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A Late Antiquity on its Own Terms: New Material Perspectives on Late Antique Urbanism
Nov 21 2024
A special issue of "Studies in Late Antiquity" explores debates about urban development in the Mediterranean from the late third to seventh century.
Free trade’s legacy of grief for families of the disappeared in Mexico
Nov 11 2024
In Mexico today, thousands of families are searching for loved ones who have disappeared amid the violence associated with “the war on drugs.” Trade agreements like NAFTA created conditions that allowed criminal organizations to thrive—and ordinary people have paid the price.
Q&A with Joy H. Calico and Daniel K. L. Chua, series editors of “California Studies in Global Musicology”
Nov 08 2024
We’re thrilled to announce our new California Studies in Global Musicology series, led by series editors Joy H. Calico and Daniel K. L. Chua! In this interview, Calico and Chua introduce the series, describe the types of projects they’re looking for, and provide advice for scholars hoping to submit to the series.
Prisons are Still Making COVID-19 Era Mistakes
Nov 07 2024
Unless considerable prisons reforms are made now—like an aggressive 50% reduction in prison population—the next epidemic will provoke calamities similar to COVID-19.
Q&A with Allen James Fromherz, author of "The Center of the World"
Nov 04 2024
For over 4000 years, the Gulf—sometimes called the Persian Gulf—has been a global crossroads while managing to avoid control by the world’s greatest empires. Allen Fromherz explains why.
One Hundred Years of Border Control
Nov 01 2024
A special issue of California History commemorates the centennial of the Border Patrol and the Immigration Act of 1924, and offers important historical perspective on our current political moment.
Q&A with Benjamin Snyder, author of "Spy Plane"
Nov 01 2024
In 2020, the Baltimore Police Department had an aerial surveillance plane that could supposedly photograph and track every person in public view. Spy Plane reveals what happened with this controversial policing experiment.
Sacred Activism: Muslim Women’s Quest for Gender Justice
Oct 31 2024
In a time when essentialist narratives are all too often imposed, "Women, Faith, and Family" challenges the dominant understanding of women’s rights in Muslim societies, recognizing faith-based activism as a powerful force in shaping gender discourse.
System-affected academics are building a movement — and transforming the academy
Oct 30 2024
In October of 2002, I was sitting in the commons area of a cellblock in the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City, waiting my turn to catch a prison plane to my assigned penitentiary. I was both stressed out and exhausted, wired with anxiety.
How California’s Dr. Bronner’s Spiritual Messaging Became a Global Brand
Oct 23 2024
Many of us are now familiar with Dr. Bronner’s. Yet behind this now popular brand lays a larger story of California as an important site for reconceptualizing communities of belief and belonging.