December 9, 2024

Fourteen Books for Understanding Challenges to Freedom and Democracy

University presses play a vital role in publishing works that deepen our understanding of current events, particularly in areas such as democracy and the challenges it faces. By publishing books that foster critical scholarship and diverse philosophical perspectives, Columbia University...

January 7, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Fresh Kills, Forms of Poetic Attention, A Slave Between Empires and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Fresh Kills A History of Consuming and Discarding in New York City Martin V. Melosi Fresh Kills—a monumental 2,200-acre structure on Staten Island—was once the world’s largest landfill. Martin V. Melosi...

March 29, 2015

Academic Freedom and Literature – Author Events This Week

A list of CUP author events for the coming week.

February 6, 2015

"What Is Academic Freedom For?," by Robert J. Zimmer

Read “What Is Academic Freedom For?,” by Robert J. Zimmer, excerpted from WHO’S AFRAID OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM?, edited by Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan R. Cole.

February 5, 2015

"Exercising Rights: Academic Freedom and Boycott Politics," by Judith Butler

Read “Exercising Rights: Academic Freedom and Boycott Politics,” by Judith Butler, excerpted from WHO’S AFRAID OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM?, edited by Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan R. Cole.

February 4, 2015

"Academic Freedom and the Boycott of Israeli Universities," by Stanley Fish

Read “Academic Freedom and the Boycott of Israeli Universities,” by Stanley Fish, excerpted from WHO’S AFRAID OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM?, edited by Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan R. Cole.

February 3, 2015

What We Talk About When We Talk About Academic Freedom

Read an excerpt from Akeel Bilgrami and Jonathan Cole’s introduction to WHO’S AFRAID OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM?

June 4, 2014

Akeel Bilgrami and Sumit Ganguly on the Indian Elections

What does the election of Narendra Modi mean for India? Recently, in separate articles, two Columbia University Press authors Akeel Bilgrami and Sumit Ganguly weighed in on the results and what it means for India’s future. Writing for The Hindu,...

October 31, 2013

Tributes to the Life and Work of Arthur Danto

Earlier this week we had a short post on the death of Arthur Danto, the influential philosopher and art critic. Not surprisingly, a variety of tributes to and assessments of Danto has poured forth. The following are just a few...