Essay Marx and socialist anti-politics January 23, 2025 Socialists believe in economic emancipation from the domination and unfreedom of capitalism. But realising that monumental economic goal invariably and inescapably requires socialists to think about what political means, if any, might bring it about. Read More
Interview Patricia Owens on Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men January 22, 2025 The academic field of international relations presents its own history as largely a project of elite white men. And yet women played a prominent role in the creation of this new cross-disciplinary field. Read More
Interview Yanni Kotsonis on The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism January 17, 2025 Yanni Kotsonis discusses his new book, a sweeping global history of the birth of modern Greece. Read More
Interview David Thomas on The World Atlas of Deserts and Drylands January 06, 2025 David Thomas discusses deserts and drylands鈥攅cosystems which account for more than 40 percent of land on our planet. Read More
Essay On building community in scholarly publishing January 02, 2025 Community ecology, to which many university presses have contributed books and journal articles, teaches us much about the organization and functioning of communities Read More
Essay Race and American sculpture December 12, 2024 As monuments representing painful histories are dislodged from their pedestals, it is impossible to obfuscate the relationship between sculpture, race, and power in the United States. Read More
Interview Jennifer Ngaire Heuer on The Soldier鈥檚 Reward December 10, 2024 Jennifer Ngaire Heuer discusses why she became interested in love and war in the era of the French Revolution, and shares insights into how people experienced warfare that lasted more than two decades. Read More
Essay PUP Life: 37 years and nine lives at the Press December 02, 2024 I am often asked how long I have worked at 91桃色. When I respond, 鈥�37 years,鈥� the reaction is sometimes one of surprise. But in many ways, I have not really worked at the 鈥渟ame place鈥� for all this time as PUP has gone through many evolutions since I first joined in January of 1987. Read More
Interview Camilla Nord on The Balanced Brain December 02, 2024 Camilla Nord discusses what motivated her to write 鈥淭he Balanced Brain鈥� and why our concept of mental health needs to include both the brain and the wider body. Read More
Essay How the far right moved from the margins November 25, 2024 Despite the fact the global imaginary seems to be saturated with the image of far-right supporters, we have little knowledge on what makes the far-right offer so attractive to a growing number of people. Read More
Interview Brianna Nofil on The Migrant鈥檚 Jail November 25, 2024 Brianna Nofil examines how a century of political, ideological, and economic exchange between the U.S. immigration bureaucracy and the criminal justice system gave rise to the world鈥檚 largest system of migrant incarceration. Read More
Essay Collage beyond modernism November 24, 2024 What happens when we try and trace a history of collage back across time and space? Read More
Essay Peter Singer on Consider the Turkey November 19, 2024 In this Q&A, Peter Singer discusses a few things consumers may want to know about factory farmed turkey heading into the holiday season. Read More
Essay How to solve a refugee crisis November 13, 2024 There are always some good people who try to help out when disaster strikes. Tents, blankets, medicine and food enable refugees to survive at a minimal level. But none of this solves the underlying question of what to do with them if they can鈥檛 or won鈥檛 return to their homelands. Read More
Essay Protecting or punishing women through an 鈥榚mpire of purity鈥�? November 13, 2024 Debates over women鈥檚 right to bodily autonomy and how the government might best protect women marked the 2024 US presidential race. Read More
