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Ask Our Staff: Editorial Assistant Roundtable Series – Permissions

Feb 28 2024
Watch Parts 1 and 2 of our EA Roundtable.As an author, you might have a sense of what an Acquisitions Editor does, since you’ve been talking with them about your new book proposal. But what do Editorial Assistants (EA) do and how will you be working with them?In this EA Roundtable video seri
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Ask Our Staff: How to Work with an Editorial Assistant

Dec 13 2023
As an author, you might have a sense of what an Acquisitions Editor does, since you’ve been talking with them about your new book proposal. But what do Editorial Assistants (EA) do and how will you be working with them?In this EA Roundtable video series, our Asian and Latin American Studies Edit
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Virtual Q&A with Giancarlo Casale, Editor and Translator of Prisoner of the Infidels

Oct 01 2021
A pioneering work of Ottoman Turkish literature, Prisoner of the Infidels brings the seventeenth-century memoir of Osman Agha of Timişoara—slave, adventurer, and diplomat—into English for the first time. The sweeping story of Osman’s life begins upon his capture and subsequent enslavement during the
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Watch: Interview with Roger Garside, author of China Coup

Apr 30 2021
In this virtual conversation, acclaimed China expert Roger Garside, author of China Coup: The Great Leap to Freedom, joined UC Press Executive Editor, Reed Malcolm, to discuss how his experiences as a diplomat in China motivated him to write the book and the clear evidence behind the scenario he det
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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
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Virtual Q&A with Niklas Frykman, author of The Bloody Flag

Dec 04 2020
How did the red flag become the symbol of the global labor movement?As historian Niklas Frykman argues, its origins trace back to mutinies at sea and maritime communities that were founded on a radical egalitarian spirit and an insistence on participatory democracy.In this virtual conversati
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Virtual Q&A with Edward Watts, author of The Final Pagan Generation

Sep 25 2020
Rome in the time of the fourth century was one of dramatic political and religious change. After thousands of years of pagan tradition, Christianity was suddenly the new order. In 311, The Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Heated confrontations saw the Christian establishment legislate
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Virtual Q&A with Rene Almeling, author of GUYnecology

Sep 14 2020
Is there such a thing as a "male biological clock"? What do we really know about men's reproductive health?The answer, accordingly to author Rene Almeling, is surprisingly little. In contrast, the medical specialty of gynecology, focused on women's reproductive health, began over 100 years ago.
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Watch: Naomi Paik on U.S. immigration and the abolitionist sanctuary movement

Jul 01 2020
Days after taking the White House, Donald Trump signed three executive orders—these authorized the Muslim Ban, the border wall, and ICE raids. These orders would define his administration’s xenophobic, racist, ableist, and patriarchal approach toward non-citizens. By all accounts, he embodies an ant
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Archaeologists as time travelers? A virtual Q&A with Mark McCoy

Jun 18 2020
While many of us might associate archaeology with the pop culture adventure icon Indiana Jones, the truth of the field is just as fascinating and more accessible to all of us. Being an archaeologist is more akin to the common experience of discovering a found artifact in the woods and imagining how
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