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Interview with Jana Lipman, author of In Camps
Jun 18 2021
We're proud to share that the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations has awarded Jana Lipman honorable mention, Ferrell Book Prize for In Camps: Vietnamese Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Repatriates! Learn more about the book in the interview with historian Jana Lipman below, and visit
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
Who gets to govern the global economy?
Feb 09 2021
By Christy Thornton, author of Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global EconomyWho gets to govern the global economy? In the twentieth century, this was a key question for political figures and experts in law and economics, who came together repeatedly to design ins
7 Videos to Help Instructors Discuss Current Events in the Classroom
Jan 06 2021
Looking for more video content for your courses? We've rounded-up some recent recorded events, short lectures, and Q&As with our authors to integrate into your lesson plans.The featured books cover a wide-range of current events and social justice topics, including racial justice and Black L
Watch: Why is the U.S. Always at War?
Oct 13 2020
The United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in 2001. This nonstop warfare is far less exceptional than it might seem: the United States has been at war or has invaded other countries almost every year since independence. In his new book, The United States of Wa
“Tiger Cages” in Vietnam: How the call for U.S. Prison Abolition is a Global Issue
Jul 17 2020
By Stuart Schrader, author of Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American PolicingJuly 17, 2020Fifty years ago today, Life magazine printed photographs taken inside a prison on an island off the coast of Vietnam called Côn Sơn.The photos depicted a wing of a
“Pho-get Trump”: Reflecting on Vietnamese refugee camps, detention, and deportation on World Refugee Day
Jun 20 2020
By Jana K. Lipman, author of In Camps: Vietnamese Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and RepatriatesOn World Refugee Day, the UNHCR estimates that there are over 25 million refugees around the world. Although the United States has always accepted refugees selectively based on its political prioritie