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.