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February 17, 2009

The Power of Nonviolence — A Post by Joseph Kip Kosek

The following post is by Joseph Kip Kosek, author of Acts of Conscience: Christian Nonviolence and Modern American Democracy. The concept of nonviolence seems to have little power today. Barack Obama’s inauguration, followed quickly by Black History Month, inspired many...

February 13, 2009

University Press Round-Up

With much of the publishing world’s attention, excitement, and anxiety focused on this week’s “Tools of Change” conference, we also wanted to once again showcase all the interesting posts and books coming from our fellow university presses: Jacqueline Olds argues...

February 13, 2009

Special Court Says Vaccines Are Not To Blame for Autism

“It’s a great day for science, it’s a great day for America’s children when the court rules in favor of science.”—Dr. Paul Offit on yesterday’s special court ruling. Yesterday, we posted about the Times of London story about Andrew Wakefield’s...

February 12, 2009

Links Between Vaccines and Autism Were Fabricated

In Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure, Paul Offit looks at the history of autism research and shows the ways in which some researchers have misled the public by asserting a connection between...

February 12, 2009

Signs of Spring

While the weather in New York City seems to be returning to more February-like temperatures, the fact that our Spring 2009 books are shipping out to store is perhaps a sign that Spring is just around the corner. We had...

February 11, 2009

A Portrait of Mississippi

Mississippi has long had the reputation for being one of the poorest and most stratified states in the United States but how accurate is that assessment in 2009? According to the just published A Portrait of Mississippi, the state ranks...

February 10, 2009

The International Film Guide Launches at the Berlin Film Festival

Amid the movie stars and acclaimed directors populating the 52nd Annual Berlin Film Festival was the launch of the The 45th edition of the International Film Guide: The Definitive Annual Review of World Cinema. The International Film Guide includes a...

February 9, 2009

One Hundred Fifty Years Without Darwin Is Too Long!

The following post is by Donald Prothero, author of Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters. You can also read his earlier post, Evolution: The Fossils Say Yes. As we mark the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birth on...

February 6, 2009

Happy Birthday Charles!

February 12, 2009 marks Darwin Day, the 200th anniversary of the birth of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin. That’s a lot of candles on his cake. Donald Prothero, author of Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters is having...

February 2, 2009

NGOs in Gaza: Humanitarianism vs. Politics by Hugo Slim

Hugo Slim, author of Killing Civilians: Method, Madness, and Morality in War, recently published an essay in Open Democracy arguing that the noble urge of aid agencies to support Palestinians is too often compromised by a blind eye to uncomfortable...

January 30, 2009

Columbia University Press on Twitter

Columbia University Press is now on Twitter! Follow us as we microblog over at http://twitter.com/ColumbiaUP. We hope to see you there.

January 30, 2009

University Press Blog Round-Up

Below is our regular update of interesting posts from fellow university press blogs. Susan Campbell author of Dating Jesus: A Story of Fundamentalism on the Beacon Broadside. Post-Racial America?, an essay by John Iceland on the University of California Weblog....

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