In response to the International Studies Association’s annual theme–A Wider Discipline for a Smaller World-we offer a few reflections on how tapping into a broader array of disciplines and subjects can bring clarity and enhanced insights into our understanding of the urgent challenges of our times.
Read More >March 15, 2022 would have been the 89th birthday of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who, for her whole life, was an unwavering champion for women’s rights and social justice. Here’s a list of just some of her accomplishments.
Read More >“We hope that MOSAiC data lays the foundation for research on Arctic processes for many years to come and will improve not only our general understanding, but also our predictive capabilities in this region of the world.”
Read More >Film Culture: The Legacy of the Pacific Film Archive Film Quarterly marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Pacific Film Archive (now officially known as BAMPFA) with a webinar discussion of the PFA’s invaluable role in …
Read More >At UC Press, open access—the free, immediate, unrestricted, online access to peer-reviewed research and scholarly work—is central to our mission to drive progressive change by seeking out and cultivating the brightest minds and giving them voice, reach, and impact.
Read More >“I think many of us have been coasting on the uncritically positive reputation that peer review has among both scientists and the public – as if peer review is an almost magical process. Showing how the sausage is made will hopefully put some pressure on peer review to come closer to living up to its reputation.”
Read More >This week, President Biden signed a bill to make Juneteenth an official federal holiday. The date commemorates the anniversary of Union army general Gordon Granger’s arrival in Texas to proclaim the end …
Read More >Not Yo’ Butterfly is the intimate and unflinching life story of Nobuko Miyamoto—artist, activist, and mother. Beginning with the harrowing early years of her life as a Japanese American child navigating a fearful …
Read More >By Joshua Frens-String, author Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile Few sounds are more closely associated with social disquiet in contemporary Chile than the rhythmic, …
Read More >By Corinna Zeltsman, author of Ink under the Fingernails: Printing Politics in Nineteenth-Century Mexico Behind histories of press freedom and liberal state formation in nineteenth-century Mexico lies an unexplored dimension – the …
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