January 7, 2009

Excommunicating Dead Terrorists, by Leor Halevi

In a past post, Columbia University Press authors Bruce Hoffman and Ami Pedazhur looked at the geopolitical and security issues raised by the Mumbai attacks. In his article Excommunicating Dead Terrorists, Leor Halevi, author of Muhammad’s Grave: Death Rites and...

January 7, 2009

Post-Convention Wrap-Ups — The MLA

The two weeks after Christmas are kind of the equivalent of “March Madness” for academia and scholarly publishing with conferences for a variety of fields. Not surprisingly, these events are now blogged about and twittered. Over the next few days,...

January 6, 2009

Interviews with Siddharth Kara

Siddharth Kara’s Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery investigates the mechanics of the global sex trafficking business across four continents and takes stock of its devastating human toll. Recently, Kara was interviewed on Marketplace. In the interview Kara...

January 6, 2009

Save on Economics and Finance Titles!

Save 20% on selected titles in Economics. Click here for more details. Sale lasts until February 1.

January 5, 2009

Seed Selects Autism's False Prophets for Their Top Books of 2008

We know it’s a bit late for year-end lists but we did want to point out that the editors of Seed included Paul Offit’s Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure on their list...

January 5, 2009

History Titles on Sale!

In addition to our other ongoing sales, we are also announcing a special sale on History titles. Save 20% on dozens of titles in a variety of subjects including: * U.S. History * Asian History * European History * Middle...

January 5, 2009

Upcoming Author Events

For the week of January 5 three Columbia University Press authors will be reading from and discussing their book in the New York City area. Jeffrey B. Perry author of Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918: Thursday, January...

December 31, 2008

Literary Studies Titles on Sale

Not happy with your the gifts you received over the holidays? Well, treat yourself to literary titles from Columbia University Press and Edinburgh University Press! Save 20% on dozens of titles in a variety of subjects including: * Literary Theory...

December 30, 2008

Jenny Davidson — YA Author, Blogger, and Scholar

We’ll have more in the coming month about Jenny Davidson’s just-published Breeding: A Partial History of the Eighteenth Century. The book offers a fascinating portrait of eighteenth-century debates concerning nature vs. nurture debate and how this Enlightenment concern has shaped...

December 29, 2008

Hamas in Politics, by Jeroen Gunning

Jeroen Gunning’s Hamas in Politics: Democracy, Religion, Violence provides a much-needed analysis of Hamas and its political ideology based on the author’s extensive fieldwork in the Gaza Strip. Drawing on interviews with Hamas leaders, Gunning presents a portrait that challenges...

December 23, 2008

Two Perspectives on the Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai — Ami Pedazhur and Bruce Hoffman

In a recent New York Times op-ed, Ami Pedazhur, author of the forthcoming The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism, compared the recent attack in Mumbai to the one during 1972 Munich Olympics. In both cases, the terrorists...

December 23, 2008

Quick Links — Jonathan Riley-Smith, Don Hollenbeck, and Bad Taste

Here are some links to recent online reviews and articles: * Melissa Snell’s about.com review of The Crusades, Christianity, and Islam, by Jonathan Riley-Smith * Loren Ghiglione discusses his new biography, CBS’s Don Hollenbeck: An Honest Reporter in the Age...