Capitalist Colonial mobilises capitalism and colonialism as a combined analytical frame to comprehend the forms of domination prevailing in the Arabah. Available in person at #HMLondon2025 or online ⬇️ buff.ly/981G0cg @histmat.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social

CfA: 2026 J. Rothschild Prize in #Nationalism & #EthnicStudies 2025 winners: • @vhtroyansky.bsky.social, Empire of Refugees — @stanfordpress.bsky.social • Linda Cook, Welfare Nationalism in Europe and Russia — @universitypress.cambridge.org DUE: December 17, 2025 nationalities.org/prizes/roths...

Aditionally, Dr. Amy Zhang received an honorable mention for their book Circular Ecologies: Environmentalism and Waste Politics in Urban China (2024, Stanford University Press). Congratulations to both!👏👏👏

Congrats to Dr. Katherine Maich on her new book Bringing Law Home (Stanford University Press)! Her research spans Lima and NYC, uncovering how domestic workers navigate law, labor, and inequality. Read more ➡️ artsci.tamu.edu/news/2025/10...

In A World of Wounds, Nancy Manring provides an indispensable analysis of the multi-decade, conservative war against American environmentalism and maps out realistic strategies for rebuilding a bipartisan environmental movement #ReadUP https://ow.ly/58hN50Xmev6

Abiding Influence by Giuseppe Paparella shows how presidents' nationalist beliefs can influence distinct foreign policy attitudes that have underpinned important US foreign policy decisions and turning points in the Asia Pacific https://ow.ly/OiQU50XmeR1

Now We Are Here follows the lives of migrant families as they navigate the promises & challenges of the US education system. Gabrielle Oliveira weaves together stories of parental sacrifice & responses to trauma—all shaped by the additional disruption of COVID-19 https://ow.ly/K5NU50XmeKl

Shared some thoughts with @bloomberg.com @karishmajourno.bsky.social for this very interesting piece on Xi’s diplomacy www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The Stansky Book Prize is awarded annually for the best book published by a North American Scholar on any aspect of British Studies since 1800. www.nacbs.org/news/stansky... @stanfordpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social

I'll be talking about IMPASSE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF PROGRESS in NYC next Thursday, November 13, @thenewschool.bsky.social, with Jay Bernstein and Joel Towers. Register below. event.newschool.edu/arnholdforum...

So pleased the partnership between PKP and SUP is providing alternative pathways for #OpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing -- check out the first article published by the project's first journal! ⤵️ #BetterPublishing #AcademicSky

Abiding Influence by Giuseppe Paparella shows how presidents' nationalist beliefs can influence distinct foreign policy attitudes that have underpinned important US foreign policy decisions and turning points in the Asia Pacific https://ow.ly/OiQU50XmeR1

Now We Are Here follows the lives of migrant families as they navigate the promises & challenges of the US education system. Gabrielle Oliveira weaves together stories of parental sacrifice & responses to trauma—all shaped by the additional disruption of COVID-19 https://ow.ly/K5NU50XmeKl

In A World of Wounds, Nancy Manring provides an indispensable analysis of the multi-decade, conservative war against American environmentalism and maps out realistic strategies for rebuilding a bipartisan environmental movement #ReadUP https://ow.ly/58hN50Xmev6

Happening tomorrow 👇

This week and next, I'll be giving a handful of talks in Berlin (thread). On Wednesday November 5 at 4 pm, I'll give a book talk on The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping at Humboldt University. www.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/de/bereiche-...

For Financial Times, Edward White writes about China's "red tourism" boom. Xi Jinping sees party history as a crucial element of a moral education system that inoculates young people against dangerous values. www.ft.com/content/7d01...

For @thetls.bsky.social , @katiestallard.bsky.social reviews new books on China by David Shambaugh, Dan Wang, Ben Vagle and Stephen Brooks, and me www.the-tls.com/politics-by-...

I am happy to share the conversation I had with Stanley Bill and Ben Stanley on the modern economic and political landscape in Poland. Hope everyone enjoys! @stanfordpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/convergi...

US-Iran hostility has now endured longer than the Cold War. My new book coming out December 2 helps explain why. You can pre-order now @stanfordpress.bsky.social or wherever you get your books. www.sup.org/books/politi... www.youtube.com/shorts/YLL0m...

I'm grateful to Hopkins at Home and the SNF Agora Institute for hosting this virtual event on my new book, Something Between Us, on Tuesday, 11/4 at 12pm ET. I'll be talking about common spaces and the common sense we need. Open to all, join online via the link below. events.jhu.edu/form/snfagor...

Next Tuesday (11/4), 4 PM PT— Join David W. Brady for a discussion of his new book From Dominance to Parity. Hosted by the Center for Revitalizing American Institutions. For details: www.hoover.org/events/domin... @hooverinstitution.bsky.social

The journal Reviews of Economic Literature has published its first article! You can read “It Is Time to Bring Scholarly Publishing Back to the Academic Community” now @pkp.sfu.ca #ReadUP

Congratulations to Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, winner of the W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize for Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State with Stanford University Press. #ASEEESPrizes See all winners: buff.ly/qNk3PSU @stanfordpress.bsky.social

Come celebrate the publication of @giuspapa.bsky.social 's book Abiding Influence: Presidents, Nationalist Beliefs, and US Policy in the Asia Pacific, 1898–1972 on November 21st, 17:00. The event is free to attend, and it will be followed by a drinks reception. Hosted by @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

The journal Reviews of Economic Literature has published its first article! You can read “It Is Time to Bring Scholarly Publishing Back to the Academic Community” now @pkp.sfu.ca #ReadUP

Come celebrate the publication of @giuspapa.bsky.social 's book Abiding Influence: Presidents, Nationalist Beliefs, and US Policy in the Asia Pacific, 1898–1972 on November 21st, 17:00. The event is free to attend, and it will be followed by a drinks reception. Hosted by @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

Folks in New York, please join me at the New York Academy of Sciences on Monday 11/3 at 4:30pm. I'll be talking with the wonderful writer Bob Desjarlais about the challenge of opening our minds to the lives of others, drawing on my new book, Something Between Us. www.eventbrite.com/e/walls-of-t...

A new piece by @washingtonpost.com David Ignatius on the similarities and differences between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, with a thought from me on Xi. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Tito's Gulag is out now "In his chilling account of Goli Otok, the island to which supporters of Stalin's Soviet Union were banished, Martin Previšić illuminates the dark side of Yugoslavia's 'anti-Stalinist Stalinism.'" —Ronald Suny, University of Michigan https://ow.ly/X6fe50XiEzP

In Domestic Nationalism, Chiara Formichi argues that Muslim women in Java and Sumatra, from the late 1910s to the 1950s, were central to Indonesia's progress as guardians and promoters of health and piety through gendered activities of care work. #ReadUP https://ow.ly/celI50XiEV6

Next Tuesday (11/4), 4 PM PT— Join David W. Brady for a discussion of his new book From Dominance to Parity. Hosted by the Center for Revitalizing American Institutions. For details: www.hoover.org/events/domin... @hooverinstitution.bsky.social

In Domestic Nationalism, Chiara Formichi argues that Muslim women in Java and Sumatra, from the late 1910s to the 1950s, were central to Indonesia's progress as guardians and promoters of health and piety through gendered activities of care work. #ReadUP https://ow.ly/celI50XiEV6

Tito's Gulag is out now "In his chilling account of Goli Otok, the island to which supporters of Stalin's Soviet Union were banished, Martin Previšić illuminates the dark side of Yugoslavia's 'anti-Stalinist Stalinism.'" —Ronald Suny, University of Michigan https://ow.ly/X6fe50XiEzP

Did you miss us at the 2025 Annual Conference on South Asia? You can still enjoy our virtual exhibit: receive a 30% discount on the books listed using the discount code S25CSA at checkout, good between 10/15/2025 - 11/25/2025.

Did you miss us at the 2025 Annual Conference on South Asia? You can still enjoy our virtual exhibit: receive a 30% discount on the books listed using the discount code S25CSA at checkout, good between 10/15/2025 - 11/25/2025.

11/5 4pm GMT—Join @rachelhumphris.bsky.social for a discussion of her new book, Making Sanctuary Cities In this talk, Rachel Humphris examines how sanctuary city policies negotiate and contest citizenship, highlighting their political potential and their contradictions and constraints

11/5 4pm GMT—Join @rachelhumphris.bsky.social for a discussion of her new book, Making Sanctuary Cities In this talk, Rachel Humphris examines how sanctuary city policies negotiate and contest citizenship, highlighting their political potential and their contradictions and constraints

New podcast: @lowyinstitute.bsky.social Richard McGregor and I chat about the Xi family and the future of China podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

Anthropologists working on redistribution and tax will present the findings of—and interrogate each other on—two recent books: Clawing Back and Anthropology and Tax Register ⬇️ buff.ly/NOFaVs3 @stanfordpress.bsky.social @lseevents.bsky.social

How is war waged through aid? How have US policies evolved to discipline aid seekers, humanitarian workers, and service organizations alike? Mudasir Amin engages with Lisa Bhungalia's book Elastic Empire: Refashioning War Through Aid in Palestine in this timely review. @stanfordpress.bsky.social

In my new book, Something Between Us, I write about lessons from clean water advocacy in the Hudson River Valley. I'm honored to talk about the book in Newburgh, NY on Tuesday 10/28 with community leader Gabrielle Hill. Please join us if you're in the area! newburghlibrary.libcal.com/event/15282244

Grateful for this chance to talk at my alma mater Amherst College about my new book, Something Between Us, this Monday 10/27 evening. If any of you alums or others out there are in central Massachusetts, please drop in! www.amherst.edu/academiclife...

Why do White conservatives and White liberals disagree about what is—and is not—racist and sexist? @jessistreib.bsky.social and Betsy Leondar-Wright reveal a definitional divide driving this persistent gap and recommend a better way forward. Read the essay ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

Academics, publishers, and non-profits unite to deliver diamond open access journals peeer.net/2025/10/20/a... #BetterPublishing

If you’re in Italy, I’ll be doing three presentations there next week. On Monday October 27, I’ll do a book talk on The Party’s Interests Come First: the Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping in Milan at Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore aseri.unicatt.it/aseri-2025-t...

🥳 Look what came in the mail! My new book on US Iran policy is now available to pre-order from @stanfordpress.bsky.social or wherever you get your books. Pub date December 2: www.sup.org/books/politi... Stay tuned for launch events!

Loved moderating Prof. Berberian & Prof. Grigor on their inspiring book “Armenian Women, Minoritarian Agency, and the Making of Iranian Modernity“(@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2025) at @zmo-berlin.bsky.social. A fascinating mix of political, gender, and art history. Don’t miss their Europe tour!

So nice to have @rachelhumphris.bsky.social back at IRIS for a day! On 5 November (4-5.30pm) Rachel will present her new @stanfordpress.bsky.social book "Making Sanctuary Cities". To book a place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-san...

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