UC Press Blog

Preview the new Winter 2026 issue of "Pacific Historical Review."

Author Titas Chakraborty on the English East India Company's history of using colonized hired work.

An excerpt from Patricia Seed's "Sails & Shadows"

Both propaganda and entertainment, George Seaton’s film, "The Big Lift," released in 1950, starring Montgomery Clift, saw Hollywood dramatize the struggles of post-war Berlin and the Berlin Airlift.

Author Bob Wyss on the unexpected champion of clean air.

Learn more about Michael Snodgrass's research into the bracero guest worker program.

Watch this year's "Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos" Annual Lecture featuring Pablo Mijangos y González, a preeminent historian of the Catholic Church and the law in Latin America.

We see the concept of nonhuman cultures and their historicity as one of the most significant and fascinating recent developments in the field.

Author Anny Gaul shares a cozy recipe for fall soup season that highlights the key themes in her book, "Nile Nightshade."

Preview the new Fall 2025 issue of "PHR," including Marc Rodriguez's editorial reflecting on his last ten years at the helm of the journal.