December 22, 2008

How to Win Islam Over — A New York Times Op-ed from Olivier Roy

“This idea of trying to reconcile Islam and the West is well intentioned, of course. But the premise is wrong.”—Olivier Roy and Justin Vaisse, New York Times In yesterday’s New York Times, Olivier Roy and Justin Vaisse challenged the rhetoric...

December 19, 2008

A Discussion of Killing Civilians on "Making Sense of Darfur"

Recently there has been a very lively discussion at the Social Science Research Council’s blog Making Sense of Darfur about Hugo Slim’s Killing Civilians: Method, Madness, Morality. The discussion is ongoing but there have already been postings from the blog’s...

December 18, 2008

Gayatri Spivak, Talal Asad & Other Prominent Scholars on the Obama Election

Soon after the presidential election, four of the interviewees from The Present as History: Critical Perspectives on Global Power were on a panel with the book’s author, Nermeen Shaikh to discuss the book and to consider the historical and future...

December 17, 2008

Listening to Yaddo

As praise for Micki McGee’s Yaddo: Making America Culture continues to pour in, we thought it might also be worthwhile to point out other venues where you can appreciate the history of this influential artists’ colony. In an earlier post,...

December 16, 2008

New Titles from Wallflower Press

Columbia University Press is the proud U.S. distributor of Wallflower Press, one of the best publishers in film and film studies. Here are some recent arrivals from Wallflower that highlight the diverse and always-compelling nature of their list. Is there...

December 15, 2008

Editors of the Measure of America Speak at the Carnegie Council

The Carnegie Council has a very interesting post on their blog Fairer Globalization about Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis’s recent talk on The Measure of America: American Human Development Report, 2008-2009. You can watch a video of their talk here....

December 12, 2008

Paul Offit and Amanda Peet Discuss Vaccines and Autism on NPR

On yesterday’s Morning Edition, film actress Amanda Peet, and Dr. Paul Offit, author of Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure, discussed the importance of vaccinating children to protect them from measles and other...

December 12, 2008

Best American Magazine Writing 2008 on the Leonard Lopate Show

Leonard Lopate sat down with Jeanne Marie Laskas and Vanessa Grigoriadis, two of the contributors to the Best American Magazine Writing 2008 to talk about the best-selling collection and the state of the magazine industry in the age of blogs,...

December 11, 2008

Mutts Like Us . . . A Post by Frances Bartkowski

This still young century—maybe only now just beginning—calls us all into relations of obligation and care. This is our object lesson, among others, whether to follow our curiosity and desire—to kiss, or to be led by our lesser selves toward...

December 10, 2008

"The Most Exciting and Eagerly Awaited Title from a Scholarly Press." — Scott McLemee on Hubert Harrison, by Jeffrey Perry

Scott McLemee qualifies this remark somewhat in his Inside Higher Ed article on Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918, admitting that he has been eagerly awaiting this title and he explains why in the article and the accompanying...

December 9, 2008

What To Give Obama and His Team for the Holidays? The Measure of America

What to get for the Secretary of Labor, Education, Health, Housing or Transportation? In a post for the Huffington Post, Derek Shearer, who worked in the Clinton administration, suggests some possible gift ideas for Obama and his soon-to-be presidential staff....

December 8, 2008

Holiday Sale at Columbia University Press!

Books make great gifts. Please visit our HOLIDAY SALE and save 30% on books that are sure to please everyone on your list. We are also offering special discounts on books in Philosophy, Religion, Middle East Studies, Neuroscience, Evolution and...