SUNY Press

10/31/2025

New in paperback in December, STATEN ISLAND'S ELLIOTTVILLE uncovers the 19th-century Staten Island community of Elliottville, a remarkable enclave that fostered the careers of nationally significant reformers, abolitionists, and transcendentalists.

Spanning five decades, James A. Kaser traces how the residents’ collective work in art, literature, and social reform contributed to broader movements that reshaped the nation — from abolition to women’s suffrage.

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10/30/2025

Nora Gilbert, coeditor of Victorian Gaslighting: Genealogy of an Injustice (forthcoming in March 2026),writes about how to understand gaslighting, you really to need to watch the film Gaslight.

The only way to really understand the term is to sit down and watch the harrowing psychological film from which it got its name.

10/28/2025

In YOGA AND PHENOMENOLOGY ON CONSCIOUSNESS, philosopher and yoga practitioner Giulia Moiraghi bridges ancient yogic wisdom with cutting-edge research in philosophy and cognitive science.

Exploring the embodied horizon of consciousness, this work reveals how yoga offers vital insights for today’s debates on mind, self, and awareness.

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10/27/2025

This week’s from Marketing and Sales Director, Tanja Eise, is a fascinating look at the inventors and innovations that shaped the world. From life-saving medical devices to everyday essentials, MADE IN NEW YORK celebrates the visionaries who proved that if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere!

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10/27/2025

Henry Sapoznik will present an illustrated lecture titled, “The Lost World of African American Cantors, 1916–1953,” from his recent book, The Tourist’s Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Lani Hall Theater at UCLA. Read more at

Musicologist and author Henry Sapoznik will present a lecture on, “The Lost World of African American Cantors, 1916–1953,” from his recent book, “The Tourist's Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City,” on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 7 p.m. -8:30 p.m. at the Lani Hall Theater at UCLA; the event will also...

10/27/2025

Daniel E. Atkinson's event at The Watkins Museum of History for his new book The Rediscovery of George "Nash" Walker was a smashing success. He even had a surprise visit from Aida Overton Walker’s descendants!

10/26/2025

This , we talked with historian Richard A. Wines, whose new book brings ’s past to life in surprising ways.

In A FARM FAMILY ON LONG ISLAND’S NORTH FORK, Wines uncovers the story of the Hallock family — farmers whose lives were shaped by faith, reform, and the everyday tensions of a changing America. Drawing from old letters, diaries, and community records, he reveals how one family’s experiences reflected the bigger struggles of the nineteenth century — from religious divides to questions of race, class, and identity.

In our Q&A, Wines shares what inspired the project, the hidden histories he found in the archives, and what the Hallocks’ story can tell us about the divisions — and connections — we still see today.

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10/26/2025

"[Schwarzschild] has given readers a character-driven novel that is part mystery, part thriller, and presciently relevant in today's climate." — NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS

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10/24/2025

What made India’s caste system what it is today?

New in paperback in January, Rosalind O’Hanlon’s LINEAGES OF BRAHMAN POWER dives into western India’s Brahman communities between the 1600s and 1800s—showing how they built influence, debated social change, and even redefined what it meant to be a Brahman.

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10/24/2025

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10/23/2025

New and now available: On Shoreless Sea combines new archival research with innovative theory to reassess the ship's dramatic voyage and analyze its representation in a broad range of texts, films, and artifacts of popular memory.

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10/22/2025

We are thrilled to announce that Signe Cohen has been named the Winner of the 2025 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Textual Studies by the American Academy of Religion

I, YANTRA, explores ancient Indian tales of mechanical beings—early "robots" crafted by Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain thinkers—and what these stories reveal about the nature of humanity, consciousness, and ethics.

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