May 18, 2012

University Press Roundup

Time for our weekly look at the best articles from the academic press blogosphere: In the afterglow of President Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage, the Beacon Broadside offers a look at fifteen extraordinary same-sex couples throughout American history. Authors of...

May 17, 2012

An excerpt from The Epigenetics Revolution, by Nessa Carey

An excerpt from Nessa Carey’s excellent introduction to and explanation of the field of epigenetics, The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance.

May 17, 2012

Gertrude Stein, Alan Dershowitz, Barbara Will, and the Controversy at the Met

The recent opening of The Steins Collect at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has ignited a controversyregarding Gertrude Stein’s fascist past. At the center of this debate is Barbara Will’s recent book Unlikely Collaboration: Gertrude Stein, Bernard Faÿ, and the...

May 16, 2012

Michael R. Powers — Are High Gas Prices a Boon to Auto Insurers?

Michael Powers discusses the complex relationship between auto insurers and rising gas prices.

May 16, 2012

Ludger Viefhues-Bailey — The Obomney Consensus: Sexual Politics are Faith-Based

Ludger Viefhues-Bailey looks at the way that President Obama used religion to frame his support of same-sex marriage.

May 15, 2012

Interview with Michael R. Cohen, author of The Birth of Conservative Judaism

The following is an interview with Michael R. Cohen, author of The Birth of Conservative Judaism: Solomon Schechter’s Disciples and the Creation of an American Religious Movement Question: When did you begin your study of Solomon Schechter and his rabbinical...

May 15, 2012

New Book Tuesday: Wars of Plunder, Arabic Stories, and Virginia Woolf

Our weekly list of new titles: Wars of Plunder: Conflicts, Profits and the Politics of Resources Philippe le Billon Across the Line of Control: Inside Pakistan-Administered Kashmir Luv Puri Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation Edited by Laurent Gayer...

May 14, 2012

The Poetry of the Taliban

The Poetry of the Taliban, edited by Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn and due out in July is already garnering a lot of discussion both positive and negative. Richard Kemp, a former commander of British troops in Afghanistan...

May 14, 2012

Kara Newman — Drink and Thrive

Kara Newman discusses her first experience pouring a drink as an intern in the early 1990s.

May 11, 2012

Julie Stephens — The Contradictions of Mother's Day

Julie Stephens discusses the contradictory messages of Mothers’ Day.

May 11, 2012

More Photographs by Pierre Bourdieu via "Picturing Algeria"

In today’s post, we offer some more photographs from Picturing Algeria. The extraordinary photographs were taken during the years of 1957-1960 when Bourdieu was working there as a university lecturer. Taken during the Algerian War, Bourdieu’s photography offer a sympathetic...

May 11, 2012

University Press Roundup

Our weekly look at the best articles from the academic press blogosphere.