David Brophy

September 27, 2022

Interpreting the Nuances of Historical Texts

In the wake of the Qianlong emperor’s invasion of Xinjiang in the mid-eighteenth century, Qing-appointed Muslim governors preserved certain trappings of Islamic rule while serving alongside a rotation of Manchu and Mongolian ambans. In the 1780s, one of the local...

September 1, 2022

National Translation Month 2022! A Journey Through Time and Place

Claire Brown

Welcome to our annual celebration of National Translation Month 2022! Ten years ago, two incredible women, author and journalist Loren Kleinman and poet and translator Claudia Serea, founded National Translation Month. Understanding language as an essential instrument for expressing the...

March 22, 2021

Eric Schluessel in Conversation with David Brophy about Xinjiang History

Columbia University Press has published two groundbreaking new books on Xinjiang history, David Brophy’s In Remembrance of the Saints: The Rise and Fall of an Inner Asian Sufi Dynasty and Eric Schluessel’s Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing...

December 15, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Underwater, Made in Hong Kong, and More!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Society and the Environment Underwater Loss, Flood Insurance, and the Moral Economy of Climate Change in the United States Rebecca Elliott In Underwater, Rebecca Elliott explores how families, communities, and governments confront...

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