February 12, 2015

AAUP Design Award Winners!

Congratulations to all our great and talented designers for being recognized by the Association of American University Presses!

February 11, 2015

Four Thoughts for Academic Writers (Or Maybe All Writers) — Eric Hayot

Eric Hayot, author of “The Elements of Academic Style,” gives advice on writing.

February 10, 2015

An Interview with Minae Mizumura, author of "The Fall of Language in the Age of English"

Read an interview with Minae Mizumura, author of “The Fall of Language in the Age of English”

February 10, 2015

New Book Tuesday: A New Book from Jeffrey Sachs, Voices of the Arab Spring and More!

New books this week include “The Age of Sustainable Development,” by Jeffrey Sachs.

February 9, 2015

Prose Award Winners!

From Stiglitz and Flying Dinosaurs, to Iris Barry and Roberto Bolano, several Columbia University Press books received recognition at the PROSE awards.

February 6, 2015

University Press Roundup

Our weekly links roundup of the best blog posts from around the world of academic publishing!

February 6, 2015

"What Is Academic Freedom For?," by Robert J. Zimmer

Read “What Is Academic Freedom For?,” by Robert J. Zimmer, excerpted from WHO’S AFRAID OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM?, edited by Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan R. Cole.

February 5, 2015

"Exercising Rights: Academic Freedom and Boycott Politics," by Judith Butler

Read “Exercising Rights: Academic Freedom and Boycott Politics,” by Judith Butler, excerpted from WHO’S AFRAID OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM?, edited by Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan R. Cole.

February 4, 2015

"Academic Freedom and the Boycott of Israeli Universities," by Stanley Fish

Read “Academic Freedom and the Boycott of Israeli Universities,” by Stanley Fish, excerpted from WHO’S AFRAID OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM?, edited by Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan R. Cole.

February 4, 2015

Cultural Foreign Policy from Cold War Modernism to Today's Hollywood Bromance — Greg Barnhisel

Greg Barnhisel, author of “Cold War Modernists: Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy,” on the possibilities and limits of cultural diplomacy.

February 3, 2015

What We Talk About When We Talk About Academic Freedom

Read an excerpt from Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan Cole’s introduction to WHO’S AFRAID OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM?

February 3, 2015

New Book Tuesday! 2 Sexes, Niles Eldredge, Bollywood and More New Books!

There Are Two Sexes: Essays in Feminology Antoinette Fouque; Translated by David Macey and Catherine Porter Eternal Ephemera: Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century Through Punctuated Equilibria and Beyond Niles Eldredge Losing Control?: Sovereignty in the...