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BACLS members are warmly invited to submit proposals for panels for the upcoming British Association for American Studies (BAAS) and British Association of Modernist Studies (BAMS) conferences in collaboration with the Modernist Studies Association. The proposed panels would sit under the combined …

Guest editor: Ali Dehdarirad (University of Rome, Sapienza) In 1987 Tom LeClair formulated the concept of the “systems novel,” a generic category that included highly erudite works that “master the time, the methods of fiction, and the reader.” He suggested that such works help readers challenge th…

You can now watch the recording of the panel discussion hosted by the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) during Open Access Week 2025. Watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpnt0mrhZw4  In this webinar, leaders from across the diamond open access community discuss how we can move beyon…

Over the last decade, concrete and visual poetries have enjoyed a renaissance of critical attention and creative activity, in Britain and Ireland and internationally. Over this period, new creative, critical, and socio-political contexts have emerged for the study and practice of concrete and visua…

It’s #OAweek, and this year we’re also celebrating 10 years since the publication of the first article in the Open Library of Humanities Journal marking a decade since the launch of the OLH itself. We’re proud to celebrate a decade of scholar-led, diamond open access publishing, sustained by our in…

We're delighted to be publishing our 2024-25 annual report, which outlines the fantastic successes of the entire OLH team over the past financial year from 01 August 2024 to 31 July 2025. In this comprehensive report, you can find out what makes the OLH such a special organisation as well as a lead…

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Date:  Friday 24 October 2025  Time:  1:00 – 2:30 pm BST | 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CET. Check your time zone here.  Registration:  Free. Please register here.  Reflecting on this year’s Open Access Week theme, Who Owns Our Knowledge? the Open Library of Humanities has invited key voices from the diamon…

The OLH Open Access Award 2024 Awardee Report, authored by Tom Morley, Research Culture and Open Monographs Lead at Lancaster University Library. Last year Lancaster University Library was awarded the Open Library of Humanities Open Access award to support our research culture activity relating to …

Theme: Users and Community Location: Dublin City University Library, Glasnevin Campus, Dublin, & hybrid streaming online Dates: 21st – 22nd May 2026 Cost: Free Sign-up to attend Janeway is an open-source scholarly publishing platform that has become the software of choice for editors, librarian…

In this interview, we speak with Dr Maddie Sinclair, Editorial Officer at the Open Library of Humanities, about her journey into scholarly publishing, her thoughts on open access, and the day-to-day realities of editorial work.  What initially drew you to apply for a role at the Open Library of Hum…

Earlier this year, the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) launched the fourth OLH Open Access Award 2025, an initiative dedicated to advancing open access in the humanities and to knowledge worldwide. We are pleased to announce that this year’s awards have been granted to three outstanding individual…