August 8, 2020 Greetings to the few who will remember me, all good wishes to the many who knew Bill in different times, different places. Many thanks to Nicola McClung for all …
This post was originally featured in Berkeleyside, and has been reblogged with permission. By Grant Barnes A former editor for UC Press and the founder of University Press Books and Musical Offering Cafe, McClung …
We are saddened to announce the passing of long-time UC Press editor and former editorial director Bill McClung. Bill was also, up until its recent closure due to the pandemic, the proprietor of …
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Robert D. Richardson Jr. at age 86. Obituaries and announcements have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the …
We are saddened to learn of the death of Robert F. Judd (b. 1956), Executive Director of the American Musicological Society since 1996. As proud publishers of the society’s flagship journal, the …
Peter Selz, centenarian, influential art historian, prolific author, internationally celebrated curator, and the founding director of the University Art Museum at UC Berkeley (now Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive) peacefully passed …
Distinguished anthropologist and scholar of Africa, John Peel passed away in November. Two of Peel’s colleagues from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, Paul Gifford and Richard Rathbone, have …
Legendary activist and advocate for social change Grace Lee Boggs passed away on Monday at the age of 100. UC Press published The Next American Revolution in 2011. Her editor, Niels Hooper, shares what it was …
UC Press is proud to have published many books by women whose lives and convictions made the world a better place—Grace Lee Boggs and Jody Williams, among others. Ronnie Gilbert, who died …
Legendary jazz trumpeter Clark Terry passed away on Saturday at the age of 94. UC Press published his autobiography, Clark, in November 2011. His editor, Mary Francis, shares what it was like …