June 26, 2018

Trivia Tuesday: This Groundbreaking Work Traces Early Christian Preoccupations with Sexuality and the Body

Peter Brown’s study of the ascetic impulse in early Christianity begins in the pagan world of the first century AD and traces the early Christian preoccupation with sexuality and the body through the fifth century AD. The Body and Society explores the...

June 26, 2018

Introducing Coping with the Climate Crisis

This week, we’re featuring our newest releases on the topic of climate change. Today’s book excerpt comes from the introduction of Coping with the Climate Crisis: Mitigation Policies and Global Coordination, edited by Rabah Arezki, Patrick Bolton, Karim El Aynaoui, and Maurice Obstfeld....

June 25, 2018

David Coates on Flawed Capitalism

 In this video, David Coates discusses his major new book, Flawed Capitalism: The Anglo-American Condition and its Resolution. Released in May 2018, Flawed Capitalism, draws on his vast experience of economy and society in both the U.S. and the UK to...

June 25, 2018

Introducing Game Theory and Climate Change

This week, we’re featuring our newest releases on the topic of climate change. Today’s book excerpt comes from chapter one of Game Theory and Climate Change.  A conceptual framework with which to analyze climate change as a strategic game, Game Theory and Climate...

June 23, 2018

What Difference Does a Word Make?

Did you know that Thomas Wentworth Higginson, publisher and friend to Emily Dickinson, changed the word “Heft” to “weight” when he and Mabel Loomis Todd edited and published a collection of her poems after her death. Higginson wrote that Dickinson’s...

June 22, 2018

Behind the Scenes of “The Operator”

“‘The Operator’ discusses the background noises which may motivate or destroy a person.” ~ Sharon Webber-Zvik To close this week’s “Behind the Scenes” theme, today we bring you a guest post from Sharon Webber-Zvik, who designed the image used on...

June 21, 2018

My Time at CUP: John D. Moore

John D. Moore COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1968-1996 EDITOR, 1968-1975 EDITOR IN CHIEF, 1976-1980 DIRECTOR, 1980-1996 > I came to the Press in 1968. Part of the hiring process was a luncheon in Faculty House with the editor in chief, Robert (Bob)...

June 21, 2018

Iain MacKenzie on Resistance and the Politics of Truth: Foucault, Deleuze, Badiou

Today, we are honored to have a guest post by Iain MacKenzie, author of the forthcoming book Resistance and the Politics of Truth: Foucault, Deleuze, Badiou. MacKenzie is a co-director of the Centre for Critical Thought and a senior lecturer in politics at...

June 20, 2018

Behind the Scenes of the Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online

  “Granger’s is a portal that invites our own voyages of discovery.” ~ Tessa Kale In continuing with this week’s “Behind the Scenes” theme, today we bring you a guest post from Tessa Kale, Senior Editor of The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online. • ...

June 19, 2018

Behind the Scenes of the Association of University Presses Annual Meeting

IT’S TWO DAYS into the Association of University Presses annual meeting. You’ve been attending sessions and asking your colleagues to fill you in on the panels you couldn’t make it to. At this point. you may be wondering: How are session...

June 18, 2018

Behind the Scenes of the Association of University Presses Book, Journal, and Jacket Show

“We all get to see the books other presses publish while admiring the incredible creativity of our colleagues.”  ∼ Lisa Hamm, Senior Designer, Columbia University Press In honor of the AUP conference, today we’re interviewing Julia Kushnirsky (art director) and Lisa...

June 18, 2018

An Acquisitions Editor’s Guide to Making the Most of Exhibits and Conferences

Today, our editorial director Eric Schwartz will participated on the panel Making the Most of Exhibits and Conferences, at the annual meeting of the Association of University Presses. For those of you who were unable to attend the meeting or the...