Monthly Archive: October, 2018

October 30, 2018

Q&A: Philippe Met on The Cinema of Louis Malle

Louis Malle was the pioneer of the French New Wave and went on to an acclaimed transatlantic career. Today is his birthday and to learn more about this great film director, our Donovan N. Redd interviewed Philippe Met, editor of...

October 30, 2018

New Book Tuesday! Transatlantic Speculations, Triadic Coercion, Conversion Disorder, and More

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Conversion Disorder Listening to the Body in Psychoanalysis Jamieson Webster Race Capital? Harlem as Setting and Symbol Edited by Andrew M. Fearnley and Daniel Matlin Triadic Coercion Israel’s Targeting of States...

October 26, 2018

Words Matter: The Many Meanings of Terrorism

This week we are featuring titles from our New Directions in Critical Theory series. Today, we have a guest post from Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson, author of Genealogies of Terrorism: Revolution, State Violence, Empire. In this book, Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson rejects attempts to define what terrorism...

October 25, 2018

Book Excerpt! Queer Terror: Life, Death, and Desire in the Settler Colony

This week we are featuring titles from our New Directions in Critical Theory series. Today we have an excerpt from C. Heike Schotten’s Queer Terror: Life, Death, and Desire in the Settler Colony. In this book, C. Heike Schotten offers a critique of U.S. settler-colonial...

October 25, 2018

My Time at CUP: Darrin Pratt

Darrin Pratt DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY PRESS OF COLORADO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1992–1993 EXHIBITS AND SPECIAL SALES MANAGER > My most vivid, and also odd, memory of my time at Columbia University Press is tied to my exceptionally brief modeling career, an opportunity...

October 24, 2018

What’s in a Name?: Violence and the Responsibility of Political Theory

This week we are featuring titles from our New Directions in Critical Theory series. Today, we have a guest post from Mathias Thaler, author of Naming Violence: A Critical Theory of Genocide, Torture, and Terrorism. In this book, Thaler articulates a novel perspective on the study...

October 23, 2018

Q&A Looking Back: Ang Lee’s Early Roots

Today is Ang Lee’s birthday. To celebrate, we have a special Q&A with Whitney Crothers Dilley, author of The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of the Screen, 2nd edition.  Whitney Crothers Dilley’s 2015 book, The Cinema of Ang...

October 23, 2018

New Book Tuesday! Unbinding the Pillow Book, Merger Masters, Climate Change, and More!

Our weekly list of new releases is now available! Merger Masters Tales of Arbitrage Kate Welling and Mario Gabelli Climate Change The Science of Global Warming and Our Energy Future (Second Edition) Edmond A. Mathez and Jason E. Smerdon Political...

October 5, 2018

Weekly RoundUp: Spring in October?, Hispanic Heritage, Color Me Happy, and more!

Hey there University press fans! Miss me? Well no worries because I’m back, I’m fresh and I’ve got scoop.  I know you’re dying to find out what’s been hot (or not) in the university press community, so let’s not waste...

October 5, 2018

Reader Wins a Complete Set of Russian Library Series

During National Translation Month, we held a giveaway for a complete set of our Russian Library series. Today, our winner posted a picture of his prize! Great competition prize from @ColumbiaUP. The nine volumes of their #Russian #Literature Library published...

October 5, 2018

Not Your Father’s Retirement

This week, one of the book’s we’ve been featuring is Retirement and its Discontents: Why We Won’t Stop Working, Even if We Can. Yesterday, we interviewed Michelle Pannor Silver, the book’s author, and today we are happy to present you with her...

October 4, 2018

Q&A Michelle Pannor Silver on Retirement and its Discontents

“A convincing analysis of the disquiet among a small group of elders who—despite having money—want to work. Warning! A furtive tear may betray empathy for their deep feelings of abandonment, depression, being a renegade. Silver digs deep for courageous insights...