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The past and future of NATO | Miller Center REGISTER FOR IN-PERSONREGISTER FOR ONLINEJoin us for a timely conversation on the evolution of NATO, from its origins at the end of WWII to its most recent expansion in 2023, and the debate over…

Join Stephan Kieninger for a panel discussion based on his new book, SECURING PEACE IN EUROPE. Monday, March 09, from 11 AM - 12 PM EDT at the Miller Center. RSVP today!

Promotional graphic Women’s History Month: Biography and Memoir. Six book covers are displayed in two rows: If I Am Right, and I Know I Am by Hanne Strager; Colored Insane by Diana Martha Louis; The Remarkable Madame Pandit by Manu Bhagavan; Mary C. McCall Jr. by J. E. Smyth; The Souths in Her by Nicole M. Morris Johnson; and Her Truth and Service: edited by Amy Yeboah Quarkume. sidebar reads Recommended reading. Bottom, text: Save 20% with code WHM at cup.columbia.edu, alongside the CUP logo.

Celebrate Her Story this #WomensHistoryMonth. Discover the women who reshaped history—from diplomat Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit to seismologist Inge Lehmann, from Lucy Diggs Slowe’s fight for equity to Mary C. McCall Jr.’s Hollywood power plays—and more. buff.ly/A2XI2HS #HerStory #WomenInHistory #STEM

The Resistance of Motherless Tongues Talk and reading by poet, literary scholar, and translator Jennifer Scappettone on her book, Poetry After Barbarism: The Invention of

Join Jennifer Scappettone for a book talk and reading about POETRY AFTER BARBARISM. March 8 from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM at the Bookhouse. RSVP today!

Promotional graphic for the Off the Page podcast announcing a new episode dated December 14, 2025, hosted by Stephen Pimpare. The episode features Why Black People Die Sooner by Joseph L. Graves, with the book cover shown (blue background with a stethoscope). A mock audio player displays the title, author, and playback controls. Text includes cup.columbia.edu, hashtags #ListenUP and #Podcast, and a banner offering 20% off the book with code NBN20.

In this Off the Page episode, host Stephen Pimpare and author Joseph L Graves talk about his new book, WHY BLACK PEOPLE DIE SOONER. Timely and bracing, this book reveals why medicine keeps misunderstanding race—and how we can make it change. buff.ly/QSF9SwA #ListenUP @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Waiting for Change: A Brazilian Story of Resistance Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Johnny Lorenz, translator of the Brazilian novel THE FRONT by Edimilson de Almeida Pereira. Set in Brazil, the novel follows an unnamed…

In this episode of the Hopeton Hay Podcast, Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay interviewed Johnny Lorenz, translator of the Brazilian novel THE FRONT (Sundial House) by Edimilson de Almeida Pereira. buff.ly/J7WwiUO #ListenUP #Translation #BrazilianLiterature #FictionInTranslation

Promotional graphic announcing “Winner!” for The Rebirth of Suspense: Slowness and Atmosphere in Cinema by Rick Warner. The book cover appears on the right, showing a close-up of a woman’s face lit by blurred city lights at night. Text notes it as a 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Bottom banner offers 20% off with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu alongside the Columbia University Press logo.

We are pleased to announce that Rick Warner’s THE REBIRTH OF SUSPENSE has been named a 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Reviews and Choice Magazine. buff.ly/CGprm40 @choicereviews.bsky.social

Tomorrow (3/6) at 4 pm, join Jennifer Scappettone as she discusses her new book, POETRY AFTER BARBARISM at the CUNY Graduate Center. bit.ly/4ljmfiQ @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Promotional graphic reading “Now Available!” featuring the book cover of Imagining the Past, Remembering the Future: Forms of Knowledge in the Afro-Brazilian Diaspora by Isis Barra Costa. An endorsement quote by Christopher J. Dunn praises its analysis of Afro-Atlantic epistemologies and performance in Brazil. Bottom text offers 20% off with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu alongside the Columbia University Press logo.

Now available! By tracing forms of knowledge across the global African diaspora, this deeply interdisciplinary book reveals the transformative potential of Afro-Brazilian philosophical paradigms. buff.ly/fbS9RNf #AfroBrazilianStudies #BlackAtlanticStudies #AfroDiasporicEpistemologies

"Motherless Tongues: Harmonics of Belonging and Estrangement" by Amelia Rosselli and Etel Adnan Against a backdrop of xenophobic and ethnonationalist fantasies of linguistic purity,

Join Jennifer Scappettone for a book talk about POETRY AFTER BARBARISM on Friday, March 6, from 4 PM to 6 PM at the CUNY Graduate Center. Mark your calendar today! buff.ly/BavU0hB @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Join Richard Jaffe, author of SPREADING INDRA'S NET, for a virtual lecture hosted by The Buddhist Society, London, on Friday, March 6th at 6:30 pm (GMT)/1:30 pm (EST). Free and open to the public. buff.ly/1djt2nw #Buddhism #BuddhistStudies

In the Mountains of Tibet Two new books reveal the entwined landscapes of pilgrimage and ascetic retreat in Tibetan Buddhism.

"By tracing the contours of pilgrimage and retreat...DiValerio reveals a tradition capable of continual renewal."—David DiValerio, @tricyclemag.bsky.social buff.ly/E7K3NrT #BuddhistStudies #Meditation #BookReview

Trump Plays Directly into China’s Version of Reality Thomas Colley and Martin Moore - Columbia University Press Blog Thomas Colley and Martin Moore discuss how Trump’s volatility strengthens China’s global propaganda narrative and CCP-led global order.

"Trump’s chaotic and coercive foreign policy has benefited Beijing because it so perfectly reinforces [the] CCP narrative"

The authors of DICTATING REALITY, Thomas Colley and @martinjemoore.bsky.social explain how Trump's unpredictability benefits China bit.ly/4u7w4nW @columbiaup.bsky.social

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Join Thomas Gaubatz for an online book talk about THE TEXTUAL TOWNSMAN on Thursday, March 5, from 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM. RSVP today! buff.ly/G6FI2Tc @asia.ubc.ca

"PARANORMAL STATES is a critical, carefully constructed study that will interest scholars of religion, anthropologists of contemporary spirituality, and psychologists of anomalous experience."— Autumn S. Vondran, H-NET.

In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth, these books celebrate the women who fought for equity, expanded opportunity, and led sustainable change across politics, science, business, and culture—creating progress that continues to shape our world today. buff.ly/JZYHeLs @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

Dictating Reality | Columbia University Press From the United States to China and from Brazil to India, an authoritarian approach to news is spreading across the world. Increasingly, the media is no long... | CUP

Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News

by @martinjemoore.bsky.social & Thomas Colley via @columbiaup.bsky.social (2025)

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Now available! FILM DIPLOMACY: A MEDIA HISTORY OF US-TURKEY RELATIONS, by Ayşehan Jülide Etem. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20% bit.ly/3PaRGj2 @julideetem.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

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This #WomensHistoryMonth, alongside curated blog posts, booklists, and poetry, we are raising funds to endow the Jennifer Crewe Distinguished Book Award. Join the celebration—and enjoy 20% off all books with code WHM. buff.ly/A2XI2HS @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @aupresses.bsky.social

If the European Novel Thinks Like a Person, the African Novel Thinks Like a World Ainehi Edoro - Columbia University Press Blog Ainehi Edoro reflects on character, power, and narrative form, and how African novels think beyond the individual and imagine narrative as world-making.

What if the novel doesn’t center the individual as its organizing force? In this blog post, Ainehi Edoro examines how African fiction foregrounds worlds—layered, ecological, cosmological—where characters participate in meaning rather than govern it. buff.ly/mOSokvv #AfricanLiterature #NovelTheory

Jamall A. Calloway on Imagining Eden - Columbia University Press Blog Author, Jamall A. Calloway reflects on his new book, Imagining Eden, Black theology, and James Weldon Johnson’s reimagining of Genesis.

In this blog post, author Jamall A. Calloway reflects on IMAGINING EDEN, Black theology, and James Weldon Johnson’s reimagining of Genesis. buff.ly/fHXFYiQ #BHM #BlackTheology #JamesWeldonJohnson #BlackLiterature #ReligionAndLiterature #BlackHistoryMonth @aaads-iraascu.bsky.social

15 Must-Read Books for Black History Month 2026 - Columbia University Press Blog Celebrates Black voices, recognize Black contributions to literature and culture, and reflect on ongoing struggles with this Black history booklist.

Shop our curated booklist celebrating Black voices and contributions to literature and culture. The list spans history, criticism, social justice, and the ongoing work of preservation and equity. Use code BHM for 20% off before it ends. buff.ly/KGfMlHe #BHM @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

Black History Month | Columbia University Press 2026 marks the hundredth anniversary of Carter G. Woodson’s founding of Black History Month. In honor of this year’s theme-A Century of Black History Commemorations-we are proud to highlight our long-standing...

There’s still time to celebrate the richness and ongoing significance of Black history. Explore our curated playlists and booklists, and visit our blog for new content honoring Black voices, scholarship, and creativity. buff.ly/CLbu2HV #BlackHistoryMonth @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

Making the Liberal Media | Columbia University Press Conservatives have disagreed about many things, but they have long been united by the belief that the mainstream—or “liberal”—media is biased against... | CUP

"An essential read for understanding how conservative critiques of journalism became a political strategy, an identity marker, and a driver of media innovation."

Alice E. Marwick on MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA, by A.J. Bauer bit.ly/4rCFrdH @ajbauer.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Jennifer Scappettone's Poetry After Barbarism Tickets | Free | 1 Mar @ 2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles | DICE The Poetic Research Bureau presents a reading for Jennifer Scappettone's new book *Poetry After Barbarism: The Invention of Motherless Tongues and Resistance...

This Sunday (3/1) at 5 pm, The Poetic Research Bureau presents a reading for Jennifer Scappettone's new book POETRY AFTER BARBARISM: THE INVENTION OF MOTHERLESS TONGUES & RESISTANCE TO FASCISM at 2200 Arts & Archives in LA. bit.ly/4rzVNnd @xenoglossic.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Diana Martha Louis on Colored Insane - Columbia University Press Blog Diana Martha Louise shares what she hopesColored Insane, will contribute to the ongoing conversations about racial justice, mental health care, and Black life.

Explore how the end of slavery coincided with the rise of the asylum. In COLORED INSANE, Diana Martha Louis reveals how psychiatry racialized mental illness—and how Black thinkers challenged those narratives. Read more in this Q&A. buff.ly/n5eKzov #BlackHistoryMonth #ColoredInsane #BlackMentalHealth

What Is We? Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan in conversation with Tara Emelye Needham The concept "we" is central to every field in the interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences, yet it has been overdetermined by the question of “who we are”, leaving its basic conceptual…

In this episode of The Philosopher, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan discusses WHAT IS WE ( @agendapub.bsky.social ) — examining how the idea of “we” shapes the humanities & social sciences, and why we rarely question how “we” actually works. buff.ly/VJ5ZaJ6 #ThePhilosopher #Philosophy

‘The Textual Townsman’ by Thomas Gaubatz (Review) After the last couple of #JanuaryInJapan posts saw us spending time in the Heian Era, we’re skipping forward a good few centuries today for the final review post of the month, with our focus …

“An enjoyable enough read about the era, the writers and (of course) the townsmen themselves.” — Tony’s Reading List on THE TEXTUAL TOWNSMAN buff.ly/XiDqCRQ #BookReview #JapaneseLiterature #HistoryBooks #JLit

Managing the immigration paradox 'In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular'

“Immigration policy must accommodate two truths at once: that migration can deliver economic and social benefits, and that it remains politically divisive.” — The Law Society Gazette review of Alexander Kustov’s IN OUR INTEREST buff.ly/AADw1Da
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Voyages of Discovery | Columbia University Press Frederick Wiseman is America’s foremost chronicler of public institutions. His films have focused on city, state, and local governments; hospitals; asylums... | CUP

For those interested in learning more about the films of Frederick Wiseman: VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY: THE CINEMA OF FREDERICK WISEMAN, by Barry Keith Grant. bit.ly/46mDWYz @columbiaup.bsky.social

Promotional graphic for a podcast episode. At the top: “December 4, 2025,” “NEW EPISODE,” and “Hosted by Raj Balkaran.” Centered is a podcast-style player showing the book cover of The Serpent’s Tale: Kundalini, Yoga, and the History of an Experience by Sravana Borkataky-Varma and Anya Foxen. The orange cover features a coiled serpent wrapped around a globe. The player displays the title, authors, a progress bar (01:26–04:22), and playback icons. Below is the “Off the Page” logo, “cup.columbia

In this Off the Page episode, host Raj Balkaran and coauthors Sravana Borkataky-Varma and Anya Foxen discuss THE SERPENT'S TALE. This book offers rich insights for scholars, practitioners, and all readers drawn to Kuṇḍalinī. buff.ly/QhgJky6 @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social