Tag: Amboina 1623

March 20, 2020

#AAS2020 Happy Hour Reads: Asian Politics and History

Well, it’s 4:00 PM EDT and normally you’d be taking advantage of your break between sessions at the AAS 2020 conference to browse our booth, and who are we to take that experience away from you? Or, maybe you just...

March 20, 2020

Join Caelyn Cobb on a Tour of Our New Books in Asian History and Politics!

Hi—happy Friday! I’m Caelyn Cobb, editor for global politics and global history. I acquire in all things global and international, but I handle all the incredible scholarship about Asia in these fields as well. We have several new releases that...

March 10, 2020

Announcing our 2020 Asian Studies Catalog

Letter from the editors: Columbia University Press has a long history of bringing the Asian classics to an Anglophone audience. The books we present to you in this 2020 catalog continue that tradition, while also paying close attention to the...

November 7, 2019

Book Excerpt! Amboina.1623, by Adam Clulow (introduction)

“A true model of globally minded historical scholarship, Clulow’s brilliant new study combines insights derived from his cutting-edge work in the digital humanities with the best traditions of archival research and interpretation. Carefully exploring the Asian context in which the...

November 6, 2019

Why Waterboarding Won’t Die

“In a gripping story about fear and loathing in Amboina, Adam Clulow probes a pivotal event in world history to offer fresh insights about the entanglements of European empires in Asia. Meticulously researched and engagingly told, Amboina, 1623 is that...

August 6, 2019

New Book Tuesday! Shadow Archives, The Unworthy Scholar, Female Fighters and More!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Shadow Archives The Lifecycles of African American Literature Jean-Christophe Cloutier Female Fighters Why Rebel Groups Recruit Women for War Reed M. Wood The New Censorship Inside the Global Battle for Media...