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Peter Lang has publishing teams in offices around the world, each specializing in local language and content. Follow the links below to discover more about each editor and their area of acquisitions.
Dr. Laurel Plapp
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Dr. Laurel Plapp
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Laurel is Senior Acquisitions Editor for the Language, Literature and Culture list. She began working in the publishing industry in 1995 and joined Peter Lang in 2010, after completing a PhD in Literature with a focus in French and German. Her core commissioning areas are modern languages and literatures, cultural studies and visual culture. She manages specialized series in memory studies, cultural history, women and gender studies, genre fiction, comparative literature, film studies, art history and translation studies, among others. She has recently launched new series in critical race studies, medical humanities, disability studies, and plant and animal studies. She is delighted to speak with scholars about new book and series proposals.
Michael Rücker
Senior Acquisitions Editor (Linguistics / German Language & Literature / English and American Studies)
Michael Rücker
Senior Acquisitions Editor (Linguistics / German Language & Literature / English and American Studies)
Michael Rücker has been with Peter Lang Verlag since 1992. He previously worked for a book wholesaler in Modena and taught German at a grammar school in Trieste. He studied in Hamburg and Toulouse and holds a degree in Romance studies (French language & literature/Italian), English language & literature and economics.
Dr. Phil Dunshea
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Dr. Phil Dunshea
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Philip Dunshea is Senior Acquisitions Editor for the Humanities at Peter Lang, managing series on History, Literature, Culture and Religious Studies. Philip has an MA (Hons) in History from the University of St Andrews and an MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge. Newly arrived in North America from Scotland, he is based in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. Previous roles include Acquisitions Editor for History and the Social Sciences at Peter Lang.
Tony Mason
Senior Commissioning Editor (Ireland)
Tony Mason
Senior Commissioning Editor (Ireland)
Tony has been working in publishing since the early 1990s and is Senior Commissioning Editor, Ireland and the UK. He commissions books in the fields of Irish studies, education, and international relations. Tony is very interested in receiving book proposals and series ideas in these areas. He previously worked for Manchester University Press, Kogan Page and Prentice Hall among others. He has a particular interest in commissioning books on Ireland and has vast experience in that area.
Irish Studies
We are actively expanding our publishing program in Ireland, which is overseen by senior commissioning editor Tony Mason. Our book series Reimagining Ireland is a particular highlight of the program, showcasing the latest interdisciplinary research in Irish studies. We welcome proposals from scholars throughout Ireland and the United Kingdom working in all areas of the humanities and social sciences.
Ulrike Döring
Senior Commissioning Editor
Ulrike Döring
Senior Commissioning Editor
Ulrike Döring studied German Language and Literature and Pedagogy at the University of Stuttgart and graduated with a master’s degree. Before joining Peter Lang, she has worked as an editor for a German specialist book publisher for many years. Since December 2018, she is responsible for the German and Linguistics program at Peter Lang’s Bern office and looks forward to discussing book and series proposals, particularly on linguistic and literary topics.
Ilaria de Seta
Freelance Editor
Ilaria de Seta
Freelance Editor
Ilaria de Seta holds an MPhil in Italian Studies from University College Cork and a Doctorate in Modern Philology from the Università di Napoli Federico II. She has been appointed by Université de Liège until 2018 and is currently Associate Researcher at the KU Leuven. She has joined Peter Lang Busssels office in march 2021 as Freelance Editor. She speaks Italian, French and English. Her subject areas are : Romance Languages and Literatures, Contemporary History, Philosophy. She is also the reference editor for the italian language projects..
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