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Q&A with the Editors of "Environmental Sociology Now"

Mar 19 2026
The editor team of "Environmental Sociology Now" on the future of the discipline, the goal of this exciting new volume, and how to use it in classrooms and research agendas.
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"A People's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area" authors lead a first-ever, book-based tour

Mar 17 2026
Authors Rachel Brahinsky and Alexander Tarr celebrate the 2026 AAG Annual Meeting leading a first-ever “mini-tour" based on their book, a collective history of resistance and survival in the face of ongoing oppression.
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Vietnam’s Sound Pandemic Response

Mar 11 2026
Author Christina Schwenkel on the link between disaster management and regional culture through case studies in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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How We Fight Back Against the Housing Crisis and Rising Technofascism

Mar 11 2026
Author Manissa Maharawal on the twin crises of housing and the destructive tech industry, and how everyday citizens are organizing to take back control.
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“A Reed’s Width of Water”: Urbanization and Migration between Japan and Korea

Mar 11 2026
Author Hannah Shepherd on urban growth between Japan and Korea and how this project came to be.
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"Frankenstein," "Wuthering Heights," and the Oscars: Revisiting the Novels behind Today’s Film Adaptations

Mar 10 2026
As new film adaptations bring Mary Shelley and Emily Brontë back into the spotlight, explore scholarship that examines the unsettling power of these nineteenth-century novels.
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Excerpt from Charlotte Brooks's "The Moys of New York and Shanghai"

Mar 10 2026
An exclusive look at Charlotte Brooks's THE MOYS OF NEW YORK AND SHANGHAI with an intro by the author.
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Trans Cinema Doesn’t Just Improve Visibility—It Imagines Better Worlds

Mar 10 2026
Author Laura Horak on the power and possibility of trans-made cinema today.
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Timothée Chalamet May Not Care about Opera or Ballet . . . but UC Press Does

Mar 10 2026
Recent scholarship from UC Press journals shows why opera and ballet still matter.
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The Bride! A Celebration of the Monstrous Feminine

Mar 09 2026
With the release of Maggie Gyllenhaal's "The Bride!" in theaters, author Surekha Davies celebrates the "monstrous feminine."
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