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Author Spotlight: Interview with Jessica Graham, Award-Winning Author of Shifting the Meaning of Democracy
May 26 2021
Updated May 26, 2021This week for #LASA2021, we're proud to be celebrating the accomplishments of Jessica Graham, author of Shifting the Meaning of Democracy: Race, Politics, and Culture in the United States and Brazil. The book has won the Latin American Studies Association's 2021 Bryce Wood Bo
Interview with George Sanchez, on the promise and history of Boyle Heights
Apr 15 2021
“When I think of the future of the United States, and the history that matters in this country, I often think of Boyle Heights.” —George J. SánchezIn this virtual conversation, acclaimed scholar George Sanchez, author of Boyle Heights: How a Los Angeles Neighborhood Became the Future of American
Editor Spotlight: Meet Niels Hooper, our History, American Studies, and Middle East Studies Editor
Apr 14 2021
As part of our ongoing Editor Spotlight Series, we connected with UC Press Executive Editor Niels Hooper to talk about his History, American Studies, and Middle East Studies lists, and how our program has developed over the time he's worked at the Press. Niels also shares his journey from Oxford to
Interview with MacArthur Fellow, Natalia Molina
Apr 14 2021
Photo credit: Mike GlierAs a professor American studies and ethnicity at USC, Natalia Molina has spent her career studying race, citizenship, and the experiences of immigrants in the U.S. Last year, Molina was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in honor of her “revealing how narratives of racial dif
COVID-19 and the Long History of Indigenous Survivance in California
Apr 13 2021
Over the last year, we’ve seen how American Indian have continued a long tradition of survivance to cope with the devastating effects of the pandemic. In California, as well as the rest of the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the long-standing implications of settler colonialism.
Editor Spotlight: Meet our Premodern World History Editor, Eric Schmidt
Apr 12 2021
This post is part of our Editor Spotlight Series.For this year’s virtual American Historical Association conference, we connected with UC Press Premodern World History Senior Editor Eric Schmidt to talk about our program and what new projects he’s most excited about. Eric also shares how he
Breaking the Cycle of Health Crises
Apr 12 2021
By Martin Halliwell, author of American Health Crisis: One Hundred Years of Panic, Planning, and PoliticsThis guest post is part of our #OAH2021 conference series. Visit our virtual exhibit to learn more and get 40% off the book.When I began working on my new book American Health Crisis, I w
Teaching the Medieval as Mediterranean: Announcing New Textbook The Sea in the Middle
Feb 24 2021
We're excited to share our forthcoming medieval / early modern world textbook, The Sea in the Middle, and the accompanying sourcebook, Texts from the Middle! Both books are expected to publish in Fall 2022.The Sea in the Middle presents an original and revisionist narrative of the development of
How American Emigrants in Britain Defined the National Image
Feb 12 2021
By Stephen Tuffnell, author of Made in Britain: Emigration and Nation in Nineteenth-Century AmericaLondon’s underground map is now globally ubiquitous. Part electrical schematic, part Mondrian neo-plasticism it is perhaps one of the city’s most recognisable cultural artefacts. T-shirts, frid
Opposition, dissent, and the struggle for constitutional democracy in Turkey — and the U.S.?
Feb 10 2021
By Christine Philliou, author of Turkey: A Past Against HistoryImagine living in a place where the political elite is deeply divided within itself. Contradictions between constitutionalism and empire are coming into violent conflict, seemingly on a daily basis. “Minority” groups who have lon