By Giancarlo Casale, editor and translator of Prisoner of the Infidels: The Memoir of an Ottoman Muslim in Seventeenth-Century EuropeBefore the dawn of our narcissistic modern age, detailed accounts of intimate life—and particularly of the intimate lives of women—are excruciatingly rare, present
New Directions in Palestinian Studies book series, the first of its kind in the United States, solicits rigorous and innovative manuscripts that put Palestinians at the center of knowledge production projects. It accepts proposals from all disciplines in the humanities and the interpretive social sc
In September, UC Press welcomed Current History to our list of journals. Begun as a supplement to the New York Times in 1914, Current History is the oldest publication devoted exclusively to international affairs published in the United States. The journal aims to observe and explain the profound ch
This post is part of our #MESA2020 blog series. Learn more at our MESA virtual exhibit.We're thrilled to announce Salih Can Açiksöz has won MESA's 2020 Fatima Mernissi Book Award for Sacrificial Limbs: Masculinity, Disability, and Political Violence in Turkey! This award is given to the
Author On Barak argues in Powering Empire that we cannot promote worldwide decarbonization without first understanding the history of the globalization of carbon energy. How did this black rock come to have such long-lasting power over the world economy?In this interview with Jadaliyya, Barak di
This guest post is published as part of our blog series related to the Middle Eastern Studies Association annual meeting November 14-17 in New Orleans. #MESA2019By Maria Frederika Malmström, author of The Streets Are Talking to Me: Affective Fragments in Sisi's EgyptHow to tell a sto
We're pleased to announce that two UC Press authors were honored for their achievements in Middle East scholarship at last night's Middle East Studies Association's award ceremony.Fredrik Meiton, Assistant Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire, received two awards for his book
This guest post is published as part of our blog series related to the Middle Eastern Studies Association annual meeting November 14-17 in New Orleans. #MESA2019By Fariba Zarinebaf, author of Mediterranean Encounters: Trade and Pluralism in Early Modern GalataThe idea for writing Mediterranean
If you’re headed to the 2019 meeting of the Middle East Studies Association this week in New Orleans, be sure to visit UC Press at booth#65 for a 40% discount.
