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Imagining Feminist Futures in Chinese Science Fiction: A Conversation with Award-winning Author Regina Kanyu Wang

Nov 10 2026
In this conversation, Science Fiction Studies editor Veronica Hollinger speaks with Regina Kanyu Wang about the research behind her SFRA Award-winning essay, her use of “distant reading,” and the futures imagined by female Chinese science fiction writers.
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Introducing AI Music Studies: A Conversation with the Editors of Music and Data’s First Issue

Nov 06 2026
Music and Data's guest editors Bob L. T. Sturm and Elin Kanhov discuss how AI Music Studies began, how the AI music landscape is changing, and what questions this emerging field must address.
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New from Pacific Historical Review: Salish Sea, China policy, Maritime New Spain

Nov 05 2026
Preview the new Fall 2026 issue of Pacific Historical Review.
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UC Press October Award Winners

Nov 01 2026
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are our October 2026 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!
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From Harmonicas to Fiddles: JAMS Contributors Explore the History of American Musical Objects

Oct 30 2026
A new series of short videos from the American Musicological Society offers a closer look at "Touching Music, Making Musicology," the first supplemental colloquy from the Journal of the American Musicological Society.
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Common Publishing Terms: An Author's Guide to the Language of Publishing

Oct 28 2026
A comprehensive glossary of common publishing terms that will hopefully help demystify each stage of the publishing process.
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Nobody’s Life: The World Before Experience

Oct 27 2026
Author Lawrence Kramer on how Christopher Nolans' depiction of Odysseus forms a useful starting point for understanding the nature of experience.
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How Queer Resistance is Connected to Economic Reform and Social Change in China

Oct 23 2026
Author Susanne YP Choi discusses her book and explains how queer lives have changed amid limited legal protections and intensified state restrictions in China.
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Q&A with Benjamin Olin, Author of "Underground Networks"

Oct 22 2026
Author Benjamin Olin discusses his book and pays homage to the undersung influence of public-access media.
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Q&A with Jallicia Jolly, Author of "Ill Erotics"

Oct 20 2026
Author Jallicia Jolly discusses her book and how Jamaican women are redefining care, autonomy, and resistance.
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