ALWAYS UNDER SIEGE presents a singular testament of resilience, despair, and stubborn creative intellect, as Irina Paperno shows what it means to live and to think in a state of siege. #History #Totalitarianism Learn more here: https://ow.ly/A6wr50XJs72

An incredible cover has landed for an incredible book - Philippa Hetherington's "Circulating Subjects: Sex Work and Migration in Russia, 1885–1935." More on how to pre-order a copy of her "riveting" and "radical" @cornellupress.bsky.social book here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

ICYMI #SkyStorians - A great focus on Joseph Kellner's great "Spirit of Socialism" is in @lrb.co.uk: Apocalypse Forgotten, www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... More on the book and praise and all the important things at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

I’m excited that *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) received the Honor Award for Most Significant Scholarly Book from the Texas Institute of Letters! 📚

Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor eds. Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces - @cornellupress.bsky.social, July 2026 www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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In SERVANTS OF GOD, SLAVES OF THE CHURCH, Lisa Kaaren Bailey uncovers the surprising intimacy between sacred devotion and coerced labor in early medieval #Europe. #Medieval #History #Religion Learn more here: https://ow.ly/TST550XJrYZ

ICYMI: Adelina Stefan's fantastic "Vacationing in Dictatorships" has won the Society for Romanian Studies Book Prize! More info and praise on her award-winning book in the Histories and Cultures of Tourism series is at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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As the Cold War wound down in the late '80s, what would replace anticommunism as the governing logic of US foreign policy was far from settled. Our book of the week traces how new threats converged into the concept of "rogue states." By Matthew Frakes on @cornellupress.bsky.social buff.ly/tYuANYV

Join Wah Guan Lim, author of DENATIONALIZING IDENTITIES for a talk on The Transnational Impact on Identity Formation in Theatre Across the Chinese-Speaking World. 🗓️ March 10, 2026 🔗Info: https://ow.ly/jSLC50Yl2XH

Gavin Healy, A Guide to Mao's China: Showing the Nation to Foreign Guests - @cornellupress.bsky.social, June 2026 www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

With a foreword by Russell Shorto, FIRE AND FREEDOM, edited by Thomas S. Wermuth, Devin Lander and Robert Chiles, shows that events off the battlefield were just as meaningful as the fighting itself. #EarlyAmerica #History Order this book here: https://ow.ly/LlsF50XJsgY

LYRIC POETRY AS STATE CRITICISM IN MODERN JAPAN explores how seemingly apolitical verse became a subtle vehicle for political expression under censorship, as Marianne Tarcov shows how lyric form enabled poets to veil their critique in plain sight. #Poetry Learn more here: https://ow.ly/GLi250XJscG

Monday, 3/9, @ronajohnson.bsky.social joins the CPH to discuss his new book, Entangled Alliances @cornellupress.bsky.social

The author copies of the paperback of my book just arrived! Available now @cornellupress.bsky.social and others: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Behold, #SkyStorians, the fantastic cover for the fantastic upcoming addition to the @cornellupress.bsky.social Histories and Cultures of Tourism series - "A Guide to Mao's China" by the fantastic Gavin Healy. Intrigued? Great news! You can preorder here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

CRITICAL FAILURES revisits the overlooked messiness at the heart of #Japan's early experiments with modern criticism. Miyabi Goto argues that this gap between theory and practice—hihyō's failure—opened unexpected pathways for what critical reading could be. Learn more here:https://ow.ly/oALs50XJs8m

ALWAYS UNDER SIEGE presents a singular testament of resilience, despair, and stubborn creative intellect, as Irina Paperno shows what it means to live and to think in a state of siege. #History #Totalitarianism Learn more here: https://ow.ly/A6wr50XJs72

We are endlessly grateful to our fantastic editor @bethanywasik.bsky.social as well as the rest of the team at @cornellupress.bsky.social 💓 We are so proud of the whole volume, including contributions from Cedric Cotter, @mariacullen.bsky.social, Lewis Defrates, Bronwen Everill...

BEYOND THE ELITE, edited by Elisheva Baumgarten, focuses on the everyday social #history of Jews in #medieval northern and central Europe using four interpretive lenses: people, space, objects, and rituals. #JewishStudies Order this book here: https://ow.ly/8ack50XJs2p

Amazing book talk with Elissa Sampson and Robert M. Zecker, authors of FROM POPULAR FRONT TO COLD WAR, at the ILR Global Labor and Work Colloquium. 📚👏 Learn more about this book: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

After years of calls, events, and track changes, Brian Drohan and I are excited to announce the publication of our edited volume, Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces, with @cornellupress.bsky.social in July 2026! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

In SERVANTS OF GOD, SLAVES OF THE CHURCH, Lisa Kaaren Bailey uncovers the surprising intimacy between sacred devotion and coerced labor in early medieval #Europe. #Medieval #History #Religion Learn more here: https://ow.ly/TST550XJrYZ

In ROGUE STATES, Matthew A. Frakes reveals the connection between US national security strategy at the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the War on Terror. #USHistory #NationalSecurity Learn more here: https://ow.ly/qCmu50XJrV8

In THE FILTHIEST VILLAGE IN EUROPE, Andrew Demshuk traces how a community shrouded by "industrial fog," at the brink of gaping coal pits, became a symbol that galvanized grassroots ecology. #History #Environment Learn more here: https://ow.ly/xeBN50XJsmI

Today's featured title: "Trafficking with Demons: Magic, Ritual, and Gender from Late Antiquity to 1000," by Martha Rampton, Cornell University Press, 2026 @cornellupress.bsky.social www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

@cornellupress.bsky.social has been shaping scholarship since 1869. The Cornell University Press Publisher Collection offers access to nearly 150 new titles in 2026 & more than 3,700 backlist works, including 300+ open access books available to read now. More collections: https://bit.ly/3Lqf8HC

Such fun! Thanks to the @baylor.bsky.social community who joined the conversation about my @cornellupress.bsky.social book *Entangled Alliances*.📚

“Entangled Alliances (@cornellupress.bsky.social) is the only history of the American Revolution that begins with enslaved African communities in Saint-Domingue [later Haiti].” 📚🇺🇸🇭🇹

MOBILIZING MAINSTREAM ISLAM by Saskia Schäfer explores how Indonesia’s religious and #political elites constructed a homogenized Islam after Suharto, marginalizing groups such as Ahmadiyya, Muslims, and LGBTQI-identifying people through securitization and delegitimization. https://ow.ly/B35B50XxMFr

Great news! Cornell University's Careers Beyond Academia and @cornellupress.bsky.social are teaming up again to provide paid scholarly summer publishing/learning opportunities for *mid-career humanities Cornell grad students*. How to apply can be found here: gradcareers.cornell.edu/opportunitie...

Our conversation about my @cornellupress.bsky.social book was a moment of pure professional joy! 📚🎙️🙏🏾

Join Wah Guan Lim, author of DENATIONALIZING IDENTITIES for a talk on The Transnational Impact on Identity Formation in Theatre Across the Chinese-Speaking World. 🗓️ March 10, 2026 🔗Info: https://ow.ly/jus050Yl2RV

Making Music Together: Interracial Alliances and the Politics of Solidarity with Elissa Sampson, co-editor of FROM POPULAR FRONT TO COLD WAR #SaveTheDate 🗓️ Sunday, May 3, 2026 / 2pm 📍56 E 1st St, New York, NY 🔗 elissasampsonauthor.com/events/d8f8lg8kne87sz2or4z5lem6

THE AFTERLIFE OF UT0PIA by Samantha Maurer Fox traces the transformation of Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany's first planned #socialist city, from a #ColdWar showcase to a paragon of sustainable shrinkage. #Urban #Architecture Learn more here: https://ow.ly/LUj050XJsmj

Fun Fact: You can find more praise, info, and - wait, great news, team - an *OA* edition of her electric blue book from the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... (2/2)

Forthcoming title shows how queer lives, in Belfast, before the gay rights movement were not only possible but also rich, exciting, and fulfilling. Overcoming a history of intolerance, violence, and religious homophobia 📚 buff.ly/6zKEIAO @cornellupress.bsky.social @tomhulme.bsky.social #LGBTQHM

I really enjoyed talking with Lindsay Shingler for the @ucigcc.bsky.social Talking Policy podcast about my book When Rebels Win (@cornellupress.bsky.social) and its implications for contemporary conflicts & policy responses

You didn't ask, but you should have... The new edition - the *long-awaited* 4th edition - of "The Archaeology of Disease" is available for pre-order with a fantastic cover! Intrigued? You can find out more at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Great news, #SkyStorians! Marisa Karyl Franz's (award-winning!) "Near and Desired Things" has a gorgeous cover and, even better news, what's inside is ready for pre-order! More on the book, praise, and pre-order instructions at @cornellupress.bsky.social: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

FYI #AncientSky - the upcoming release of Caitlin C. Gillespie's "Women and Resistance in the "Annals" of Tacitus" is happening soon. And, it can be on your bookshelf, if you do not resist your excitement and head to the @cornellupress.bsky.social site: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Looking forward to this conversation about my latest @cornellupress.bsky.social book at @baylor.bsky.social. 📚🎙️

MONASTICISM AND MANUSCRIPT CULTURE IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE by Scott G. Bruce offers a new perspective on the abbey at Cluny, focusing on cultural history through manuscript evidence and underscoring the interconnectedness of Cluniac devotional practices. #History Learn more: https://ow.ly/lWiK50XxNw5

My book is out!

In DEFERENCE AND DIVERGENCE IN REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COURTS, Maria A. Sanchez traces how the geopolitical dynamics of each court's founding moments have manifested in contemporary disparities across the courts' jurisprudences. #Law #HumanRights Order here: https://ow.ly/Ebmh50XHEYh

IRAN'S LOOK EAST POLICY edited by Mehran Kamrava is the first systematic analysis of the causes, manifestations, and consequences of Iran's "Look East" policy. #Iran #Policy #Geopolitics Learn more here: https://ow.ly/X9ge50XxLoA

Opening a Confiscated Archive: A View of the Interracial Yiddish Left's Origins, Impact and Legacy with Elissa Sampson, co-editor of FROM POPULAR FRONT TO COLD WAR #SaveTheDate 🗓️Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 / 9pm ET 🔗 elissasampsonauthor.com/events/s27d2nv6kbrj1oftfuv3x5vc

RESTLESS QUIETISTS by Matteo Benussi asks “How does Islamic virtue become attractive to young urbanites in predominantly secular societies?” and “What makes #religion perturbing in the eyes of temporal authorities?”. #IslamicStudies #Anthropology Learn more here 👉 https://ow.ly/M07x50XxKOY