UC Press Blog

As the new academic year kicks off, many students and scholars may be considering transforming their writing and research into a book. Whether you’re revising the dissertation or starting from scratch, Senior Editors Michelle Lipinski and Raina Polivka are here to help demystify some common myths about publishing.

Highlighting UC Press’s accomplishments during the 2024-25 fiscal year and our vision for the future.

Twenty-two years ago, author James Ron published a book that predicted much of what we see today in Gaza. He reflects on what the book got right and wrong, in the wake of current events.

"JAMS" editor Jake Johnson conducts video interviews with the contributors to the journal's Spring 2025 issue.

Preview the new Summer 2025 issue of "Pacific Historical Review."

Marlene Fried and Loretta Ross on writing a history of abortion politics through a reproductive justice framework.

Congratulations to J. Riley Snyder and Mira Balberg, co-winners of SLA's Best Article Award.

Author Carol Mason giving historical contexts for today's political rhetoric

Congratulations to Erica Toffoli whose article “Electric Eyes: Surveillance, Sovereignty, and the Limits of the Border Patrol’s Technocratic Vision on the U.S.-Mexico Line” has won this year's Orsi Prize, which recognizes the best research essay published in the journal "California History" each year.

We talk with Claudia Agostoni about her "Mexican Studies" article examining the training, work, and qualities of hospital nursing staff in Mexico City during the 1940s and 1950s.