front- and backlist from all five Peter Lang publishing offices in the Francophone countries. Through this agreement, Peter Lang expands significantly its global presence in Francophone markets and ensures optimum international distribution for its growing portfolio of French language titles.

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Peter Lang has signed an agreement with Book Network Int’l Limited (NBNi) on the distribution of all of its eBooks and metadata to major international eBook retailers and discovery websites. Among others, this means that Peter Lang eBooks can be bought from the Amazon eBook store Kindle. Through this agreement, Peter Lang significantly accelerates and improves the availability of its growing eBook-collection (9,000+ titles) to end users worldwide.

The European Society for the Study of English ((ESSE) has honoured “Journeys in the Sun: Travel Literature and Desire in Balearic Islands (1903-1939)” by Dr. Eduard Moyà Antón with the 2018 ESSA book award in cultural and area studies, category B. The €1,500 prize is granted each year to a junior scholar for a first research book published in English. In its statement, the jury describes the work as “a brilliant comparative and cultural research project which rereads the ‘south’ and the concept of ‘travelling south’ in search of identity”. The book was published by Peter Lang in 2017 in co-production with Edicions UIB, the publishing house of the Universitat de les Illes Balears. More information on the award: http://essenglish.org/esse-book-awards-for-2018/

‘Border Crossing «Brothas» Black Males Navigating Race, Place, and Complex Space’, published by Peter Lang in 2016, has been named a 2017 Critics’ Choice award by the American Educational Studies Association. Each year, a committee of AESA members selects a number of titles it regards as outstanding books that may be of interest to those in educational studies. The Critics’ Choice Award serves to recognize and increase awareness of recent scholarship deemed to be outstanding in its field and of potential interest to members of the Association.

Paul Ian Campbell’s book, Football, Ethnicity and Community: The Life of an African-Caribbean Football Club, has been shortlisted for the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize. The publication, which won the British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial Prize earlier this year, is a case study of an African-Caribbean-founded football club, Meadebrook Cavaliers, from the English East Midlands. The winner of the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize will be announced at the British Society of Sports History (BSSH) annual conference at the University of Worcester on 1-2 September 2017.

Peter Lang congratulates Jefferson Pooley, for winning the 2017 James W. Carey Media Research Award for his publication “James W. Carey and Communication Research: Reputation at the University’s Margins” (Peter Lang, 2016). The award is given by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research for works on topics that were central to James W. Carey’s scholarship.