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Columbia University Press@columbiaup· 25d

Now in paperback! Showcasing Eric R. Kandel’s accomplishments, erudition, and wit, THERE IS LIFE AFTER THE NOBEL PRIZE is a candid account of the working life of an acclaimed scientist. buff.ly/ZCQjiMq #Science #Research #ReadUP

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· 26d

New look! Melanie Klein (1882–1960) pioneered psychoanalytic practice with children and made major contributions to our understanding of both psychosis and autism. Julia Kristeva tells the remarkable story of Klein’s life. buff.ly/wXRncXq #MelanieKlein #Psychology #Psychoanalysis #ReadUP

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· 27d

How has religion shaped the United States? As we mark #USA250, explore books examining how faith has influenced democracy, identity, community, and conflict across U.S. history. buff.ly/EslLY2a @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social #USHistory #Religion #ReligiousHistory

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· 27d

Now available! California sits at the epicenter of the US housing catastrophe. Combining national data with more than a decade of on-the-ground research, BULLDOZED exposes the violence of US housing politics and offers a vision of a more equal city. buff.ly/kSNCLmT #ReadUP

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· 27d

What makes a university a "real university"? As we mark #USA250, Lucy Diggs Slowe's writings invite us to reflect on her belief that higher education should "break down prejudice and substitute reason for emotion. buff.ly/NGEbMNe #USA250 #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #WomensHistory #HigherEducation

Featured blog graphic for a Q&A with Amy Yeboah Quarkume. On the left is the cover of Her Truth and Service, featuring a sepia-toned portrait of Lucy Diggs Slowe overlaid with handwritten text, beside a vertical banner labeled "Q&A." On the right, the title reads, "Lucy Diggs Slowe on Black Women, the Role of the University, and Democracy," with Amy Yeboah Quarkume's name below, against a cream background framed by a blue gradient border.

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· 28d

Now available! Religion is making itself unbelievable—scandal-ridden, antiscientific, authoritarian, and reactionary. Can religion be saved? Is it even worth saving? A daring undertaking in radical theology, A RADICAL GOD proposes a startlingly different future for religion. buff.ly/AKEPzaC #ReadUP

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· 28d

In this Off the Page episode, host Caleb Zakarin and author Nicholas Freudenberg discuss FIGHTING FOR NEW YORK. The book serves as a road map for public health workers and activists seeking to navigate contemporary issues. buff.ly/WmT0f9m #ListenUP @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· 28d

Who gets written out of history? As we mark #USA250, Mary C. McCall Jr.'s fight for labor rights and women's equality reminds us that progress isn't guaranteed—and that history doesn't always remember those who helped shape it. buff.ly/IvvXafy #USA250 #WomensHistory #LaborHistory #FilmHistory

Graphic for "Remembering Mary C. McCall Jr. and the Unfinished Battle for Women’s Rights" by J. E. Smyth. On the left is the cover of Mary C. McCall Jr.: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Most Powerful Screenwriter, featuring a black-and-white photo of Mary C. McCall Jr. beside a large dog. A vertical banner reads "Author Post." On the right, the article title and author appear in blue and orange against a light background with a red-to-orange gradient border.

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· 29d

Now available! In STAGING NUREMBERG, Sylvie Lindeperg offers a pioneering account of the cinematic stagecraft, storytelling, and imagery of the Nuremberg trials, revealing how film was used both as legal evidence and as a propaganda tool. buff.ly/9ekh8rt #NurembergTrials #WorldWarII #WarCrimes

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jul 12

Now available! THE WORLD INSIDE YOUR HEAD provides a clear explanation of how the brain interprets sensory inputs, showing how rudimentary sensations evolve into social interactions at every scale from nursery to nation. buff.ly/yj7YreH #Neuroscience #SocialPsychology #CognitiveScience #BrainScience

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jul 11

Now available! Featuring essays, case studies, and artist spotlights, POLITICS OF VISUAL ARTS IN A CHANGING WORLD not only documents a critical moment in the art world but also raises thought-provoking questions about its future. buff.ly/XXYe8Um #PoliticsOfVisualArts #POVA #Global #Art #Politics

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jul 10

Now available! Showcasing the latest research in the field, MELANCHOLY BORDERS brings together a wide range of scholarship that illuminates the crucial role played by migration and migration regulation in the creation of the modern world. buff.ly/1q6VYfG #Immigration #ReadUP

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jul 9

Now available! MAKING A KING illuminates the extraordinary life and vision of Joan of Arc and shows why she can help us find a deeper understanding of religion and politics today. buff.ly/5QFpGlB #History #JoanOfArc #ReadUP

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jul 8

How do people shape a country? Biographies offer a window into the lives who helped shape the U.S. From Harlem to Hollywood & classrooms to boardrooms, discover the people whose ideas and leadership helped define our nation. buff.ly/UdexG2Q @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jul 8

Now available! In MONSTROUS CONCEPTIONS, Miriam Rich explores the history of monstrosity as a modern scientific category, tracing the practices that transformed newborn bodies into medical specimens across the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century United States. buff.ly/x2VQgUi #Medicine #ReadUP

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jul 4

As the USA commemorates its 250th anniversary, we ask our readers to consider: What builds national culture? This collection explores how our society adapts to change, responds to conflict, builds institutions, and reimagines itself across generations. buff.ly/WvgD5rf #America250 #USA250

Banner for the USA Semiquincentennial The center text reads, “USA Semiquincentennial – 250 Years in the Making—and Still Evolving.” Surrounding the text are historical and contemporary images, including workers in a black-and-white group photo, young people reading a newspaper, a panoramic historic cityscape, a rural hay bale painted with the American flag, and a sepia-toned scene of people and horses along a canal. The collage highlights the nation’s history, people, and ongoing development.

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jul 2

The books in this reading list trace the making and remaking of the USA across centuries, revealing that its history has never been singular or settled. buff.ly/UuzVUVY #USASemiquincentennial #America250 #USA250 #Semiquincentennial @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 30

In this Off the Page episode, host Morteza Hajizadeh and author Natalia Rogach Alexander discuss GROWING PEOPLE. Revealing the scope of John Dewey’s educational vision, this book provides a perspective on a neglected aspect of the philosophical tradition. buff.ly/fs3DR0x @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 30

In this Off the Page episode, host Miranda Melcher and author Thomas Doherty discuss HOW FILM BECAME HISTORY. Doherty tells the story of the archival documentary, spotlighting the first films that set out deliberately to preserve history on screen. buff.ly/rGZBFvW @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 29

Now available! Long before Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, computer technology shaped how people worked and how businesses became big. CODING CAPITALISM offers a new history of the digital economy, showing how the computer emerged from capitalism in the United States. buff.ly/goiNQGc

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 29

In this Off the Page episode, host Ailin Zhou and author Ayşehan Jülide Etem discuss FILM DIPLOMACY. This book exposes how film was central to the making of modern Turkey and sheds new light on media’s role in global politics. buff.ly/KvyQsSh #Film #Turkey #USA #ReadUP @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 29

Now available! Jonathan Demme was one of the most accomplished American film directors of his era, yet despite the scope and variety of his work, he remains underappreciated. Lively and comprehensive, THE CINEMA OF JONATHAN DEMME offers a new lens on a major director. buff.ly/sAXQGC1 #Cinema #Film

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 29

In this Off the Page episode, host Jingyi Li and author Patrick Noonan discuss AGE OF DISAFFECTION. This provocative book uncovers a paradox at the heart of the 1960s: how political disillusionment became the basis for a politics of the self. buff.ly/azwAaFK @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 28

Now available! Africans are the fastest-growing immigrant group to the United States. Through eye-opening empirical data, WHEN AFRICA COMES TO AMERICA makes an optimistic case that the United States will continue to be a nation of immigrants. buff.ly/Qeoeein #Immigration #Africa #USA

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 28

In this Off the Page episode, host Miranda Melcher and author Shameem Black discuss FLEXIBLE INDIA. In FLEXIBLE INDIA, Shameem Black explores popular culture from India, its diaspora, and the West to critique yoga as an exercise in cultural power. buff.ly/QfrBYix @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 28

Now in paperback! On the surface of the Sun, spots appear and fade in a predictable cycle, like a great clock in the sky. Exploring these and many other key developments, THE CLOCK IN THE SUN provides a history of knowledge of the Sun through the lens of sunspots and the solar cycle. buff.ly/FAaOGV9

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 28

In this Off the Page episode, host Miranda Melcher and author Nathaniel Greenberg discuss THE LONG WAR OF IDEAS. Shedding light on American propaganda in Arabic after 9/11, this book offers new insight into soft power in the twenty-first century. buff.ly/N9RnZ9N @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 27

Now available! From birth, our brains are shaped by other people. SOCIALLY WIRED integrates insights from anthropology to philosophy to ecological psychology to illuminate how the brain wires us to participate in culture and how culture rewires the brain. buff.ly/sAPSMLG #Psychology #Neuropsychology

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 27

#SHAFR2026 may be coming to an end, but the conversation continues. #StayInformed. Listen to our History Playlist on your commute home. buff.ly/rOj4KkV #ListenUP @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

Columbia University Press@columbiaup· Jun 27

In this Off the Page episode, host Gene-George Earle and author Yingyi Ma discuss AMBITIOUS AND ANXIOUS. Ma offers a multifaceted analysis of this new wave of Chinese students based on research in both Chinese high schools and American institutions. buff.ly/Tp3q6CS @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social