June 6, 2012

Columbia University Press Authors at dOCUMENTA 13

The eagerly anticipated art fair dOCUMENTA 13, held every five years, opens on June 9 in Kassel, Germany. dOCUMENTA has become one of the biggest art events in the world but also includes “other objects and experiments in the fields...

June 5, 2012

Michael Marder and Gary Francione Debate Plant Ethics

Michael Marder and Gary Francione debate the logical basis for plant ethics and the impact that plant ethics could have on the animal rights movement.

June 5, 2012

New Book Tuesday: Olivier Assayas, Shizi, and the Art of the New York Times

A Post-May Adolescence: Letter to Alice Debord Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas Edited by Kent Jones Shizi: China’s First Syncretist Shizi; translated by Paul Fischer All the Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t): Inside The New York Times...

June 4, 2012

What to Expect from Columbia University Press in Fall 2012!

BookExpo America (BEA), a flagship event of sorts for those in the book industry, begins tomorrow giving publishers the opportunity to showcase what they’ve got coming out in the Fall. With that in mind, here is our Fall 2012 catalog...

June 4, 2012

Animals and Plants: A Preview of the Debate Between Gary Francione and Michael Marder

This week we will be featuring a debate between Gary Francione, author of Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation, The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?, and several other titles, and Michael Marder, author of the...

June 1, 2012

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best articles from the academic publishing blogosphere.

June 1, 2012

Interview with Michael F. Armstrong, author of They Wished They Were Honest: The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption

We conclude our feature on They Wished They Were Honest: The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption, with an interview the book’s author Michael F. Armstrong. In the interview Michael F. Armstrong discusses the book, corruption in the...

May 31, 2012

Michael Marder — The idea of following in the age of Twitter

Michael Marder reveals that “following” on social networks is not as much a matter of individual choice as it might at first appear.

May 31, 2012

Jacqueline Stevens — Citizenship to Go

Jacqueline Stevens argues that national borders and citizenship based on birth are antiquated and unjust concepts that should be done away with.

May 31, 2012

Michael Armstrong, author of "They Wished They Were Honest," on the Leonard Lopate Show

We continue our feature on They Wished They Were Honest: The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption, with an interview with the book’s author, Michael F. Armstrong. In the interview, Michael Armstrong describes the1970-72 Knapp Commission investigation into...

May 30, 2012

Amy Allen — 'Mommy Wars' Redux: A False Conflict

Amy Allen discusses Elisabeth Badinter’s The Conflict and shows why we should really be concerned about the economic policies and cultural norms that make it so hard to be a mother and have a career.

May 30, 2012

They Wished They Were Honest, The Knapp Commission, Police Corruption, and Serpico

Police corruption, prostitution, and illegal gambling are all revealed in this CBS news report from 1971 on the Knapp Commission, which uncovered rampant corruption in the New York Police Department . The chief counsel for the commission was Michael Armstrong,...