Edinburgh University Press Subject Collections
Bringing together acclaimed series such as Edinburgh Companions and Edinburgh Histories, alongside extensive reference and frontlist collections, EUP collections support teaching, learning, and research across the humanities and social sciences. From foundational texts to the latest academic insights, EUP’s collections provide trusted, expert-led content spanning literature, history, philosophy, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, law, film, and international relations.
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Specialist Collections
Edinburgh Companions
The Edinburgh Companions offer accessible, authoritative introductions to major authors, themes, periods, and emerging fields across literature, the humanities, Scottish Studies, Gothic Studies, and global Christianity. Written by experts in their fields, these volumes combine comprehensive coverage with original scholarship, making them invaluable resources for teaching, study and research.
This collection includes more than 100 volumes and spans almost two decades of cutting-edge scholarship.
Edinburgh Histories
The Histories collection brings together authoritative scholarship on the people, cultures, ideas, and institutions that have shapes societies across time. Spanning ancient, medieval, early modern and modern periods, these volumes explore subjects such as empire, literature, philosophy, religion, language, print culture, and political history, providing valuable resources for teaching, study and research.
This collection includes more than 50 titles published between 2005 and 2025.
Reference Collections
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies Reference
The IMES Reference collection brings together key scholarship on the history, cultures, languages, art, architecture, and societies of the Islamic world and the Middle East. It spans archaeology, material culture, literature, religion, and contemporary society, and provides an essential resource for students, researchers and scholars.
This collection includes more than 50 titles published between 1995 and 2025.
Literary Studies Reference
The Literary Studies Reference collection offers cutting-edge research on authors, texts, literary movements, critical theory, publishing history, and print culture. Combining reference works, companions, dictionaries, histories, and scholarly editions, these volumes support research and teaching across literary studies and the wider humanities.
This collection includes more than 75 titles published between 1995 and 2025.
Philosophy Reference
The Philosophy Reference collection provides comprehensive coverage of major philosophical traditions, thinkers, concepts and debates. Spanning topics from logic, ethics, and political philosophy to continental, religious, and global philosophical traditions, these volumes offer indispensable resources for students, researchers and scholars.
This collection includes more than 40 titles published between 1995 and 2025.
Frontlist Collections
Film Studies
Explore the latest scholarship in Film, Television, and Media Studies, with new research on global cinemas, documentary, genre, authorship, representation, and screen cultures.
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Featuring new research on the Middle East, the Islamic World, and their global connections, this collection spans history, politics, religion, literature, art, architecture, and cultural studies.
Law
Covering core areas of Scots Law alongside legal history and global contemporary legal issues, this collection provides essential new scholarship for students, practitioners, and researchers in criminal, commercial, family and medical law, and more.
Literary Studies
Discover new perspectives on authors, texts, literary movements, publishing history and critical theory, from Shakespeare and Dickens to contemporary literature, global writing, and emerging methodologies.
Philosophy
Engage with new work on major philosophical traditions, thinkers, and contemporary debates, covering ethics, political philosophy, environmental thought, continental philosophy, and the history of ideas.
Politics & International Relations
Addressing some of the most pressing political questions of our time, this collection explores democracy, conflict, security, citizenship, governance, and international affairs.
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