February 7, 2008

Edward Said: Literary and Music Critic

As a thinker and intellectual Edward Said defied easy categorization. He was a leading figure in the development of postcolonial criticism, a political activist, and a music critic for The Nation and other publications. In recent weeks, Columbia has published...

February 6, 2008

Books for the Candidates

With “Super Tuesday” settling the presidential field (sort of ), candidates can return to the issues. Over the next few weeks, we will offer some reading suggestions for Clinton, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, and others. The first on our list is...

February 5, 2008

Author Events for the Week of Feb 4

From Hollywood’s Censor to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes to media depictions of women in the Iraq War, there are several opportunities to hear a Columbia University Press author. On Tuesday, February 5 at 6:00 pm, James Martel will discuss...

February 5, 2008

The Cinema of Todd Haynes

Brilliant and grounbreaking to some, inscrutable and frustrating to others, I’m Not There, Todd Haynes’s newest film a bio-pic of Bob Dylan has garnered its fair share of opinions—almost none ambivalent. Whatever your opinion of Haynes’s latest it is certainly...

February 4, 2008

Black History Month

February marks Black History Month and in honor of the wealth of scholarship that the Press has published on the subject, we will be featuring titles throughout the month that examine African American history and culture. The first book is...

February 1, 2008

Playing Politics with Terrorism

Have you ever wondered if politicians are being totally forthcoming about the threat of terrorism in your country? Have you ever wondered if they might be exaggerating for their own benefit? George Kassimeris did, and he’s put together an excellent...

January 31, 2008

Herve This Heads West

Considered by many to be the father of the molecular gastronomy movement, Hervé This has been changing the way the world approaches cooking; bringing a scientific sensibility to bear on the common problems all cooks face. His books Molecular Gastronomy...

January 30, 2008

Frontline Pakistan

An October headline in Newsweek magazine declared that the most dangerous nation in the world isn’t Iraq—it’s Pakistan. Earlier in October the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the social unrest set off by the assassination, and the subsequent state of emergency...

January 30, 2008

Mellon Foundation Grant awarded to Columbia University Press

The University Presses of California, Chicago, and Columbia are pleased to announce that the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant to commence publication of a major book series covering South Asia. Titled “South Asia across the Disciplines” the...

January 29, 2008

Donald Prothero: "Evolution: The Fossils Say Yes!"

The following post was written by Donald Prothero, author of Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters. Back in 2005, “intelligent design” (ID) creationism was all the rage. President Bush endorsed the ID creationists, and they even made...

January 29, 2008

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