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My Brother, My Land by
@HermezSami
is out now
A riveting and unapologetic account of Palestinian resistance, the story of one family's care for their land, and a reflection on love and heartache while living under military occupation.
#ReadUP
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A Unified Theory of Cats on the Internet by E. J. White is out today!
"I read the book
I must applaud
Some parts I ate
Some parts I clawed"
—
@CuriousZelda
, author of The Adventures of a Curious Cat
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We are delighted that Justice for Some by Noura Erakat has been shortlisted for the
#Palestine
Book Awards! Congratulations
@4Noura
!
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Out today!
Based on extensive empirical research in local colony and national archives, Colonizing Palestine by
@areejsabbagh26
offers a microhistory of frontier interactions between Zionist settlers and indigenous Palestinians within the British imperial field.
#ReadUP
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Our newest digital project Feral Atlas: The More-Than-Human Anthropocene is out today!
@FeralAtlas
#supdigital
#ReadUP
Start exploring:
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Dying to Serve: Militarism, Affect, and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army by
@mariarshd
is out today!
You can read an excerpt now:
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Unknown Past by Hanan Hammad is out today!
#ReadUP
A biography of Layla Murad—the "Cinderella" of Egyptian cinema—the veneration and rumors that surrounded an unparalleled career, and the gendered questions that unsettled Egyptian society.
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We are utterly thrilled to congratulate six SUP authors for their success in the 2021 MESA Book Awards! For the full SUP list check out our MESA blog entry or stay tuned to this Twitter feed.
#MESA2021
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Happy
#EarthDay2020
! We have assembled a recommended reading list of titles about sustainability, nature, and the environment.
#ReadUP
Our first book is Limits: Why Malthus Was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care by
@g_kallis
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New listening: Rashid Khalidi interviewed
@4noura
about her new book, Justice for Some, and her argument regarding law, politics, and how they apply to a history of “the Palestinian present.” The interview is a collaboration between Palestine Square(
@PalStudies
) and
@jadaliyya
.
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Bedouin Bureaucrats is out today!
Narrating the lives of Bedouin individuals involved in Ottoman administration, Nora Elizabeth Barakat brings this population to the center of modern state-making.
#ReadUP
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Congratulations to
@4noura
, whose book Justice for Some just won the Academic Palestine Book Award!
#PBA19
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Attn. New York: Catch
@DavidKishik
and
@kg_ubu
as they discuss restyling Walter Benjamin for the 20th century
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New— Vendors' Capitalism: A Political Economy of Public Markets in Mexico City by
@ingrid_bleynat
is out today!
#ReadUP
You can read an excerpt now:
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Epidemic Orientalism by
@A1RWhite
is out!
Proposing a modified reinterpretation of Edward Said's concept of orientalism, White invites us to consider "epidemic orientalism" as a framework within which to explore the imperial and colonial roots of modern epidemic disease control
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Congratulations,
@RaulPerezSoc
, for winning the ASA Sociology of Culture section's Mary Douglas Prize!
#ASA2023
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Birth of the Geopolitical Age is out!
@ShellenX
demonstrates how global examples of frontier settlements refracted through China's unique history and informed the making of the modern Chinese state.
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New on the SUP blog: The Stanford University Press Digital Publishing Initiative receives $1.15 million to implement phase 2 of the program.
#SUPDigital
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Congratulations to
@nedasoc
whose book on Iranian Americans and the politics of race has just received an Honorable Mention in the
#PROSEawards
(Cultural Anthropology & Sociology category)! 🎉
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To borrow a phrase from
@NeinQuarterly
, "Yes, it's Friday. But it's still capitalism" - [Watch; 5:13 min] →
http://t.co/rS2y3NHXxM
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“[Poor people] are surveilled and imprisoned, monitored and fined. They are trapped within a social panopticon that permits and encourages their constant observation.”
@thebafflermag
reviews Khiara Bridges’ The Poverty of Privacy Rights
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How Sanctions Work by Narges Bajoghli,
@vali_nasr
, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and
@AliVaez
is out today!
#ReadUP
"A vital study of the most tragic case in the recent history of economic sanctions."
—Nicholas Mulder, author of The Economic Weapon
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The Antechamber by Helmut Puff invites readers to visit past societies & spaces through the lens of a particular temporal modality: waiting. From literature, memoirs, manuals, & other documents, Puff presents a history of waiting anchored in antechambers
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How has British colonialism shaped conflict and violence in India?
@AjayVerghese
weighs in
#AAS17
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Thanks,
@victoriadreyes
, for stopping by at
#ASA2023
! We're proud to have published your award-winning books Global Borderlands: Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines (2019) and, shown here, Academic Outsider: Stories of Exclusion and Hope (2022).
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The Engaged Scholar: Expanding the Impact of Academic Research in Today’s World by
@HoffmanAndy
is out now!
#ReadUP
We hope you enjoy this excerpt:
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Happy book birthday to The Right to Dignity by
@mperezahu
!
By scrutinizing how Chilean pobladores constitute themselves as political subjects, this book reveals the mechanisms through which housing activists develop new imaginaries of citizenship.
#ReadUP
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky next to a banner image of his forthcoming book Empire of Refugees at
#MESA2023
@VHTroyansky
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Congratulations to
@thomroulet
for The Power of Being Divisive winning Silver in the Networking (social media, communication skills, etc.) Category!
5/5
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We often ask what is philosophy but rarely do we ask where is philsophy—a question that's perhaps just as important -
http://t.co/X1d60QOKtF
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Huge congratulations to
@nedasoc
, whose
@stanfordpress
book "The Limits of Whiteness" received an Honorable Mention, 2019 Thomas & Znaniecki Award for Best Book from the ASA Section on International Migration!
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A House in the Homeland by Carel Bertram is out today!
A powerful examination of soulful journeys made to recover memory and recuperate stolen pasts in the face of unspeakable histories.
#ReadUP
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We think it's gorgeous! (We also think it's a work of outstanding scholarship.)
So excited that The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe now has a cover! Many thanks to
@margoirvin
and the team at
@stanfordpress
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We're excited that
@4noura
's book
#JusticeforSome
is out today! Justice for Some offers a new approach to understanding the Palestinian struggle for freedom, told through the power and control of international law. The book launch is today 6:30 at George Mason Uni., Research 163
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Theory of the Earth by
@xThomas_Nail
is out today! This book urges us to rethink our ethical relationship to one another, the planet, and the cosmos at large.
#readUP
#philosophy
#environment
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Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky next to a banner image of his forthcoming book Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State at
#AHA24
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We mourn the passing of Bernard Stiegler, one of the preeminent philosophers of our time. He wrote five books for our Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics series in addition to his role as the head of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI) at the Centre Georges-Pompidou.
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Happy publication day to Love against Substitution by
@ericbsong
!
Eric Song offers a new account of how notions of unique personhood became embedded in a literary way of thinking and feeling about marriage.
#ReadUP
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10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less by
@GarettJones
is out today!
You can read an excerpt now:
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Balancing academic rigor with popular readability, The American Yawp offers a multi-layered, democratic alternative to the American past. And did we mention that it's free?
#OAH18
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Congratulations to
@aaronjakes
for Egypt’s Occupation’s Honorable Mention in the Roger Owen Book Award
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With On Salafism, Azmi Bishara critically deconstructs claims of continuity between early Islam and modern militancy and makes a counterargument: Salafism is a wholly modern construct informed by specific sociopolitical contexts.
#ReadUP
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Identity Capitalists: The Powerful Insiders Who Exploit Diversity to Maintain Inequality by
@nancyleong
is out!
Read an excerpt now:
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We’re all set up at
#MESA2019
here in New Orleans! Can’t wait to show everyone our new and noteworthy titles starting tomorrow at 9 AM. All of our titles are 30% off here at the conference.
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Do you need context on the recent House resolution recognizing the
#ArmenianGenocide
and why it’s important? We have some reading recommendations:
Goodbye, Antoura: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide by Karnig Panian
#HR296
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Continuing our streak of author visits,
@victoriadreye
stopped by our
#ASA2022
booth!
You can order her book, Academic Outsider, here:
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Congratulations to the following SUP authors for their books being named Outstanding Academic Titles of 2021 by
@Choice_Reviews
:
@DrCassiaRoth
for A Miscarriage of Justice
Rosie Bsheer for Archive Wars
@aaronjakes
for Egypt's Occupation
@NatanMeir
for Stepchildren of the Shtetl
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Modern money and finance is held together by faith, magic, and belief -
http://t.co/ijxQrBJSSx
http://t.co/w1mzGgv3DA
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Sufi Civilities by
@AnnikaAneko
offers a rare on-the-ground view into how Sufi leaders react to moments of transition within a highly insecure environment, and how humanity shines through the darkness during times of turmoil.
#ReadUP
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Congrats to
@GarettJones
, whose book just won a Gold Medal in the
#Economics
category from the
@IPPYAwards
!
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Have a listen to Anthony Ocampo’s interview on NPR’s Latino USA about his
@stanfordpress
book The Latinos of Asia.
@anthonyocampo
@LatinoUSA
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Preservation is key for
#digitalhumanities
works, many of which succumb to the churn of technological innovation
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Congrats to The Eureka Myth author
@JSilbey
, who has been awarded a
#GuggenheimFellowship
in Law! The fellowship will support her research on her forthcoming book on intellectual property and social justice. Details:
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Academic Outsider by
@victoriadreyes
is out today!
Many enter the academy with dreams of doing good; this is a book about how the institution fails them, especially if they are considered "outsiders."
#ReadUP
#StanfordBriefs
#AcademicOutsider
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Identity Investments is out now!
"[Joel Phillip] Stillerman is a leader in his field and this book shows why. A must-read for Chile scholars."
—Peter Winn, Tufts University
#ReadUP
@JoelStillerman1
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It's not too late to receive an 80% discount on over 1000 of our greatest titles!
Now through August 1st!*, you can take advantage of this limited-time offer by using the code BIGSALE22 at checkout.
#ReadUP
*While supplies last. Sale ends at 11:59 P.M. on August 1, 2022.
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On the pitfalls of "transparency"—the frequently lauded buzzword of our generation (excerpt →
http://t.co/r48U7RCryo)
http://t.co/N8l8PA6lfq
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It's a shame space is limited in conference exhibits. Some great books have to be left out. We weren't able to display the award-winning Here, There, and Elsewhere: The Making of Immigrant Identities in a Globalized World at
#ASA2023
. But we were glad to see
@TahseenShams
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Our summer sale is happening now! Over 1,000 selected titles are 80% off. Use promo code BIGSALE22 to access the discount on eligible books (while supplies last). Sale runs June 3- August 1.
*Only applicable to orders in North and South America
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Manufacturing Militarism by
@ccoyne1
&
@Abigail_R_Hall
is out today!
This book details how military propaganda has targeted Americans since 9/11 & how The U.S. government has purposefully inflated the actual threat of terrorism and the necessity of a proactive military response.
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Crisis Style: The Aesthetics of Repair is out today!
In this expansive and provocative new work,
@michaeldango
theorizes how aesthetic style manages crisis—and why taking crisis seriously means taking aesthetics seriously.
#ReadUP
@Post_45
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Data Cartels is out!
Sarah Lamdan (
@greenarchives1
) brings us into the underworld of "data cartels", demonstrating how the entities mining, commodifying, & selling our data and informational resources perpetuate social inequalities & threaten the democratic sharing of knowledge
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Are you interested in the Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Culture series? Join us this Wednesday (7/22) 10 AM PDT for a virtual event about the series — featuring Joel Beinin,
@LalehKhalili
,
@dcli
, and
@nahid8
#ReadUP
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Artists’ abilities to end next year in the black could be adversely impacted by the tax bill, notes
@alisonkgerber
:
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Bravo sculptors! 👏—13 Sculptures Made Out of Books via
@mental_floss
→
http://t.co/d8bCbJrRhw
http://t.co/Ha86Xi1wL4
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Attention Kindle users— Aurangzeb by
@AudreyTruschke
is $3.99 in the Kindle shop. Time is limited, this offer expires 10/31.
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Out today! The Russian Way of Deterrence by Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky investigates Russia's approach to coercion (both deterrence and compellence), comparing and contrasting it with the Western conceptualization of this strategy.
#ReadUP
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Black Culture, Inc. by
@PatriciaABanks
is out today!
A surprising and fascinating look at how Black culture has been leveraged by corporate America.
#ReadUP
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Dream Super-Express by
@DrJessamynAbel
is out now!
The multi-layered dreams surrounding
#Japan
's Tōkaidō Shinkansen—the first bullet train, dubbed the "dream super-express"— tell a history not only of nation-building but of resistance and disruption.
#ReadUP
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Is someone you care about getting involved in post-structuralism? Call our support hotline |
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Congratulations to Elise Burton author of
@geneticxroads
, which won the Nikki Keddie Book Award
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The concept of Islamic law as an unchanging, pristine legal tradition is largely a myth upheld by traditionalists.
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The Paradoxes of Ignorance in Early Modern England and France is out today!
@S_Parageau
tells the history of the moral, cognitive and epistemological virtues attributed to ignorance in the long seventeenth century (1580s-1700) in England and in France.
#readUP
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In less than two weeks we will be returning to the office after having worked remotely for 15 months! Ahead of our return, we sent in a recon team to check things out; apparently the plants have taken over…
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Famine Worlds by
@_Khayyat_
is out!
WWI was a catastrophe for the lands that would become Lebanon. With war came famine, & with famine came unspeakable suffering. Tylor Brand draws on memoirs, diaries, & correspondence to explore how people negotiated the famine and its traumas
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Rocking Qualitative Social Science is out today!
@ashleytrubin
provides an entertaining treatise, corrective vision, and rigorously informative guidebook for qualitative research methods that have long been dismissed in deference to traditional scientific methods.
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Hot topic of conversation here at our booth at
#AAS2019
:
#supdigital
’s brand-new project The Chinese Deathscape. Stop by our booth to check out our display of this cutting-edge resource.
@tsmullaney
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University presses and indie publishers often play a crucial role in preserving the voices of women writers -
http://t.co/TTtvZ2WatR
#ReadUP
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The Manhattan Project—recommended reading for: people who ❤ New York →
http://t.co/oiuzlhBfwJ
http://t.co/L9YTp6npVn
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Through a series of attacks on the rule of law, Trump is testing the constitutional system, writes
@ljstprof
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4 Reasons Blogs are Great for Academia (+ cat pictures) via
@megankatenelson
-
http://t.co/idI25F2vhb
http://t.co/NRqQUOtNAW
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Wartime North Africa edited by
@sarahastein
and
@aomar_boum
is out today!
This book, the first-ever collection of primary documents on North African history and the Holocaust, gives voice to the diversity of those involved.
#ReadUP
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Please give a hearty welcome to SUP's own
@ericawetter
, who has just joined Twitter! She is the Executive Editor for Literature and Philosophy, and is (virtually) attending
#MLA22
.
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This Friday (11/15) 6 PM join
@BaskinJon
for a discussion of his new book “Ordinary Unhappiness: The Therapeutic Fiction of David Foster Wallace.” Jon Baskin will be in conversation with
@BenWKJ
, followed by a Q&A and a signing.
Presented by
@SeminaryCoop
and
@the_point_mag
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Egypt's Occupation by
@aaronjakes
is out today! This book offers a sweeping reinterpretation of both the historical geography of capitalism in
#Egypt
and the role of political-economic thought in the struggles that raged over the occupation.
#ReadUP
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A scholar does not a writer make—writing is a craft that requires study in and of itself -
http://t.co/ooLt3Jjrx9
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