I'm very excited to announce the launch of our new book series Radical Histories. We can't wait to hear about any relevant projects. Get it in touch! Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04... #RadicalHistory #History

NEW SERIES: Radical Histories - Manchester University Press

“Manchester University Press launches Radical Histories, a new series exploring global movements, resistance, and the voices that challenged authority.”

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Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Manchester University Press is proud to launch Radical Histories, a new series dedicated to the individuals, movements and ideas that have challenged political, social and cultural authority. Call for proposals now open. Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04...

Very excited to be working with @richmondbridge.bsky.social on this! Publishing in our Queer and Trans Histories series.

Catherine Baker@richmondbridge.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Now under contract from @manchesterup.bsky.social: PERFORMING QUEER NATIONS on #Eurovision and its narratives of queer, national, European belonging in post-Cold-War Europe bakercatherine.wordpress.com/2025/12/11/p... The history and memory behind where we now are.

Lovely to see Exhibiting Irishness at the @manchesterup.bsky.social table at #NACBS2025

📣 #NACBS2025 📣 Don’t forget to pick up your Manchester UP book if you reserved one. And there’s still a few unclaimed ones up for grabs. @thenacbs.bsky.social

Very excited to see a hard copy of @victoriabates.bsky.social new book ‘Feeling Blue’ on the MUP stand at #eahmh25 - and in great company too 🤩

MUP books have arrived at #eahmh25! Thanks to the organisers for their help locating and transporting them. Come check them out, including Heidi Hausse’s prize winner and many more brand new titles. @manchesterup.bsky.social

Meredith Carroll@historicalmeredith.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hello everyone in Berlin for #eahmh25. I don't have a stall yet (stuck in customs) but will hopefully have some lovely MUP books to show you tomorrow. Send me a message if you'd like to have a chat. @manchesterup.bsky.social

Hello everyone in Berlin for #eahmh25. I don't have a stall yet (stuck in customs) but will hopefully have some lovely MUP books to show you tomorrow. Send me a message if you'd like to have a chat. @manchesterup.bsky.social

What a great way to start #eahmh25! Huge congratulations to Heidi Hausse 🎉🎉 @manchesterup.bsky.social

European Association for the History of Medicine and Health@eahmh.bsky.social · 11mo ago

And we have a winner! The #eahmh25 book prize goes to Heidi Hausse's "The Malleable Body. Surgeons, Artisans, and Amputees in Early Modern Germany". Published by Manchester University Press in 2023! Congratulations 🎉!

Publishing today - Feeling blue by @victoriabates.bsky.social 💙 The first book-length history of colour in modern hospitals, thinking expansively about the role of colour in shaping how hospitals felt. Now #OpenAccess on manchesterhive.com 🔓 - from our @sshmedicine.bsky.social series. #histmed

'Feeling blue: Colour and the modern British hospital' is out! And it's free online (or a relatively affordable £25 hardback if you prefer print)! Thanks so much to everyone who helped with the research for this, from supporting site visits to reading drafts. www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

Afterlives of war is also available Open Access at www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

Meredith Carroll@historicalmeredith.bsky.social · last yr.

Huge congratulations to Mike Roper for winning the Social History Society book award for ‘Afterlives of war’. It was a great book to work on and the award is much deserved. 👏 @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to Mike Roper for winning the Social History Society book award for ‘Afterlives of war’. It was a great book to work on and the award is much deserved. 👏 @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

Hello Social History friends! Come say hello at our stand. Unfortunately not all of our books arrived, but you can find a full list of new titles below. @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · last yr.

We're excited to see you all at @socialhistsoc.bsky.social conference this week! Find Commissioning Editor @historicalmeredith.bsky.social on our stand to talk through our newest titles and Social History series 📗 ➡️ Get 30% off our essential #socialhist titles here: tinyurl.com/ybpbykbe

All set up here at Britain and the World. Looking forward to meeting everyone and talking books 📚 @batw.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · last yr.

This week @historicalmeredith.bsky.social‬ is in Liverpool for ‪@batw.bsky.social‬! 🌏 Discover our essential titles for Britain's International History and Imperialism with 30% off the list below ⬇️ manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/06... #BATW2025

Not far to travel today. @darkpublisher.bsky.social and I are at MMU talking Manchester, music and subcultures for the Neither Factory Records nor Madchester: Rethinking Manchester’s Musical and Subcultural Histories conference. Come say hello 👋

Always great to meet our authors in the wild! Thanks #aahm2025 @mstanleybaker.bsky.social’s book is out in paperback next month manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526191120/

Hello again AAHM! Lots of new history of medicine books to show you at the MUP stand. Come say hi 📚 #aahm2025 #histmed

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · last yr.

Heading to #aahm2025? We'll be there with @historicalmeredith.bsky.social and all of our latest #histmed titles! 📚 Get 30% off our essential #histmed titles throughout the conference - browse the reading list here and use code EVENT30 at checkout:

In response to today's supreme court ruling, we want to urge any researcher in Trans Histories to consider a proposal to our new Queer & Trans Histories series - because research into Trans histories will help to shape Trans futures: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer... #TransRights

Excited to be at @esshc.bsky.social conference this week! Come by the MUP stall to see all our lovely new titles and talk books 📚

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · last yr.

The @esshc.bsky.social Conference starts tomorrow in Leiden! ✊ Editor @historicalmeredith.bsky.social will be there to: ▶️Show you our Social History titles & series ▶️Hear your proposals Get 30% off our essential SH titles here: tinyurl.com/mu8e5yhw #ESSH25 @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social

See the latest additions to our Modern History list ⬇️ From youth culture in post-war Britain and sex in England 1950-80, to Smallpox and Nepal - new titles out now! @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social @hannahcharnock.bsky.social @historicalmeredith.bsky.social #ModernHistory #NewinHistory #MUP

VERY SHORT DEADLINE (Feb. 26) for a FANTASTIC opportunity for a student to do a fully funded PhD with the amazing Elaine Leong on "Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in Early Modern England and France" Full details here. Please pass on or repost! www.lahp.ac.uk/prospective-...

Hear more about our new Queer and Trans Histories series from editor @psimonetto.bsky.social

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · last yr.

Allow editor @psimonetto.bsky.social to introduce himself and more about the series: youtube.com/shorts/L2IEc... 👋⬇️

We join with publishers, authors, booksellers & librarians to affirm that the White House executive order recognizing only two sexes constitutes censorship and has no place in a free society. University presses strive to give voice to the breadth of human knowledge & experience. 1/2

It is launch day!!! We can finally announce the new book series with @manchesterup.bsky.social on Queer and Trans Histories. Help spread the word! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer...

Queer and Trans Histories - Manchester University Press

The Queer and Trans Histories series aims to serve as a go-to place for cutting-edge stories on earlier and existing LGBTQ+ formations, and encourages work on queer and trans lives that challenge iden...

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So excited and proud to announce our new book series: Queer and Trans Histories! It couldn’t be a more important time to tell these stories. Help us spread the word and get in touch if you have an idea for a new book. We can’t wait to hear from you manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer...

Queer and Trans Histories - Manchester University Press

The Queer and Trans Histories series aims to serve as a go-to place for cutting-edge stories on earlier and existing LGBTQ+ formations, and encourages work on queer and trans lives that challenge iden...

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · last yr.

Calling researchers in Queer & Trans Histories ⚧️🌈 This #LGBTplusHM25 we want your proposals for our new series. Ed. by the UK’s first permanently endowed professor in LGBTQ+ History, Matt Cook, @psimonetto.bsky.social & Jennifer V Evans. Find more info here: https://buff.ly/4hoB1lo

Happy publication day @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social! Excited to see this out in the world 📚

Sarah Kenny@drsarahlkenny.bsky.social · last yr.

Growing Up and Going Out is released with @manchesterup.bsky.social TODAY! If you're interested in histories of youth, leisure, drinking, urban space, and oral history then please do consider ordering a copy for your libraries. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526152640/

Calling all French History ECRs! 6 weeks left to apply for the book development fellowship. Includes a grant and mentoring sessions to work on proposals. We’d love to hear from you!

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · 2y ago

Fellowship opportunities!📢 MUP and the Society for the Study of French History have announced TWO book development fellowships for early-career researchers preparing their first book for publication. Includes: - Mentoring from editors - £1000 grant Apply now: tinyurl.com/53amvrv7

Excited by what we’ve got planned for LGBTQ+ History month. First up is our discounted reading list. More announcements to come so watch this space!

Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are proud to celebrate @lgbthm.bsky.social and our queer history titles across our trade and academic list. You can get 25% off all the books in our reading list by using code LGBT25 at checkout. Discount code is valid 1st until 28th February 2025: buff.ly/40uG900 #lgbthm #lgbtreads #booksky

Indeed we would! Always interested to hear about new book projects or ideas in gender history.

Julie Hardwick@juliehardwick.bsky.social · 2y ago

If you have a gender focused book manuscript for any part of the world or time period, feel free to email any of us or @historicalmeredith.bsky.social, the senior press editor. We would love to talk to you!

Hey #nacbs2024 great to see you again! Lots of new books to show you at the MUP stall 📚 @manchesterup.bsky.social @thenacbs.bsky.social