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Book Publishing Resources Redux

Dec 20 2024
As the year comes to a close, we’ve rounded up some new and helpful resources for scholars embarking on your writing or book publishing journey.
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How did Medieval People Feel about Notre-Dame?

Dec 20 2024
The first attempt to understand medieval emotional responses to buildings like Notre-Dame built across the whole of Western Europe.
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A Turning Point in Public Health

Dec 20 2024
In this time of rapid evolution, we offer a thoroughly updated and revised fourth edition of our book, "Public Health Law and Ethics: Power, Duty, Restraint" — defining the fields of public health law and ethics for a new generation.
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A New, More Inclusive Approach to Socratic Teaching

Dec 19 2024
A pedagogy to frame Socratic classrooms in student-centered, skills-centered, client-centered, and community-centered ways.
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The Power of Place in Understanding—and Reframing—Digital Capitalism

Dec 18 2024
Author Luis F. Alvarez Leon argues that asserting the power of place to reframe digital capitalism in geographic terms is a way to reclaim the digital as part of our social world.
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Today’s Science Skepticism Goes Back to the Scientific Revolution

Dec 06 2024
Most of us are aware of the deep problems in the current US pharmaceutical industry. Yet few may realize that today’s issues stem from changes that occurred centuries ago.
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How to Politicize a People: A Case Study of the Sikh Community

Dec 05 2024
The rise of the Sikh community from relative obscurity to political imperial prominence is a fascinating yet often overlooked story in the West, with lessons for contemporary geopolitical debates.
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UC Press November Award Winners

Dec 03 2024
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are our November 2024 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!
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Reading List: Democracy and Its Threats, Essential Reads for Navigating an Uncertain Future

Dec 03 2024
UC Press's publishing programs in books and journals, which amplify the voices of leading experts, remain vital for understanding and addressing the challenges of our time.
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Interview with Vietnamese Dissident Journalist and Author Huy Đức

Nov 28 2024
On June 1, 2024, Trương Huy San (Huy Đức) was arrested ​for violating Article 331—an overly broad statute frequently used to silence peaceful critics of the Vietnamese government.
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