Do you remember dressing up in your Easter best as a child? The tradition of buying new clothes for the occasion is one that has continued for decades in America, and perhaps centuries in …
Read More >Over the next four weeks we will be sharing recipes from our forthcoming cookbook The New Mediterranean Jewish Table by Joyce Goldstein. Check back each Friday morning for a new recipe from the kitchens …
Read More >Visionary artist Howard Finster, the “Southern Andy Warhol,” was born 100 years ago this year. A modern-day Noah who saw his art as a religious crusade to save the world before it …
Read More >by Garrett Broad, author of More Than Just Food: Food Justice and Community Change Stop me if you’ve heard this oft-repeated claim of the alternative food movement: We know that low-income people …
Read More >By Loring M. Danforth, author of Crossing the Kingdom: Portraits of Saudi Arabia. In 2012, Prof. Danforth and 16 students from Bates College spent nearly a month traveling through Saudi Arabia. Here is a glimpse into their travels–and into …
Read More >Listening to NPR this morning reminded us that today, 3.14, is the best and probably only made-up celebratory “day” that appeals equally to lovers of the sciences AND humanities, Pi Day (a.k.a. Pi(e) Day …
Read More >At UC Press, we believe that scholarship plays an important role in understanding our world. It’s important to us to continue to drive progressive change today as a part of the University’s progressive …
Read More >by Joachim J. Savelsberg, author of Representing Mass Violence: Conflicting Responses to Human Rights Violations in Darfur. A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s …
Read More >Taking a walkabout through the UC Press office today, looking for compelling cubicle, office, and common space area visual stimulation to share on this blog (inspired by #officelife on Twitter), it became …
Read More >By Lesley J. Pruitt, author of The Women in Blue Helmets: Gender, Policing, and the UN’s First All-Female Peacekeeping Unit This guest post is published as part of a series in relation to the Academy of …
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