By Laurel Kendall, author of Mediums and Magical Things: Statues, Paintings, and Masks in Asian Places The paintings of bold-faced gods in the Korean shaman’s shrine had fallen to the floor and …
Read More >We’re marking the 2021 virtual conference of the Latin American Studies Association by offering a selection of free content from UC Press journals. Current History, the oldest publication devoted exclusively to international …
Read More >A look into the work and career of artist Lorraine O’Grady is also a chronicle of the art world’s exclusionary politics. As Cassidy George writes in an article for Vogue: “O’Grady—both then …
Read More >This week, the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) is holding its 2021 annual conference, which presents an opportune time for us to introduce you to the new editor of the SAH’s flagship …
Read More >This post was written by Jessica Weiss and published on the University of Maryland website. It is reposted here with permission. Through her teaching, research and beyond, Jordana Moore Saggese is working …
Read More >A veteran of both Broadway and the protest line, Nobuko Miyamoto is an iconic Asian American artist and activist. Growing up in the 1940s as a third-generation Japanese American “without a song …
Read More >We’re proud to announce that Brian Jacobson, editor of In the Studio: Visual Creation and Its Material Environments has won the 2021 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Best Edited Collection Award! …
Read More >UC Press has a long legacy of publishing groundbreaking books on women artists throughout history, including our updated edition of The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa; Consuming Stories, a provocative examination of Kara …
Read More >UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our recent award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news! …
Read More >Explore our groundbreaking books that facilitate teaching across disciplines. To request an exam copy, click on “Request an Exam or Desk Copy” on the book page, and this will take you to …
Read More >
