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Timothée Chalamet May Not Care about Opera or Ballet . . . but UC Press Does

Mar 10 2026
Recent scholarship from UC Press journals shows why opera and ballet still matter.
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Thirty Years of “Pacific Historical Review”: New Articles on Gray Wolves, US-Pacific Expansion, Iberian Transpacific Trade

Feb 03 2026
Preview the new Winter 2026 issue of "Pacific Historical Review."
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New from “Pacific Historical Review”: Editor’s Essay, Nuclear Nature, Chinese Exclusion, and the JACL

Oct 28 2025
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.
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“Problem” Groups and the Home in Western Reconstruction: A Q&A with Nicole Martin, winner of the WHA’s 2025 Ray Allen Billington Prize

Oct 14 2025
WHA award-winner Nicole Martin discusses the history behind who has had the right to possess homes and, by extension, American citizenship.
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“Labor Freezing” and the Quiet Skills Behind the West’s Sheep Industry: A Q&A with Iker Saitua

Sep 15 2025
Who counts as a "skilled" worker for immigration purposes, and who doesn't and why?
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Domestic worker activism and anti-fascism: A Q&A with Katherine M. Marino

Aug 26 2025
Who speaks out against fascism—is it only the most powerful or politically connected who can do so, or is it those whose rights are most in danger?
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New from "Pacific Historical Review": Oil Drilling in Santa Barbara County, China’s Economy and the Cold War, the Construction of Japanese Politics and Identity

Aug 08 2025
Preview the new Summer 2025 issue of "Pacific Historical Review."
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Epidemics, Quarantine, and Japanese American Incarceration: A Q&A with Jonathan van Harmelen

Aug 01 2025
Inspired by the COVID pandemic and his ongoing research on Japanese American history, historian Jonathan van Harmelen investigates the medical history of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II.
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Mapping Lesbian History: Q&A with Cameron Blevins and Annelise Heinz

Jul 30 2025
Historians Cameron Blevins and Annelise Heinz use digital mapping technology to uncover a hidden geography of lesbian life in the 1970s and 1980s, tracing patterns of connection among lesbian women in urban areas, small towns, and rural America.
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Native peoples and the U.S.-Mexico Border: Q&A with Jennifer Bess

May 21 2025
Borders mark off the place where one nation ends and another begins. But what happens when you belong to a people that has lived on both sides of the border, since long before the border even existed?
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