Columbia University Press

28/05/2026

The Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life at Columbia University is seeking submissions to its annual Claremont Publication Prize for the Study of Religion. The publication prize is awarded to the best first book manuscript by early career scholars working in any discipline of the humanities or social sciences. Prize-winners will be invited to participate in a book workshop with members of the IRCPL faculty board, and the book, when finalized, will appear in IRCPL’s series, “Religion, Culture and Public Life,” published by Columbia University Press.

Deadline: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 by 11:59pm Eastern Time

Learn more here: https://www.ircpl.columbia.edu/claremont-prize

28/05/2026

Now available! This book is an international history of the Carter administration’s intricate relations with the two competing Chinese regimes, highlighting the geopolitical significance and lasting implications of this pivotal moment. It demonstrates that technological competition was as crucial as strategic and ideological competition to the course of the Cold War, and together they profoundly shaped US-China relations and the world today. https://buff.ly/HRNy8Y7

28/05/2026

Columbia University Press also mourns the passing of David Rosner, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Sociomedical Sciences and History. He authored and edited many acclaimed books, often in collaboration with his colleague Gerald Markowitz. His final book BUILDING THE WORLDS THAT KILL US: DISEASE, DEATH AND INEQUALITY IN AMERICAN HISTORY, was widely praised for its originality and impact. This book was named one of Smithsonian Magazine’s best books of the year and received the 2025 Columbia University Press Distinguished Book Award.

Columbia Mailman mourns the passing of David Rosner, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Sociomedical Sciences and History.

A renowned scholar, mentor, and advocate for social justice, Dr. Rosner dedicated his career to uncovering the human impact of environmental and occupational harms and advancing health equity through research, teaching, and public engagement.

His legacy lives on through the generations of students he mentored, the communities he fought for, and the lasting contributions he made to public health and history.

Read more about his legacy and impact: https://ow.ly/ZQst50Z4VAw

27/05/2026

We are pleased to announce that Philip T. Yanos's EXILES IN NEW YORK CITY is a Gold Winner in the 2026 Nonfiction Book Awards. This book shares untold stories from Ward’s Island, offering a new lens on the city’s past and present from the perspective of the marginalized. https://buff.ly/weZK0uH

Nonfiction Authors Association

27/05/2026

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, host Trevor Aleo and author Al Filreis discuss THE CLASSROOM AND THE CROWD. It explores how ModPo became a genuinely thriving pedagogical community in a landscape of ghost-town MOOCs, and what that achievement reveals about the relationship between open texts, open platforms, and democratic forms of teaching and learning. https://buff.ly/lcisVTd

In this episode of Conceptually Speaking, I sit down with Dr.

27/05/2026

"Etem reminds us of a simple truth: diplomacy doesn’t just speak, listen, or advocate; it screens, circulates, and settles into how people see the world."—Nancy Snow, USC Center on Public Diplomacy Blog. https://buff.ly/2CdyGqD

The new book, Film Diplomacy, offers a valuable historical account and a conceptual toolkit for understanding the evolving nature of public diplomacy.

27/05/2026

In this episode of the Radical Books Collective | WARSCAPES, Bhakti Shringarpure and author Ainehi Edoro discuss FOREST IMAGINARIES. This book explores the life of the forest in African fiction, showing how writers have used it to reinvent the novel’s formal, aesthetic, and political possibilities. https://buff.ly/DLf7ajx

Join our live book discussion on Forest Imaginaries: How African Novels Think by Ainehi Edoro. Moderated by Bhakti Shringarpure. About the bookForests in fic...

26/05/2026

"BLACK VISIONS OF THE HOLY LAND is a valuable contribution to scholarship on African American religious politics. The book is an essential read for anyone interested in religion, race, and politics." —Moses Ohene Biney, Reading Religion https://buff.ly/M343lQx

Since at least the high point of the civil rights movement, African American Christianity has been widely recognized as a potent force for social change. Mos...