Women’s Equality Day is celebrated each year on August 26th to commemorate the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Today the observance of Women’s Equality Day has grown to mean much more than just sharing the right to the vote, but also calls attention to women’s continuing efforts toward full equality. Numerous […]

Rowan Mackenzie, co-editor of 'Shakespeare and Social Engagement' takes us through the development of the latest book in our Shakespeare & series, her focus on practice-based research and what this collected volume reveals.

World Breastfeeding Week is held yearly from 1st to 7th of August in more than 120 countries. Being organized by WABA, WHO and UNICEF, the goal is to promote exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life which yields tremendous health benefits, providing critical nutrients, protection from deadly diseases and fostering growth. To learn more […]

In an effort to further public understanding of abortion and Roe v. Wade, we are offering free access to these relevant journal articles and book chapters. ABORTION IN ASIALocal Dilemmas, Global PoliticsEdited by Andrea Whittaker “[This book] makes an empirically rich and important contribution to social scientific scholarship on induced abortion practices and will hopefully […]

Celebrated on July, 14, Bastille Day is the French national day and one of the most important bank holidays in France. The day commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution with the storming of the Bastille on the 14th July 1789, a medieval fortress and prison which was a symbol of tyrannical Bourbon authority and […]

Ambika Natarajan discusses her new book, Servants of Culture: Paternalism, Policing, and Identity Politics in Vienna, 1700-1914, which provides an account of Habsburg servant law since the eighteenth century and uncovers the paternalistic and maternalistic assumptions and anxieties which turned the interest of socio-political players in improving poor living and working conditions into practices that […]

22 June 2023 is Keith Hart’s 80th birthday and all at Berghahn wish him many happy returns of the day! Keith Hart has edited, authored, or contributed to more than a dozen Berghahn titles, which is quite a record. He is also the founding editor of The Human Economy series, which has just published John […]

Jean-Paul Sartre was a key figure in French philosophy and Marxism in the twentieth century. A a playwright, philosopher, novelist, political activist, and more, his work was very influential. As such, he has featured in several books from Berghahn over the years and has a journal dedicated to his ideas. See below to explore the […]

June 20th is designated World Refugee Day by the United Nations to bring awareness to the plight of millions of refugees throughout the world and also to honour their strength and perseverance. Berghahn Books publishes many studies on the lives and the plights of refugees globally. Find our latest titles here along with a selection of classic […]

June 5th is World Environment Day! It is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations (UN) stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. For more information please visit worldenvironmentday.global. In joining the celebration Berghahn would like to offer a selection of Open Access titles, in addition to recommending […]