March 7, 2013

Ben Alamar Discusses Sports Analytics with Grantland

Zach Lowe from Grantland recently interviewed Benjamin Alamar, author of Sports Analytics: A Guide for Coaches, Managers, and Other Decision Makers . They interview took place at the annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference or “Nerd Fest 2013”. Alamar, who...

March 6, 2013

Michael Marder and Gary Francione debate plant ethics

Read an excerpt from a debate between Michael Marder, author of Plant-Thinking, and Gary Francione on plant ethics.

March 6, 2013

Save 50% on ALL Titles During our Special Spring Sale

Save 50% on ALL Titles during our Spring Sale! Spread the word! To save 50% use the code “SALE” in your shopping cart. Click “apply” and your savings will be calculated. The fine print: 1. The sale is available to...

March 5, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Fountainhead of Jihad and More!

Our weekly listing of new titles: Fountainhead of Jihad: The Haqqani Nexus, 1973-2012 Vahid Brown and Don Rassler The European Union and South Korea: The Legal Framework for Strengthening Trade, Economic, and Political Relations James Harrison Catapulted: Youth Migration and...

March 5, 2013

Michael Marder: To Encounter the Plants…

Read an excerpt from the introduction to Michael Marder’s Plant-Thinking.

March 4, 2013

Columbia University Press Author Events for March

Just 4 days into the month and we’ve already had a great event: the launch of the highly anticipated Sources of Tibetan Tradition with two of the book’s editors, Matthew T. Kapstein and Gray Tuttle. The event took place yesterday...

March 1, 2013

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best posts from the blogs of academic publishers.

March 1, 2013

The Life and Works of Alain Badiou

Check out our Pinterest board honoring the career of Alain Badiou.

March 1, 2013

Alain Badiou translates "What is a Philosopher?" from Plato's Republic

Read an excerpt from Alain Badiou’s creative new translation of Plato’s Republic.

February 28, 2013

Ward Blanton: Paula Versus the New Philosophers, or, Incident in Beijing

Read an essay by Professor Ward Blanton on the importance of Badiou’s The Incident at Antioch to the study of St. Paul.

February 27, 2013

Susan Spitzer: Translating Alain Badiou's The Incident at Antioch and Plato's Republic

Susan Spitzer discusses the experience of translating two very different works by Alain Badiou.

February 26, 2013

Kenneth Reinhard: Badiou's Sublime Translation of the Republic

Read Kenneth Reinhard’s introduction to Alain Badiou’s “hypertranslation” of Plato’s Republic.