March 22, 2013

Marc Lynch: What’s Missing from the Iraq Debate

“On the 10th anniversary of the invasion, we should be hearing a lot more from them — and a lot less from the former American officials and pundits who got it wrong the first time.”—Marc Lynch Amid the many discussion...

March 21, 2013

Mark Kukis on Voices from Iraq and the Nation’s Future

“The experience of the U.S. invasion and occupation scarred the country much more deeply than even I as a correspondent there imagined.”—Mark Kukis Upon the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we are re-posting an earlier interview with...

March 20, 2013

Paul Pillar: Still Peddling Iraq War Myths, Ten Years Later

We continue our week long feature on the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq with a look at a recent essay by Paul Pillar, author of Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform. In the...

March 20, 2013

Guobin Yang: China’s Twitter Revolution is Slow in Coming

In recent article in Scientific American, Guobin Yang, author of The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online, argues that twitter, microblogging, and other social media is changing China but doubts that radical political change will occur. Yang...

March 19, 2013

Voices from Iraq: What the U.S. Invasion Felt Like to Iraqis

Mark Kukis author Voices from Iraq: A People’s History, 2003-2009 recently discussed the stories of some of the people he interviewed for the book on Juan Cole’s blog Informed Comment. In particular, Kukis shares some of the reactions of a...

March 19, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Animals, Postmodernism, Muslim Identities, and More New Titles

Our weekly listing of new titles. Remember these and all our titles are 50% off when you add SALE to your shopping cart during our Spring Sale: Animals and the Limits of Postmodernism Gary Steiner Muslim Identities: An Introduction to...

March 18, 2013

Book Giveaway: Voices from Iraq

This week marks the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. During the week, we will be featuring books and authors’ perspectives on Iraq. In particular, the extraordinary work by Mark Kukis, Voices from Iraq: A People’s History, 2003-2009...

March 15, 2013

University Press Roundup

Our weekly Roundup of the best blog posts from around the world of academic publishing.

March 15, 2013

Satyajit Ray on Cinema on Pinterest

We close out our week-long feature on Satyajit Ray on Cinema by putting up a special Pinterest board on Ray and his films. The above image is a poster for one of his films, designed by Ray himself. Here are...

March 14, 2013

Interviews with Satyajit Ray

Continuing our feature on Satyajit Ray on Cinema, we present a fascinating 4-part interview with Ray from 1983. In the interview, Ray discusses his his childhood, the influence of the Bengal renaissance, his interest in design and typography, his approach...

March 14, 2013

Catholics Without Popes — Julie Byrne

Amid all the anticipation, excitement, and, to some, endless coverage of the election of a new Pope, Julie Byrne, author of O God of Players: The Story of the Immaculata Mighty Macs and The Other Catholics (forthcoming), asks should there...

March 13, 2013

Satyajit Ray on American and Indian Film

We continue our week-long feature on Satyajit Ray on Cinema with another excerpt from one of the essays in the book. In “National Styles in Cinema,” Ray explores the characteristics of various national cinemas and how it reflects the particular...