Category: Asian Studies

March 22, 2021

Eric Schluessel in Conversation with David Brophy about Xinjiang History

Columbia University Press has published two groundbreaking new books on Xinjiang history, David Brophy’s In Remembrance of the Saints: The Rise and Fall of an Inner Asian Sufi Dynasty and Eric Schluessel’s Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing...

March 22, 2021

Early Photography in China

By Shengqing Wu

Chinese poetry, painting, and calligraphy have a long history of interaction and harmonious integration. But in the nineteenth century, photography was introduced into China: what happened when the brush encountered the shutter? In Photo Poetics, I explore the dynamics of...

March 22, 2021

Introducing ASIA SHORTS: Small Volumes with a Big Message: Strong Scholarship for a Wide Audience

By Bill Tsutsui, Asia Shorts series editor and Jon Wilson, AAS Publications Manager

In our information-saturated lives, there is much to appreciate in the expression of important, timely, and complex ideas in forms that are focused, clear, and concise. Brevity need not signify superficiality nor suggest any lack of ambition or effort. As...

January 8, 2021

Q&A: Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz on Asian Place, Filipino Nation

“In restoring the intellectual history of the Philippine Revolution, at long last, to its pan-Asian context, Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz offers a startling new perspective not only on the history of the Philippines in that era but on the evolution of...

January 7, 2021

Browse Our MLA Virtual Book Exhibit with Philip Leventhal

Welcome to the Columbia University Press virtual exhibit for the MLA conference. I am Philip Leventhal, editor for literary studies, and while it is disappointing not to have the opportunity to see everyone in person at MLA this year, I...

January 7, 2021

Browse Our AHA Virtual Book Exhibit with Caelyn Cobb

Hello and welcome to the Columbia University Press American Historical Association virtual exhibit, coming live—once again—from our socially distanced homes to yours. I’m Caelyn Cobb, the editor for global history, and I’m so disappointed not to see any of your...

October 8, 2020

Join Wendy Lochner for a Tour of our SPEP Virtual Exhibit!

Hello, philosophers of all stripes and types. I’m Wendy Lochner, the philosophy editor at Columbia University Press. Since the coronavirus pandemic has canceled most of the fall/winter conferences—the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy and the American Philosophical Association Eastern...

September 30, 2020

Introducing the Hong Kong Literature Series!

From the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

In this video, series editor John Minford introduces the Hong Kong Literature Series and speaks to how this collection reveals the hidden depths of Hong Kong’s soul. The series is published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. Now...

September 29, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Mind Ecologies and A Misunderstood Friendship

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Mind Ecologies Body, Brain, and World Matthew Crippen and Jay Schulkin Matthew Crippen, a philosopher of mind, and Jay Schulkin, a behavioral neuroscientist, offer an innovative interdisciplinary theory of mind. They...

September 15, 2020

George Kallander on Na Man’gap’s The Diary of 1636

“The Diary of 1636 is a fascinating firsthand description of the turmoil and difficulties in Chosŏn Korea during the second Manchu invasion. George Kallander’s engaging and highly readable translation provides an understanding of the Chosŏn response to the invasions, internal power struggles,...

September 8, 2020

The Unprecedented 1827 Osaka Incident

By Kate Wildman Nakai, Mark Teeuwen, and Fumiko Miyazaki

“Christian Sorcerers on Trial is a model of consummate scholarship and at the same time a gripping narrative which will be of great interest not just to students of Japanese religion and history, but to anyone curious about Japan in the...

September 3, 2020

Van C. Gessel on Endō Shūsaku’s Sachiko

“An extraordinary novel by one of Japan’s literary masters, Sachiko is a testament to shared experiences, cruelty, loss, and the persistence of love and faith.” ~Foreword Reviews, starred review September is National Translation Month. Today, we present a guest post...