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Q&A with Isak Ladegaard, author of “Open Secrecy”
Aug 05 2025
Author Isak Ladegaard on how large, shadowy groups undermine state control and present new capacities for collective action.
Help Us Grow Our FirstGen Program!
Apr 22 2025
UC Press has great news to share about FirstGen program growth and seeks your support for its continued success. Here’s how our program has benefitted first-gen authors so far.
Can Wearable Tech Bring Order to Our Lives?
Mar 13 2025
Author James N. Gilmore on the limits, possibilities, and realities of wearable tech, like Fitbits, Apple Watches, and Oura Rings.
AI and Scholarly Publishing
Feb 11 2025
As historians of science, we consider the potential impact of AI on our own scholarly writing and the training of students, along with viewing AI in the context of a longer historical conversation about the nature of knowledge, the rules of authorship, and human interactions with technology.
The Power of Place in Understanding—and Reframing—Digital Capitalism
Dec 18 2024
Author Luis F. Alvarez Leon argues that asserting the power of place to reframe digital capitalism in geographic terms is a way to reclaim the digital as part of our social world.
Q&A with Benjamin Snyder, author of "Spy Plane"
Nov 01 2024
In 2020, the Baltimore Police Department had an aerial surveillance plane that could supposedly photograph and track every person in public view. Spy Plane reveals what happened with this controversial policing experiment.
New from Pacific Historical Review: JFK's patrol torpedo boat, Japanese internment, Silicon Valley toxins, US-Thai relations, and Gabe Masao translations
Oct 14 2024
A preview of the new issue of Pacific Historical Review, which features articles in U.S. and Pacific history.
Speculative algorithms are the new invisible cage for workers
Aug 06 2024
It was barely a decade ago that many of us became enamored by the “gig” economy. Booking a room, ride, or restaurant took seconds and could be done at virtually any time or place.
Q&A with Julie Guthman, author of The Problem with Solutions
Jul 17 2024
Why has Silicon Valley become the model for addressing today's myriad social and ecological crises? With this book, Julie Guthman digs into the impoverished solutions for food and agriculture currently emerging from Silicon Valley, urging us to stop trying to fix our broken food system through finit
Do You Want AI To Be Used in Your Healthcare?
Jul 09 2024
By Charles Binkley, co-author of Encoding Bioethics: AI in Clinical Decision-MakingArtificial Intelligence (AI) is being introduced into every sector of the human experience, and healthcare is no exception.AI models were first used in radiology in the 1980s to aid radiologists in interpretin