Category: Academia/Education

January 8, 2009

Post-Convention Wrap-Ups — AHA

We continue our recap (or really recap of recaps) of recent conventions with the American Historical Association’s meeting which was recently held in New York City. Given historians penchant for documenting, it is not surprising that there are a lot...

January 7, 2009

Post-Convention Wrap-Ups — The MLA

The two weeks after Christmas are kind of the equivalent of “March Madness” for academia and scholarly publishing with conferences for a variety of fields. Not surprisingly, these events are now blogged about and twittered. Over the next few days,...

September 24, 2008

Exam Copy Offers and Discounts on Books Via the AAUP

The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has made their new Spring 2009 Course Adoption catalogs available to view and print out online. The site allows users to selectively view exam copy offers and discounts on 700+ books. These include...

September 17, 2008

The Seminary Co-op Bookstore Relaunches The Front Table

Chicago’s Seminary Co-op, one of the best bookstores in the country, is now offering an online version of The Front Table, a book magazine edited by Jeff Waxman. This is very good news, for anyone interested in not only university...

August 29, 2008

Interview with Steven Cahn, Author of From Student to Scholar

The following is an interview with Steven Cahn, author of the just-published From Student to Scholar: A Candid Guide to Becoming a Professor: Q: What do you believe is the most important ingredient for success in graduate school? Steven Cahn:...

June 9, 2008

Bruce Hoffman and the Feud over Terrorism

Yesterday’s New York Times “Week in Review” featured an article about the growing dispute between experts on the nature of the terrorist threat. One of the central figures in this debate is Bruce Hoffman, professor at Georgetown University’s School of...

June 6, 2008

Beer, Richard Dawkins, New York's Sexual Underworld, DJ Spooky, and More from University Press Blogs

Every so often we like to highlight books and blog postings from other university presses. The following links reveal the great breadth of what university presses publish and the fascinating reading and listening to be found at university press blogs:...

May 22, 2008

Wellek Library Lectures

Even as academics and scholars start to get ready for their summer break, there is still much anticipation and excitement about the Wellek Library Lectures series, which is going on this week. Held annually since 1981 at the Critical Theory...

April 3, 2008

Columbia Authors at the Asian Studies Association Conference

Continuing our look at Columbia authors’ participation at conferences, we offer a list of panelists at the Asian Studies Association conference being held this weekend in Atlanta. From the femme fatale in Japanese literature to monetary policy in China, the...

March 28, 2008

CUP Authors at the Organization of American Historians Convention

This coming weekend scholars of American history will descend upon New York City for their annual convention, sponsored by the Organization for American Historians. Several Columbia University Press authors will be there on panels covering everything from Islam in the...

March 20, 2008

Award Update: Lambda and Choice

Congratulations to Beth Firestein and all of the contributors to Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals Across the Lifespan for being named a finalist in the Bisexual category of the 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. We’ve also posted an interview with Beth...

March 4, 2008

Film and Philly: The Society for Cinema & Media Studies Conference

For some people six things come to mind when they think about Philadelphia and film: Rocky, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Rocky V, and the mose recent Rocky Balboa. However, beginning on Thursday, The Society for Cinema & Media...