November 9, 2008

Jerelle Kraus Radio Interview

Jerelle Kraus, author of All the Art’s That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t): Inside the New York Times Op-ed Page will discuss her book on the “Ron and Fez Show” tonight from 9 to 11 pm on Sirius...

November 7, 2008

Laurent Cohen-Tanugi Speaks at the Carnegie Council

The following post is by Devin Stewart, director of Global Policy Innovations, the editor of Policy Innovations, publisher of the Fairer Globalization and Ethical Blogger blogs, and the founding editor of Carnegie Ethics Online. French intellectual Laurent Cohen-Tanugi visited the...

November 6, 2008

Meet the author Michael Fischbach

On Tuesday, November 18th, Michael Fischbach, the author of Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries will be speaking at the 92nd St Y in New York City on the claims of Mizrahi/Sephardic Jews who lost property during their exodus from...

November 5, 2008

Jules Feiffer image from All the Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t): Inside the New York Times Op-Ed Page by Jerelle Kraus. This image originally ran in the New York Times in 2007 and while the caption...

November 5, 2008

Gerald Curtis on What an Obama Presidency Means for Japan

“There are several reasons why Japan should look forward to an Obama presidency. First of all, Obama is the first person to become President for whom Asia is not a far away region with which he has little personal experience...

November 4, 2008

How New York City Votes

With record turnout predicted in New York City for today’s election, we thought we’d look back at how New York City residents have voted in past elections via The Almanac of New York City. In the 43 elections from 1836-1904,...

November 4, 2008

American Studies Titles on Sale

Now through December 1, we are offering 20% off selected titles in American Studies. For more details about the sale, including a list of books please click here. You can also browse the sale titles by different categories: American History...

November 3, 2008

Religion and American Politics and Culture — An Interview with Mark Hulsether

“McCain’s apparent hypocrisy when he mouths religious rhetoric is also fascinating. And we could say something similar about Ronald Reagan. Both of the Clintons, and of course also Jimmy Carter, are far more serious and thoughtful about religion than either...

October 31, 2008

Paul Offit on the Today Show

Yesterday, Paul Offit appeared on the Today Show to talk about Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure.

October 31, 2008

Halloween Reading and Horror Films

For some readers what might be most scary about university press books is the sometimes seemingly inscrutable writing of the authors. However, here at Columbia University Press we have a few legitimate books that make for perfect Halloween reading. First...

October 31, 2008

The New York Times Asks You to Test Your New York Trivia Knowledge

Since the New York Times‘s  City Room blog has devoted a post to The Almanac of New York City, edited by Kenneth T. Jackson and Fred Kameny, we’ll wait until next week to post some more facts and figures. (You...

October 30, 2008

Interviewing Cixous

The recently published White Ink: Interviews on Sex, Text, and Politics includes a variety of interviews with Hélène Cixous, providing rich, new perspectives on her work and her influential ideas. The book also includes dialogues with Derrida and Foucault. Interview...