October 9, 2019

Q&A: Ariel Rogers on On the Screen

“There is no other book remotely like this. On the Screen is original in the material it unearths and discusses, offering an innovative history of film and technology. It strikes an easy balance between big ideas and focused analysis, addressing...

October 8, 2019

New Book Tuesday! Empowering the Great Energy Transition and The Original Meaning of the Yijing

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Empowering the Great Energy Transition Policy for a Low-Carbon Future Scott Victor Valentine, Marilyn A. Brown, and Benjamin K. Sovacool Empowering the Great Energy Transition demonstrates that a transition away from...

October 3, 2019

Announcing The Winner Of The Fifth Annual Columbia University Press Distinguished Book Award

Columbia University Press, in conjunction with the Office of the Provost, honored Adam Reich, an associate professor of sociology, and Peter Bearman, the Cole Professor of the Social Sciences and director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theories and Empirics,...

October 3, 2019

Book Excerpt! The Making of a Periphery (introduction)

 “The incorporation of island Southeast Asia into the global capitalist economy was not one homogenizing process, as scholars from Immanuel Wallerstein to Daron Acemoglu would have it. Instead, local demographic, social, and political conditions determined the emergence of a...

October 2, 2019

New Books from Our Distributed Presses!

Columbia University Press is the proud distributor of several international and domestic presses, publishing in a variety of subject areas. Below is this week’s list of new releases from our distributed presses! Agenda Publishing  Exploring the Thought of Karl Polanyi...

October 2, 2019

Q&A: Ulbe Bosma on The Making of a Periphery

“The incorporation of Island Southeast Asia into the global capitalist economy was not one homogenizing process, as scholars from Immanuel Wallerstein to Daron Acemoğlu would have it. Instead, local demographic, social, and political conditions determined the emergence of a variety...

October 1, 2019

Announcing Our 2019-2020 Middle East Studies Catalog

Letter from the editor: We are delighted to present the Columbia University Press Middle East Studies catalog of new books for 2019-2020. The books gathered here span many fields in Middle East studies—literary studies, philosophy, religion, history, sociology, and politics—and...

October 1, 2019

New Book Tuesday! Inventing Tomorrow, Queer Social Work, Viral Modernism and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Inventing Tomorrow H. G. Wells and the Twentieth Century Sarah Cole Queer Social Work Cases for LGBTQ+ Affirmative Practice Edited by Tyler M. Argüello Viral Modernism The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar...

September 30, 2019

Reading List: Books About WWII and Its Aftermath in Translation

It’s International Translation Day and we’re celebrating with a list of recommended reading that is sure to delight World War II buffs and aficionados. Bringing lesser known aspects of the time period to light, this compilation of books in translation...

September 28, 2019

Reading List: Memoirs and Biographies in Translation

Memoirs, biographies and diaries allow readers intimate insight into what life is like for people that are hundreds of miles away or lived hundreds of years ago. These select books offer a glimpse into the complex lives of writers, political...

September 27, 2019

Chen Yea-Fen on The Great Flowing River and Chi Pang-yuan’s Honorary Degree

“The Great Flowing River is one of the great memoirs of modern China. Telling the story of one woman’s odyssey through the twentieth century, this is not just a deeply moving account of Chi Pang-yuan and her family, but a...

September 27, 2019

Reading List: In Tribute to the Late Donald Keene

Donald Keene played a leading role in cementing Japanese literary studies in the United States and other English-speaking communities. His dedication to Japanese culture and faithful translations of fiction and diaries introduced the world to talented writers and shined a new...