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...

February 3, 2015

Choice Outstanding Academic Titles!

Check out the Columbia University Press books and those from our distributed presses that were recently named as Choice Outstanding Academic Titles!

January 30, 2015

University Press Roundup

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

January 30, 2015

The Fate of Black and Latino Politicians in New York City — Frederick Douglass Opie

Frederick Douglass Opie on the history and future of Black and Latino politicians in New York City.