Sussex Academic Press

Sussex Academic Press
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationEastbourne
Key peopleAnthony Grahame (editorial director)
Publication typesBooks
Nonfiction topicsHumanities and Social Sciences
ImprintsThe Alpha Press
Official websitewww.sussex-academic.com (United Kingdom)

Sussex Academic Press, founded in 1994, is a publishing company based in Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom.[1] It initially specialised in Middle East studies.[2]

The house published books on issues of contemporary relevance and debate in Middle East topics,[3] Theology & Religion,[3] History (especially Portuguese, Spanish and Huguenot history),[1] and Literary Criticism,[3] as well as Latin American, First Nations, and Asian studies.[3]

Its series on the Portuguese-Speaking World: Its History, Politics and Culture is under the editorship of António Costa Pinto, Onésimo T. Almeida and Miguel Bandeira Jerónimo.[3]

In 2022, Liverpool University Press (LUP) announced its acquisition of Sussex Academic Press as part of its digital publishing strategy, allowing it access to Sussex Academic Press's 1,000-book backlist.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Book publishers UK and Ireland", Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022. ISBN 1399406574, 9781399406574. Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2023, p. 181. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b Cumerford, Ruth (6 September 2022). "LUP acquires Sussex Academic Press". The Bookseller. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Sussex Academic Press". Independent Publishers Group (IPG). Chicago Review Press, Inc. ipg.com. Retrieved 12 March 2023.