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Meet The Editorial Team
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.
Esra Bahşi
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Esra Bahşi
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Esra Bahşi has been working for Peter Lang Verlag since autumn 2014. She holds a degree in German language & literature from Hacettepe/Ankara and Ege/Izmir Universities, together with a double MA in European studies and international relations from Istanbul Bilgi University and European University Viadrina. She is responsible for publications by Turkish authors.
Dr. Kurt Wallat
Senior Acquisitions Editor (Law / Economics)
Dr. Kurt Wallat
Senior Acquisitions Editor (Law / Economics)
Kurt Wallat holds a PhD in humanities. After studying in Mainz and Freiburg, and working in an academic capacity at Freiburg University, he joined Peter Lang in 1996. As a senior acquisitions editor, he is responsible for publications and series focusing mainly on law and economics.
Lucy Melville
Group Publishing Director
Lucy Melville
Group Publishing Director
Lucy has been working in publishing since 1995 and as the UK and Irish Director of Peter Lang since 2011. With overall strategic and commissioning responsibility for the UK and Irish divisions, Lucy is also responsible for the History, Theology and Religious Studies, and Social Sciences lists. She acquires manuscripts in the areas of African development, ethics (including business ethics), religion and theology, media and communication, sport history, trade union history, and British Mesolithic and Neolithic studies, amongst others. She also commissions books in the history and culture of Scotland, aspects of British identity since 1707 and queer studies. She is always interested in receiving new series ideas.
Niall Kennedy
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Niall Kennedy
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Niall Kennedy is Senior Acquisitions Editor for Media and Communication at Peter Lang. He is acquiring titles in all areas of Communication, Journalism, Public Relations and Media Studies. He has worked in academic publishing for 12 years. He has experience of commissioning a wide range of titles, including textbooks, professional texts, and scholarly research publications in the areas of Media and Cultural Studies and Business and Management for leading academic publishers. He graduated with an MA in Journalism in 2008.
Thierry Waser
Deputy Managing Director and Senior Commissioning Editor
Thierry Waser
Deputy Managing Director and Senior Commissioning Editor
Thierry Waser holds an MA in French literature and contemporary history from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He started working for Peter Lang in 2008, first in the Bern office, before joining the Brussels office in 2015, where he works as the deputy managing director and senior commissioning editor. He speaks French, German and English. Subject areas: History, sociology, linguistics, philosophy, law, ecology and environmental studies.
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.
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Dr. Ayseli Usluata. Dept. of Public Relations & Publicity, Yeditepe University Editor-in-chief, Global Media Journal and author of Social Responsibility as Academic Learning Course at the University