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SLA aims to diversify the field of late ancient studies with a new mentorship program for high school and undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds.

The guest editor of UC Press's new journal answers the question, "Why have a journal special issue on Southeast Asian speculative fiction?"

Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos incoming editor is interested in continuing the journal's foundational mission, while finding new ways to increase MSEM’s visibility throughout Mexico and to intensify interdisciplinary dialogue within the pages of MSEM.

Hattie Noel was a trailblazer of the stand-up comedy form. While the visual archive shows her constrained in the controlling images of Disney’s hippo and Hollywood’s maid, her comedy albums tell a different story of Black representation.

UC Press is pleased to offer our complete list of music journals packaged together as a collection.

As historians of science, we consider the potential impact of AI on our own scholarly writing and the training of students, along with viewing AI in the context of a longer historical conversation about the nature of knowledge, the rules of authorship, and human interactions with technology.

“Twerking” is now part of the national vocabulary, but is largely misunderstood, especially its distinctly queer iterations. JPMS author Lauron J. Kehrer discusses the origins of New Orleans bounce and suggests a playlist.

A preview of the Winter 2025 issue of "Pacific Historical Review"

A special issue of "Studies in Late Antiquity" explores debates about urban development in the Mediterranean from the late third to seventh century.

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.