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Amsterdam University Press Academic

Amsterdam University Press (AUP) is a leading publisher of academic books, journals and textbooks in

The key aim of AUP is to make current research available to scholars, students, innovators, and the general public. AUP stands for scholarly excellence, global presence, and engagement with the international academic community. Established in 1992, AUP achieves this with a paper and e-format publishing programme of high-quality, peer-reviewed academic books in English. AUP runs an additional publi

shing programme of textbooks for universities and higher education, journals and major reference works.

30/06/2025

We’re pleased to share that AUP and CEU Press will attend the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture Annual Conference, taking place from 2–4 July at the University of Amsterdam.

If you’re attending, drop by our table to to browse our latest heritage and memory studies titles and journals, and chat with commissioning editor Ilse Lazaroms.

https://www.aup.nl/en/events/amsterdam-school-for-heritage-memory-and-material-culture-annual-conference

16/06/2025

We are looking for a proactive and knowledgeable Platform Manager to support and evolve our digital publication platforms for academic journals and databases.

If you're passionate about digital innovation and open access in academic publishing, we would love to hear from you.

Read more about the position 🔍👉
https://www.aup.nl/en/about/vacancies

28/05/2025

'Ruling the Mongols of Manchuria: Language, Literacy, and Power in Late Qing Borderlands' by Jiani He explores how language shaped power, identity, and nationhood in early 20th-century Manchuria.

A powerful study of language politics, imperial strategy, and the making of modern East Asia, this book challenges linear narratives of Chinese language reform, revealing the multilingual complexities and contested nationalisms of the late Qing borderlands.

Available to order now
👉https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463727075/ruling-the-mongols-of-manchuria

26/05/2025

New Book! 'Indigenous Heritage and Identity of the Last Elephant Catchers in Northeast Thailand' by Alisa Santikarn 🐘

This groundbreaking monograph explores how the Kui Ajiang, an Indigenous community once famed for elephant catching, navigate the loss of tradition, identity, and recognition in modern Thailand.

Available now: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048561995/indigenous-heritage-and-identity-of-the-last-elephant-catchers-in-northeast-thailand

22/05/2025

'Chinese Independent Cinema: Past, Present, and a Questionable Future' is out now! 🎞️

Independent cinema in China is not only made outside the commercial system but also without censorship. The essays in this anthology—many by exciting new scholars—explore urgent questions such as: where can its roots be traced? What are its aesthetics? And its ethics, including of gender and class? Where do audiences watch these films in China and how do they circulate?

And, most importantly, what does independent chinese cinema mean today? And does it have a future?

Edited by Chris Berry, Luke Robinson, Sabrina Qiong Yu & Lydia Wu.
https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463722575/chinese-independent-cinema

21/05/2025

Florian Schneider's 'Studying Political Communication and Media in East Asia: A Playful Textbook' is out now! 📝

It argues that if we are to understand East Asian societies, and 21st-century politics more broadly, we need to take media and communication seriously. This textbook provides a flexible toolbox of methods and theories for studying political communication -- taking its examples and exercises from Japan, Korea, and the Chinese-speaking world.

Available as a or
https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048564460/studying-political-communication-and-media-in-east-asia

20/05/2025

New Book Release! The Cityscapes of Taipei, Hong Kong, and Singapore during the Cold War, edited by Tze-ki Hon & Ying-kit Chan 🌆

What did Cold War tensions look like on the ground—in the streets, stories, and screens of East Asia’s most dynamic cities? This illuminating volume compares how Taipei, Hong Kong, and Singapore evolved as both battlegrounds of ideology and hubs of cultural and urban transformation.

Available now 👉
https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463722483/the-cityscapes-of-taipei-hong-kong-and-singapore-during-the-cold-war

19/05/2025

New Release: Lyrical Experiments in Sinophone Verse: Time, Space, Bodies, and Things📝

From the May Fourth movement to Misty Poetry and beyond, Chinese poetry has always been a mirror to turbulent times. This compelling new volume explores how poets from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan experiment with form and meaning in response to today’s global crises—from technology and climate change to political upheaval.

Available as PDF or Epub!
https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048559985/lyrical-experiments-in-sinophone-verse

19/05/2025

This week, AUP and CEU Press will attend the Fourteenth Annual REFORC Conference on Early Modern Christianity at Central European University in Vienna.

Do drop by our shared book exhibit to browse recent titles on early modern christianity and religion. Or get in touch with Jörg Persch to organise a meeting!

👉https://www.aup.nl/en/events/fourteenth-annual-conference-on-early-modern-christianity-reforc-2025

16/05/2025

Out now in 🔓

'Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation around the World' by Marijke Malsch, Janine Janssen (eds) offers a nuanced, evidence-based look at the realities of modern s*x work and the global fight against human trafficking.

As s*x work increasingly moves to private and digital spaces, exploitation becomes harder to detect. This volume brings together empirical findings from across countries to ask: are current laws enough? Or could alternative interventions better protect those at risk?

Download for free here 👉https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048560745/human-trafficking-and-s*xual-exploitation-around-the-world

16/05/2025

Anna Lim's monograph 'Filipino Care Workers in Israel: Migration, Trans-local Livelihoods and Space' traces the construction of space in Israel’s urban periphery with a focus on the apartment that Filipino care workers co-rent for their day-off and provides insight into the migrant lives and journeys in -local contexts.

This provocative volume will be of key interest to scholars and students of , , and more broadly to and .

https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463720403/filipino-care-workers-in-israel

15/05/2025

In this age of , myriad new media forms redefine our habits and patterns of gratification. Our new release, 'States of Immersion Across Media' invites readers to slow down and reflect on immersive practices, both new and old, their impact on our bodies, the affective attunements they evoke, the disruptions they afford, and the creative encounters they generate.

'States of Immersion Across Media: Bodies, Techniques, Practices' is available now!
eds. Philippe Bédard, Alanna Thain, Carl Therrien 🫧

https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048558766/states-of-immersion-across-media

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