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Animal History publishes cutting-edge historical research on the histories of animals and human-animal relationships, documenting the impacts animals have had on global histories, cultures, languages, technologies, and environments as well as the impacts that humans have had on animals and their pas

In December 2013, UC Press’s mission-driven, trans-disciplinary, open-access journal Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene published its first article, ushering in its motto, “Open Science for Public Good.” In this blog post we pause to reflect and take note of some of the publication highlights fro

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With the recent loss of UC Press authors David Bordwell and Cari Beauchamp, our Film & Media Studies Editor Raina Polivka shares a reflection on their contributions and legacy in the film community.I am saddened to write that we've recently lost two major pillars of the film community: David

UC Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of Animal History, a journal of historical research into animals and human-animal relationships.

Wondering how a book cover comes to be? In this video, UC Press Marketing Associate and FirstGen Program Committee member Sara Fan interviews Senior Book Designer Kevin Barrett Kane about how he approaches book design and how authors can be partners in the process. Kevin Barrett Kane is an award

"I believe in the importance of this journal in filling a theoretical and pedagogical gap in academia"

"We hope that MOSAiC data lays the foundation for research on Arctic processes for many years to come and will improve not only our general understanding, but also our predictive capabilities in this region of the world."

"This is an ambitious new journal on an important, wide-ranging topic. With an impressively diverse editorial board, and a healthy number of section editors, each with their own advisory board, this journal’s structure seems to offer a balance of breadth and depth worthy of the name."

This past year, we began the initial research and discovery phase of developing our FirstGen Scholars Program, an initiative to support and improve the publishing experience for authors who are the first in their family to go to college. We wanted to hear directly from scholars about their book publ