UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our November 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the …
Read More >This interview was originally published on New Books Network and an excerpted version is reposted here with permission. Hello and welcome to New Books in Middle Eastern Studies. I am your host, …
Read More >In addition to the open-access series New Directions in Palestinian Studies, UC Press publishes numerous books that contribute to globalizing knowledge about Palestine’s history. This reading list is intended to enrich and expand discussions around the people and the place.
Read More >Palestinian writing imagines the nation, not as a nation-in-waiting but as a living, changing structure that joins people, place, and time into a distinct set of formations. Novel Palestine: Nation through the …
Read More >By Hamid Dabashi, author of The End of Two Illusions: Islam after the West So often we hear allusion to this idea of “Islam and the West.” A product of colonialism, this …
Read More >The Tropical Turn chronicles the earliest histories of familiar tropical Asian crops in the ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean, from rice and cotton to citruses and cucumbers. Drawing on archaeological materials …
Read More >UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our January 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the …
Read More >A stunning collection of classics from around the world, read around the world. The World Literature in Translation program aims to represent a truly inclusive and expansive view of literature from around …
Read More >UC Press is pleased to share that five of our titles have been designated Outstanding Academic Titles for 2022 by CHOICE. CHOICE editors consider several factors in their decisions, including: More information about the list of …
Read More >Kaveh Hemmat is Assistant Professor of History, Professional Faculty, in the Department of History, Philosophy, and Theology at Benedictine University. His research focuses on perceptions and representations of East Asia in premodern Islamicate …
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