Today marks the 137th birthday of legendary poet and playwright T. S. Eliot. Author of dozens of poems, short stories, nonfiction works, and multiple plays, Eliot stands as one of the most notable and beloved writers of the 20th century. www.press.jhu.edu/search?keywo...

If you're in NYC tomorrow (9/27), stop by and see me at the New York University Latinx Project's book showcase/La Feria: www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion... #LeadingTowardLiberation @hopkinspress.bsky.social

Guten tag! We're ready for you at #theGSA2025 this morning! Exhibit hall opens at 8am every day — stop by and say hi, browse our wares (like the latest issue of German Studies Review) and grab your conference discount Bis bald!

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Reviews in American History Volume 53, Number 3, September 2025 #S2O #OpenAccess via @ProjectMUSE tinyurl.com/bdfabr5b#S2O#OpenAccessContributions from: 
Eric Eisner
 Dennis J. Wieboldt III
 Daniel Kilbride
 Benjamin E. Park 
Kathryn J. McGarr
 Katharina Rietzler
 and more!

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Volume 79, Number 2, October 2025 tinyurl.com/k5xnz5ta Featuring contributions from: Kate Quealy-Gainer Adam McConville Michelle Bourgeois Cassidy Russell Natalie Berglind Danica Ronquillo Amanda Toledo April Spisak and more!

Join us for our new episode of the Indian Ocean World Podcast! In this episode, Devika Shankar discusses her new book "An Encroaching Sea."

"I thought how erotic, how could it be so erotic, how secret that her necklace touches her, she wears the touch in public." — Sophia Dahlin, "Glove Money":

Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2... @tabouchadi.bsky.social @siljahausermann.bsky.social @indubioproreto.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social

In Figure 7 from their @worldpolitics.bsky.social July article, Tarik Abou-Chadi, Silja Hausermann, Reto Mitteregger, Nadja Mosimann, and Markus Wagner address whether #policy positions create divergent reactions among groups of Social Democratic Party #voters, based on #education

Explore comprehensive workforce planning in our STAR² Center's Workforce Professional Development Series. Starting Oct. 23, these webinars will introduce you to key strategies in compensation, well-being, and career development to support operations and retention. ☑️ Register now: bit.ly/4pFSA56

How does organized religion affect governance, both in a macro way—like on social norms—and in a micro way—like how a politician or legislator organizes their values and beliefs? How does the US government navigate the “separation of church and state,” if at all? 1/2

Join us next week for a lecture and discussion about feminist urbanism in Mumbai! Vatsala Shoukla from SNDT Women’s University will host this talk on October 1st in Peterson Hall 116 from 3-5 pm. Snacks and coffee will be served!

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Configurations Volume 33, Number 3, Summer 2025 tinyurl.com/mr2j5srz Featuring contributions from: Timothy Sweet
 Gregory Tate 
Nathan Drapela
 Dennis Summers
 Wen Yongchao 
Sarah Nisenson 
Sophie Toff 
Barbara Maria Stafford

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature Volume 63, Number 3, 2025 tinyurl.com/4frymtf6 Featuring contributions from: Anna Kérchy Chrysogonus Siddha Malilang Ágnes Hansági József Lapis Gabriella Ágnes Nagy Chryssa Kouraki, Maria Scaletti and more!

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW The Review of Higher Education Vol. 49, No. 1, Fall 2025 #S2O #OpenAccess via @ProjectMUSE tinyurl.com/4rs986kz#S2O#OpenAccessFeaturing contributions from: Gina Ann Garcia
 Demetri L. Morgan
 Kaleb L. Briscoe Veronica A. Jones Melvin A. Whitehead
 Nicholas A. Bowman and more!

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW SubStance Volume 54, Number 2, 2025 (Issue 167) tinyurl.com/ycxvd5dk Special issue: Individuation in the Light of Simondon Jason Tuckwell Eleanor Kaufman Daniela Voss Yuk Hui Daniel W. Smith Jason Tuckwell Thomas Lamarre David Wills Audrey Wasser Anthony Uhlmann Grant Hussong

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Leviathan Vol. 27, No. 2, June 2025 tinyurl.com/yb7hkeja Contributions from: Brian Yothers Johnathan A. Cook Caroline Hildebrandt Samuel John Gleason Bruce Fishbein Richard Littauer Yukiko Oshima Mark Niemeyer Mary K. Bercaw Edwards Pilar Martínez Benedí Dana Seitler

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Mississippi Quarterly Vol. 77, No. 3, 2025
 Special Issue: Hurricane Katrina at Twenty: Literary and Cultural Legacies of the Storm Courtney George and Judith Livingston, Guest Editors tinyurl.com/3d5s667x Contributions from Stephanie Rambo William P. Murray and more!

Diacritics contributors David Marriott and Rizvana Bradley are presenting the book series "Inventions" at a free virtual event with @stanfordpress.bsky.social

Philosopher Judith Shklar was born on this day in Riga, Latvia, in 1928. #botd Known for her work on political thought of the Enlightenment, as a political theorist Shklar was also interested in injustice. 1/3

In the 2nd part of our "Documents" series, Juliane Rebentisch develops her theory of contemporary art through an engagement with Land Art. Translated & introduced by Mitchell Herrmann. Read here on the Diacritics blog: www.diacriticsjournal.com/documents-2-...

Rachel Calder examines how The Bookseller #tradejournal laid the foundation for the communication and information system that remains at the heart of today’s global #publishing industry. Read about founder Joseph Whitaker’s innovative strategies in VPR 58.1: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @rs4vp.org

"Powerful College Admission Essays" is a step-by-step guide designed to help students and families navigate the college admission process, and offers the inspiration to transform the college essay from a source of stress into an opportunity for growth. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Dickens Quarterly Volume 42, Number 3, September 2025 tinyurl.com/2nwbm7zr Featuring contributions from Meoghan Byrne Cronin Arthur Charlesworth Zhao Jing Peng Xinyao Ye Zhen Dominic Rainsford Robert L. Patten

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Twentieth-Century China Volume 50, Number 3, October 2025 tinyurl.com/38jh39xt Featuring contributions from Anne Reinhardt Peter Zarrow Gyatso Marnyi Ben Hales Wuyutong Yao Denise Y. Ho Andrew Morris Alan Baumler Hongshan Li

We have an incredible schedule of panels and roundtables at the MSA in Boston in TWO weeks. Also, don't forget to check out the TWO amazing keynote plenaries with Kelly Rich and Jina Kim AND with Kevin Quashie and Evie Shockley. Don't forget to register ASAP! See you in Boston!!!

✨ We're kicking off #theGSA2025 with our 11th annual Arts Night! 🗓 Thurs, Sept 25 | 6:30–10:10pm 📍 Grand Salon B + National Landing 1–4 🎲 Game Night (7–9) 🎬 Screenings (DEFA + BDSN) 📚 Reading: Novelist Franz Friedrich Free + open to the public. Full details in the GSA 2025 App!

We’re thrilled to see two TYR contributors—Susan Choi and Katie Kitamura—on the @thebookerprizes shortlist! 🎉 Read their latest work in our Summer 2025 issue: yalereview.org/issues/summe...

Submissions close one week from today! Send us your poems, stories, essays, and translations by September 30. theyalereview.submittable.com/submit

"Raiding the Heartland" by @wdlopez.bsky.social brings us into the heart of communities targeted by large-scale ICE deportations, chronicling the devastating impacts of immigration raids—and the enduring resistance of immigrant communities in the aftermath. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Happy book birthday, a.k.a. publication day, to Raiding the Heartland: American Story of Deportation and Resistance!

How do you mobilize civil society against a would-be authoritarian? "If an incumbent emulates a policy from the authoritarian playbook previously implemented by another autocrat, use that concrete example against the incumbent."

Read Nicholas B. Dirks's "Among the Ruins of the University" in the new issue of Social Research at @projectmuse.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

“Administrators have become a convenient symbol for the loss of a coherent intellectual mission, but much of this animus is the result of resentment at the steady loss of faculty authority in the eyes of the world at large.” 2/3

Amid institutionally sanctioned attacks on higher education, especially in the US, how do individual players in the university—like faculty and administration—fare in the public imagination? 1/3

Curious about the modern attack on vaccines? @briandeer.com can explain. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @hopkinspress.bsky.social #Vaccines

Once more for those in the back: autism isn't caused by vaccines. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social explains (again.) @hopkinspress.bsky.social

*the novel and the blank* available now, use discount code HTNAB25 at @hopkinspress.bsky.social #skystorians #bookhistory #vastearlyamerica #18c

In their book, Drs. Ohmann and Shor assert "that the lifetime financial benefits of a bachelor’s degree have been overblown by both politicians and the “common sense” of public discourse and media reporting." Read Dr. Rolph's review here: bit.ly/4nftTuy @hopkinspress.bsky.social

As the summer season departs at 1:19PM CT, there's still a chance to make a splash with issue 63.3 at the poolside. Whether you're relaxing by the pool or going for a cool swim, 63.3 is the ideal companion. Secure your copy and cherish the last hours of summer! @ricehumanities @hopkinspress

Drawing on a transatlantic archive, @miladaskalova.bsky.social explores the experience of time in asylum #periodicals. Learn how these publications served as instruments of both recalibration and resistance in the latest issue of VPR: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @rs4vp.org

📢 Just days until #theGSA2025 in Arlington! We're kicking things off at the General Meeting of the Association: 📅 Thursday, Sept 25 | 4–5pm | Grand Salon C 🎤 With opening remarks by Samantha Perez of Equality Arlington 👉 Find all conference information in the GSA Conference App (QR code below).

As reviewed by Emma Heming Willis, the 8th edition of "The 36-Hour Day" is an essential guide for caregivers of Alzheimer's and dementia patients that "offers both practical advice and deep compassion." Available now wherever books are sold. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

The art is pouring in to our DMs! Huge thanks to @ishmaelcallme.bsky.social for bringing Angela Smyth’s amazing whale to our attention! We definitely consider ourselves a whale appreciation society.

The Black Diaspora Interdisciplinary Network is sponsoring some exciting events at #theGSA2025— from Arts Night to film + food! 👉 For more information and to RSVP: forms.gle/M41dghHZiJAt...

Political philosopher Leo Strauss was born on this day in 1899 in Kirchhain, Germany. #botd A staunch believer in the “Greats” of Western philosophy, like Socrates and Aristotle, Strauss was adamant about the role of political philosophy in both macro political and micro individual life. 1/3

Agreed! There will never been enough illustrated editions of Moby-Dick!

This #SundayRead coincides with the autumn equinox. Happy Fall! We’re returning to “Climate Demands We Change. Why Aren’t We?,” our Fall 2015 issue, as a complement to the Northern Hemisphere’s transition to autumn, which is consistently and unpredictably impacted by climate change. 1/2

Democracy is in decline, growing weaker from within. But why? Is it political dysfunction, economic mismanagement, threats from authoritarian powers? More important, can we reverse the damage from backsliding before it’s too late?