August 11, 2020

Zakiya Hanafi on Translating Works of Philosophy

“This is a powerful and paradigm-shifting aesthetics of society, by a great philosophical talent.” ~Simon Critchley, author of Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us It’s the second week of Women in Translation Month! This week’s #WITMONTH feature comes to us from...

August 11, 2020

Video: Larry Cunningham on Margin of Trust: The Berkshire Model

“To truly understand Warren Buffett’s conglomerate, one needs to look beyond the extraordinary numbers and absorb the unique culture of Berkshire Hathaway. Every Berkshire shareholder—or investor of any other company, for that matter—should read Margin of Trust to better understand what makes...

August 11, 2020

New Book Tuesday! A College of Her Own and Common Sense

Our weekly list of new books is now available! A College of Her Own The History of Barnard Robert McCaughey A College of Her Own offers a comprehensive and lively narrative of Barnard from its beginnings to the present day. Through...

August 10, 2020

Off the Page: Tania M. Jenkins on Doctors’ Orders: The Making of Status Hierarchies in an Elite Profession

“This empirically rich comparative study shows how the medical profession conceptualizes itself as rewarding talent, all the while structurally organizing itself to reproduce inequalities. These are important insights for understanding the medical profession, and they extend well beyond, to a...

August 10, 2020

Big Tech Sucks at Gaming

By Joost van Dreunen

“Joost van Dreunen’s One Up reflects his many years of experience and makes interesting observations about the games business, offering his unique perspective as a consultant and an academic. His positioning at the intersection between creators, manufacturers, business executives, investors,...

August 9, 2020

ASA Book Giveaway! Measuring Culture

“Measuring Culture is the canonical text we have been waiting for in the sociology of culture. It is a massive achievement that will be the definitive account on the topic for a long time to come. I’ll be thinking with...

August 9, 2020

Five Examples of China’s Fintech Strength

By Sara Hsu and Jianjun Li

“China has emerged as a leader in the global fintech industry, but there has been limited insight into this development. This book provides a wonderful summary of China’s fintech development, covering topics such as digital payment systems, peer-to-peer lending, and...

August 8, 2020

Join Eric Schwartz on a Tour of Our ASA 2020 Virtual Booth

Eric Schwartz, Editorial Director for Columbia University Press, here. Since the coronavirus pandemic has canceled most conferences for the foreseeable future, the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association included, we’ve gone virtual for book exhibits. While I wish I...

August 8, 2020

Q&A: R. Edward Freeman, Kirsten E. Martin, and Bidhan L. Parmar on The Power of And

  “The Power of And shows the way forward, illustrating how businesses can embed powerful purpose in their strategy, intertwining ethics and responsibility with value creation. Freeman, Martin, and Parmar weave a compelling narrative, acknowledging the complexities of organizations and...

August 7, 2020

Join Myles Thompson on a Tour of Our AOM 2020 Virtual Booth

Socially Distanced greetings, I’m Myles Thompson, the publisher for Columbia Business School Publishing, and because we won’t be together in Vancouver, I want to invite you to our Academy of Management virtual book exhibit on the Columbia University Blog. I...

August 6, 2020

Announcing Our 2020-2021 Sociology Catalog

Letter from the editor: It is with great pleasure that, on behalf of my colleagues at Columbia University Press, I introduce this year’s sociology catalog. These are interesting times in the wider world. With our sociology publishing at Columbia we...

August 6, 2020

Author Event! Join Steve Coll in Conversation with Mary Kaldor and Saskia Sassen

Chaired by Safwan M. Masri

Provocative discussions on the global issues of our time with world-class scholars, authors, and thought leaders Tuesday, August 1112:00 – 1:00 PM EDT5:00 – 6:00 PM GMT +17:00 – 8:00 PM GMT +3 Register Warfare in the twenty-first century goes...