March 30, 2020

Sapphic Foucault

By Lynne Huffer

“Foucault’s Strange Eros challenges its readers to describe aptly, to touch delicately their seeking, mortal, embodied selves. The book elicits and sustains their interest. It rejoices on some pages to weep on others, but it is animated throughout by generous reading...

March 28, 2020

ISA 2020 Happy Hour Reads: Books About Global Politics

Today is the last day of our ISA 2020 virtual exhibit, but we’re not done yet. We are ending with a book sampled from each of our series in international relations. Explore jihadism in Tunisia, nuclear policy in North Korea,...

March 28, 2020

New Books in International Affairs from Agenda Publishing, Verlag Barbara Budrich, and Ibidem Press

No trip to the Columbia University Press booth would be complete without a look at what’s new from our distribution partners around the world! This year, we’re very excited to launch a robust list of titles on a wide swath...

March 28, 2020

Join Caelyn Cobb on a Tour of Our Featured Book Series at ISA 2020!

Mahalo for continuing to follow our virtual International Studies Association exhibit! Today I’d like to talk to you about our global politics series. We have a lot of series in this field, because you political scientists love your series. Don’t...

March 27, 2020

ISA 2020 Happy Hour Reads: Books for Courses

Start your weekend off strong with this selection of excerpts from our ISA 2020 virtual exhibit! As Caelyn Cobb mentioned earlier today, these books would make great additions to a class, so settle in for some course reading inspiration. • ...

March 27, 2020

Join Caelyn Cobb on an Exploration of Our ISA 2020 Books for Courses

Aloha from Not-Hawaii, friends! Today in our virtual International Studies Association (ISA) booth, I want to share some of our international politics books that would be great choices for courses. Obviously, I think all of our global politics books have...

March 26, 2020

ISA 2020 Happy Hour Reads: New Books on Current Events

Welcome to day 2 of our ISA 2020 virtual booth! Caelyn Cobb started the afternoon off with a tour of our books on current events and now we’re delving deeper with these book excerpts. So once again, grab a drink...

March 26, 2020

Join Caelyn Cobb on a Tour of Our New Books in Current Events

If I was at our International Studies Association (ISA) booth right now, I’d probably be fielding a dozen questions like, “What do you have about [insert current event here]?’ The great thing about this field is that you folks are...

March 26, 2020

Let’s Talk CIAO with Dan LoPreto

Hi! I’m Dan LoPreto, the editor of Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO), a research database published by Columbia University Press in collaboration with the Columbia University Libraries. I’m excited to talk about CIAO and answer any questions you may have. ...

March 26, 2020

Book Excerpt! Perpetrator Cinema, By Raya Morag (preface)

“This compelling book will matter as long as mass atrocities persist. Focused on the Cambodian genocide, Morag addresses a new phase in how we confront such events: films where survivors confront perpetrators face-to-face. These confrontations bring the visceral truth borne...

March 25, 2020

ISA 2020 Happy Hour Reads: New in International Relations

Join us for our happy hour reads today with this selection from our ISA 2020 virtual booth. Earlier today, Caelyn Cobb highlighted some of our titles (and linked to some great Hawaiian cocktails). Now’s your chance to sip that mai...

March 25, 2020

Join Caelyn Cobb on a Tour of Our ISA 2020 Virtual Exhibit Booth

As those of you reading this post are aware, the 2020 International Studies Association (ISA) conference was supposed to be in Honolulu, Hawaii. I had an AirBNB with a lanai all ready to go. As far as I can tell...