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On publishing Open-Access, with author Adrienne Strong

May 28 2024
What is it like to publish a book open-access with our Luminos program? Adrienne Strong, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida and author of Documenting Death: Maternal Mortality and the Ethics of Care in Tanzania, discusses her award-winning book and her experience publis
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“Rehabilitated” Identities

Nov 15 2023
Cesraéa Rumpf, author of RECOVERING IDENTITY, writes about criminalized women "rehabilitating" their identities.
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OA Week 2021: Open Access at UC Press

Oct 27 2021
At UC Press, open access—the free, immediate, unrestricted, online access to peer-reviewed research and scholarly work—is central to our mission to drive progressive change by seeking out and cultivating the brightest minds and giving them voice, reach, and impact.
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Q&A with Laura Enriquez: on the Intimate Impact of Immigration Policy

Aug 03 2021
This interview was originally published on the UCI School of Social Sciences site by Heather Ashbach, and is reposted here with permission. Award-winning Author Laura EnriquezImmigration policy is fundamentally reshaping Latino families and perpetuating inequality, says UCI Chicano/Latino st
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Editor Spotlight: Meet Reed Malcolm, Asian Studies Editor

Mar 20 2021
This post is part of our UC Press Editor Spotlight Series.For this year’s virtual Association for Asian Studies conference, we connected with UC Press Asian Studies Editor Reed Malcolm to talk about our program and what new projects he’s most excited about. Reed also discusses our Luminos Op
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American Association of Italian Studies Book Prize Awarded to Giorgio Bertellini

May 01 2020
Giorgio Bertellini, author of The Divo and the Duce: Promoting Film Stardom and Political Leadership in 1920s America, has been awarded 2019 American Association of Italian Studies Book Prize for Film & Other Media Studies. The AAIS prize recognizes the best books in Italian Studies. Bertellini'
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Luminos Open Access: Latin American Studies Spotlight

Apr 30 2020
Since first launching in 2015, Luminos has served as one of UC Press’s flagship open access programs. Having published more than seventy-five full length scholarly monographs—fully open and available to the public for free— in a variety of disciplines, Luminos embodies the University of California m
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Luminos Open Access: Film Studies Spotlight

Apr 23 2020
Since first launching in 2015, Luminos has served as one of UC Press’s flagship open access programs. Having published more than seventy-five full length scholarly monographs—fully open and available to the public for free— in a variety of disciplines, Luminos embodies the University of California m
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Luminos Open Access: Religious Studies Spotlight

Apr 16 2020
Since first launching in 2015, Luminos has served as one of UC Press’s flagship open access programs. Having published more than seventy-five full length scholarly monographs—fully open and available to the public for free— in a variety of disciplines, Luminos embodies the University of California m
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Luminos Open Access: Music Studies Spotlight

Apr 09 2020
Since first launching in 2015, Luminos has served as one of UC Press’s flagship open access programs. Having published more than seventy-five full length scholarly monographs—fully open and available to the public for free— in a variety of disciplines, Luminos embodies the University of California m
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