Today at 3 pm ET, join Tojo author Peter Mauch for an exclusive AMA on the r/askhistorians subreddit! Stay tuned: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Please join us in congratulating Beth Lew-Williams, whose book John Doe Chinaman has won the 2026 Bancroft Prize—one of the most prestigious awards in the field of American history.

The remarkable power of... paperwork? The Radical Spanish Empire is a new, groundbreaking history of political struggle in the Spanish New World— A world where commoners and elites alike challenged the social order through paper politics. Keep reading: bit.ly/46CYw73

What counts as China? Who counts as Chinese? An acclaimed historian’s bold response to these simple, vexed questions: bit.ly/3N8JkYC

In Habsburgs on the Rio Grande (@harvardpress.bsky.social), Raymond Jonas re-examines the Second Mexican Empire & argues that rather than being a historical sideshow, it was at the centre of historic power struggles. @barnabas-szabo.bsky.social reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/a-hab...

Author's Corner with Saikrishna Bangalore Prakash: *The Presidential Pardon: The Short Clause with a Long Troubled History*: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/02/27/t... @harvardpress.bsky.social @uvalaw.bsky.social

Book Announcement!!! Sidewalk Nation: The Life and Law of America’s Most Overlooked Resource is available for preorder and out June 2 with @harvardpress.bsky.social! a.co/d/0d1DwIVc

Finally: Audun Dahl explains: "Why Our Moral Views Keep Changing", in 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑒; from @harvardpress.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Really honored to have my new @harvardpress.bsky.social book be part of an @lpeblog.bsky.social symposium! I am deeply grateful to @lpeproject.bsky.social colleagues for the opportunity, and to my respondents @maggor.bsky.social, @abalasub.bsky.social & Amy Cohen for engaging with my work. 🙏

I have a highly motivated student who came from a Christian classical education background, so we’ve developed an independent study and we’re going to be reading this brand new Augustine volume together. Looking forward to it!

Most of us believe that adverse childhood conditions negatively impact human development. In The Nature of Nurture, renowned developmental psychologist Jay Belsky challenges this interpretation, and offers an exciting alternative based on Darwinian theory.

Tonight! Star tribologist and author of Friction, Jennifer Vail, will appear on the r/AskScience subreddit for a special AMA. What are your burning questions about friction? Join us: www.reddit.com/r/askscience...

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin This Black History Month, we celebrate the authors, stories, and legacies that inspire us to think critically, live truthfully, and dream bigger: bit.ly/4tuOkqV

I want to read all of these!

Today in the ARB: Stephen Mercado reviews “Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Most Controversial World War II General” by Peter Mauch @harvardpress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/tojo-the-ris...

Can children with the same background have radically different futures just because they were born a few years apart? Yes. Marked by Time (@harvardpress.bsky.social) shows how social change and the "character trap" reshape lives in ways traditional risk models miss. (1/2)

Legal scholar Saikrishna Prakash has spent years examining one of the Constitution’s most sweeping and least-checked powers: the presidential pardon. We recently spoke with him about his research. His answers may surprise you: bit.ly/4taK27V

Antibiotic resistance is exploding in India. It's one of the most daunting public health challenges facing humanity. This sweeping analysis uncovers the causes of—and offers solutions to—the crisis. Coming March 10. Keep reading: bit.ly/4k5uE8O

Delighted about the publication of THE MAKING OF IRANIAN MODERNITY (Ilex via Harvard University Press), our Festschrift for the great Houchang E. Chehabi. @lsehy.bsky.social @harvardpress.bsky.social @bupardeeschool.bsky.social

This book changed my life. I recommend it for all racialized writers, especially those of us writing the radical/revolutionary

Please join us in congratulating @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, whose riveting meditation on what it means to be an outsider in literature, To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other, is now a Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award! 🥳🏅 About the book: tinyurl.com/ycyx8hry

TO SAVE AND TO DESTROY: WRITING AS AN OTHER makes it to the shortlist in the criticism category for the National Book Critics Circle Award, in the stellar company of many deserving finalists.

From snow tires to sneaker soles—from the first spark of fire to the frontiers of energy—friction is the invisible force that connects everyday life to man’s greatest achievements. Star tribologist Jennifer Vail delivers a spellbinding handbook to friction’s history and future: tinyurl.com/3md2x4v2

This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we're celebrating the authors, activists, and historians who have championed and enriched our understanding of civil rights and justice for all. For a limited time, save 25% on these titles with the code MLK25—keep reading below.

William Whyte, The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood - @harvardpress.bsky.social, August 2026 www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

A copy of the NEW BOOK by 2018-19 CASBS fellow @mivich.bsky.social - "The Divisions of Rationalized Labor" - has entered the Center's renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection 📚 Michelle's initial book ideas developed here 😏 About this @harvardpress.bsky.social book: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Happy New Year. We are so back. 😎 Discover our most anticipated new books—and enjoy a flash sale while it lasts: bit.ly/3YHTu4L

Court Poetry and the Culture of Learning in Japan Out now on preorder from Harvard University Press. @harvardpress.bsky.social

Paperback edition coming soon. @harvardpress.bsky.social did a wonderful job!

Paperback publication day for Born to Rule! 🥳👀🎄🎅

Great to get to talk about Hong Kong in 2019 & after with Ching Kwan Lee, author of the important new @harvardpress.bsky.social book Forever Hong Kong, podcast moderated expertly by @yangyangcheng.bsky.social for @madeinchinajournal.com madeinchinajournal.com/2025/11/24/e...

I’m happy to share that my book “Traders, Speculators and Captains of Industry: How Capitalist Legitimacy Shaped Foreign Investment Policy in India,” published by @harvardpress.bsky.social is out!

This essay has been adapted from Wilson's new book, Strange Stability, published with @harvardpress.bsky.social. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... @harvard.edu @harvardhistsci.bsky.social

During the Cold War, two physicists became public "opponents" of the Pentagon's antiballistic missile systems. But they kept doing private work on behalf of the administration's policy.

"Both Zohran and Mira kept telling me: 'You have to insert yourself as a character in this. You were alive. You were involved. Take responsibility, but tell us. Tell us the part of the story which nobody else will be able to tell us.'”

New on The Guardian : “Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’”

The presidential pardon is one of the most potent tools in American governance. Originally intended as a mechanism of mercy, it's now used to shield allies, reward loyalty, and make political statements. This important new book by Saikrishna Prakash explores its history and future: bit.ly/3LJJZPn

I’m so grateful for this recognition for THE TAME AND THE WILD! @harvardpress.bsky.social

Rahel Jaeggi, Progress and Regression, trans. Robert Savage, @harvardpress.bsky.social, July 2025 www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Please read this excellent piece by @qjurecic.bsky.social. Numbers don't capture the chilling effect on free expression or those excluded or deported we will never hear about in the news. Appreciate her reaching out to me to discuss how the past can inform the present. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social

As Zohran Mamdani wins the New York election, check out our @empirepoduk.bsky.social special, an interview with his father, my friend the wonderful Professor Mahmoud Mamdani on his family's history in East Africa & their journey to America. Zohran zindabad! share.google/RS4MWp65kxNy...

Richard Primus (@richardprimus.bsky.social), The Oldest Constitutional Question: Enumeration and Federal Power (@harvardpress.bsky.social, 2025; #skystorians) www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Thank you @lennibenson.bsky.social for inviting me to speak with her immigration class at New York Law School about "Threat of Dissent." Always happy to Zoom or talk with students in person about ideological exclusion & deportation. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Sarah's book is such a fascinating history of beautiful and mysterious orchids. Very much looking foward to her event and @harvardpress.bsky.social will be there selling her new book 💐 - ticket link ⬇️

Richard Rorty, ACHIEVING OUR COUNTRY

📚 Compte rendu / Book review Marcy Norton, The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals After 1492, @harvardpress.bsky.social, 2024. by Kathleen Kete (@trinitycollege.bsky.social) 👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss... #skystorians #animals

@publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews Jennifer Vail's Friction: A Biography. @harvardpress.bsky.social "[E]ye-opening ... Readers will be inspired to start noticing how this hidden force shapes the world around them." www.publishersweekly.com/9780674290662

Come and join me and @carosanderson.bsky.social at @stroudbookfestival.bsky.social on Bonfire Night. No books will be harmed during the event - even though I will be talking about 'Burning the Books' (available from @johnmurrays.bsky.social & @harvardpress.bsky.social)!

I’ve had this for a while, a fun read after my first Search. Just found out at my local indie that it’s finally available in paperback. The Seventy-Five Folios & Other Unpublished Manuscripts, ed. Nathalie Mauriac Dyer, tr. Sam Taylor, Belknap Press of @harvardpress.bsky.social. #Proust #Proustsky

Mahmood Mamdani's new book (just released from @harvardpress.bsky.social) is an account of the fate of postcolonial Uganda, intertwined with a intellectual and political autobiography.