The University of Huddersfield Press was established in 2007 to provide an outlet for publication for University authors and to encourage new and aspiring authors to publish in their areas of subject expertise. Producing print books, open access eBooks and academic journals, the Press covers a wide range of subject areas providing a platform for innovative and interdisciplinary research at Huddersfield.
Recent publications
Identity Papers: A Journal of British and Irish Studies
Identity Papers aims for a wide and cross-disciplinary audience from inside and outside the university sector and draws on robust research to communicate ideas connected with identities in Britain and Ireland, today and in the past, in a readable way. It brings together the work of academics and non-academics whose research focuses on any aspect of contemporary and historical British and Irish Studies. It is a collection of thought that crosses and shifts disciplinary boundaries through dialogue and juxtaposition. Its themes include: histories, politics, culture(s), literature, identities, racism, communities, citizenship, nationalities, regions, the post/colonial and diaspora.
Fields: journal of Huddersfield student research
Fields: journal of Huddersfield student research is a peer reviewed, interdisciplinary and fully open access journal. The journal features primarily work by undergraduates. The journal is a showcase for student work that demonstrates significance, rigour and high standards of research. Fields is designed to inspire our students to work to the very highest standards and to see the work they do, even as undergraduates, as having the potential for further impact in the wider world.
The Journal of Performance Magic
The Journal of Performance Magic is an online peer-reviewed open access journal publishing articles that focus on a multidisciplinary and contemporary approach to the field. It covers the influence, legacy and future of performance magic on wider performing arts practice and other diverse academic disciplines. In recent years the academic study of performance magic has made exciting creative links within emerging disciplines; including the cognitive sciences, architectural design and emerging technologies. The Journal of Performance Magic seeks to strengthen these links as well as encourage reflection on areas of performance magic not already covered in publication and develop new perspectives on areas already heavily researched.
A full list of titles is available on the University of Huddersfield Press website – unipress.hud.ac.uk