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 …
Read More >By Reyhan Durmaz, author of Stories between Christianity and Islam: Saints, Memory, and Cultural Exchange in Late Antiquity and Beyond We all tell stories to create meaning. A far-gone event in a …
Read More >By Mark Levine, author of We’ll Play Till We Die and Heavy Metal Islam The video, posted anonymously on Facebook, had only 300 views when I first saw it. The singer wasn’t …
Read More >From metal and hip hop, to emo in Baghdad, mahraganat in Egypt, techno in Beirut, listen to the revolutionary music of the Middle East with this playlist curated by author Mark LeVine.
Read More >By Kaveh Askari, author of Relaying Cinema in Midcentury Iran: Material Cultures in Transit Relaying Cinema in Midcentury Iran investigates how the cultural translation of cinema has been shaped by the physical …
Read More >By Sarah-Neel Smith, author of Metrics of Modernity: Art and Development in Postwar Turkey This post is designed as a classroom resource for teachers and students interested in modern Turkish art and …
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