African literature, American literature, English literature, Francophone literature, French studies, German Studies, Hispanic Studies, Indigenous Studies, Irish Studies, Italian Studies, Latin American Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Science Fiction, Women's Studies, World literature

Peter Lang at the Modern Language Association conference #MLA21 @MLANews @PeterLangGroup

We are pleased to be a part of this year's virtual Modern Language Association conference, on 7-10 January 2021! Our Senior Commissioning Editor Dr Laurel Plapp will be in attendance and welcomes virtual meetings to chat about publishing with us. Please email her at l.plapp@peterlang.com to arrange a call. ** A drop-in session with Laurel Plapp is… Continue reading Peter Lang at the Modern Language Association conference #MLA21 @MLANews @PeterLangGroup

Latin American Studies, vacancies

Vacancy: Part-Time Acquisitions Editor – Latin America @ipghq @mediargh

Title:Part-Time Acquisitions Editor - Latin AmericaDescription:Peter Lang Group AG is seeking a motivated part-time acquisitions editor to grow and manage our Latin American list. The ideal candidate should have a background either in academia or in academic publishing, with experience in the development and acquisitions of titles in this region covering areas such as history,… Continue reading Vacancy: Part-Time Acquisitions Editor – Latin America @ipghq @mediargh

Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies

Nihilismo y verdad published

Las relaciones entre Nietzsche y América Latina están marcadas por el desencuentro. Lo cual no implica que Nietzsche no haya sido leído en Latinoamérica; pero es diferente aludir a Nietzsche, a asumir una perspectiva nietzscheana. Por eso, en vez de usar a Nietzsche para analizar su moral, para desplazar el punto de vista, en América… Continue reading Nihilismo y verdad published

Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies, Series

Celebrating ten years of the Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas series

This year we’re celebrating the tenth anniversary of our book series Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas! The first volume, Postmodern Spain by Antonio Sanchez, was published in 2007. Ten years later the series is going from strength to strength, with Volume 77 hot off the press this month – Anne-Marie Storrs’s book Loving’s the Strange… Continue reading Celebrating ten years of the Hispanic Studies: Culture and Ideas series

Hispanic Studies, Irish Studies, Latin American Studies

Irish Diasporic Narratives in Argentina published

Departure from Ireland has long occupied a contradictory position in Irish national discourse, alternately viewed as exile or betrayal. This book analyses how departure, as well as notions of home, identity and return, is articulated in the narratives of three members of the Irish diaspora community in Argentina: John Brabazon’s journal The Customs and Habits… Continue reading Irish Diasporic Narratives in Argentina published

Latin American Studies

Experiencia popular, ciudad e identidad en el noroeste argentino published

Existe una zona de la interrogación cultural contemporánea desde el sur que puede encontrar en el barullo histórico del movimiento Tupac Amaru de Jujuy (Argentina) caminos para repensar los modos de subjetivación político-cultural de ciertos sectores populares latinoamericanos. Es así como se interpelan las complejidades actuales del lazo social en estas latitudes. De antemano, no… Continue reading Experiencia popular, ciudad e identidad en el noroeste argentino published

American Studies, Latin American Studies

New book series: Transamerican Film and Literature

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new book series Transamerican Film and Literature Series Editors James Ramey, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Cuajimalpa, México Maricruz Castro Ricalde, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México Lauro Zavala, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, México This series publishes scholarly contributions to the growing and ever-changing fields of film and literary studies… Continue reading New book series: Transamerican Film and Literature

Hispanic Studies, history, Latin American Studies, Memory Studies

Fragile Memory, Shifting Impunity published

Fragile Memory, Shifting Impunity is an interdisciplinary study of commemorative sites related to human rights violations committed primarily during dictatorial rule in Argentina (1976–1983) and Uruguay (1973–1985). Taking as a departure point the ‘politics of memory’ – a term that acknowledges memory’s propensity for engagement beyond the cultural sphere – this study shifts the focus… Continue reading Fragile Memory, Shifting Impunity published

Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies, New series

New book series: Exiles and Transterrados: Exile in the Twentieth-Century Hispanic World

Peter Lang Oxford is pleased to announce the new series Exiles and Transterrados: Exile in the Twentieth-Century Hispanic World Series Editors: César Andrés Núñez and José Ramón López Garcia Philosopher José Gaos coined the neologism transterrado to describe his life as an exile in Mexico. This series investigates the experience of Spanish Civil War exiles… Continue reading New book series: Exiles and Transterrados: Exile in the Twentieth-Century Hispanic World

Hispanic Studies, Latin American Studies, New series

New book series: Estudios culturales críticos con perspectiva latinoamericana

Peter Lang Oxford is pleased to announce the launch of the new book series Estudios culturales críticos con perspectiva latinoamericana Series Editor: Alejandro Kaufman Estudios culturales críticos con perspectiva latinoamericana es una nueva serie que presenta temas e indagaciones con referencia a teorías culturales críticas situadas. Estas teorías han sido largamente objeto de recepción en América… Continue reading New book series: Estudios culturales críticos con perspectiva latinoamericana