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Salvaging Indonesian Music from Missionary Archives

Editors Anna Maria Busse Berger and Henry Spiller explain what we can learn about Indonesian music from missionary archives.
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A Tomato-y Egyptian Lentil Soup for Cooler Days

Author Anny Gaul shares a cozy recipe for fall soup season that highlights the key themes in her book, "Nile Nightshade."
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Ieva Jusionyte Named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow

UC Press is thrilled to share that UC Press author Ieva Jusionyte has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow.
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The Gabriel of Madness: Islamic Poetry and Ethics in an Age of Hindu Nationalism

by Anand Vivek Taneja (Author)
May 2026
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The Sovereign Poison: Glyphosate, Poisoncraft, and Regulatory Politics

by Tom Widger (Author)
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Immunity on Trial: Ethiopian Courts, Chinese Corporations, and Contestations over Sovereignty

by Miriam Driessen (Author)
Feb 2026
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Making Our Beasts: Paleontology in the United States

by Elana Shever (Author)
Dec 2025
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Sonic Socialism: Crisis and Care in Pandemic Hanoi

by Christina Schwenkel (Author)
Nov 2025
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The Almond Paradox: Cracking Open the Politics of What Plants Need

by Emily Reisman (Author)
Oct 2025
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Kigali: A New City for the End of the World

by Samuel Shearer (Author)
Oct 2025
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Local Color: Reckoning with Blackness in the Port City of Veracruz

by Karma F. Frierson (Author)
Sep 2025
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