VIOLENCE IN THE SHADOWS by Jonathan Kishen Gamu challenges the supposedly #progressive nature of corporate social responsibility (#CSR) as a catalyst for more accountable and humane forms of corporate #capitalism. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/RaIQ50Ykyoq

HERZEN'S LETTERS by Kathleen Parthé offers readers a biographical narrative based on translated and annotated correspondence written by and to Alexander Herzen, one of the most consequential figures in the run-up to the #Russian Revolution. #History Learn more here: https://ow.ly/Wc1o50Yky97

A GUIDE TO MAO'S CHINA by Gavin Healy explores how personnel within #China's state tourism bureaucracy during the Mao era struggled to balance inbound foreign tourism with demands for developing a revenue-generating service industry in a socialist economy. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/GQox50YkK9N

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF DISEASE by Charlotte A. Roberts, Mary E. Lewis, Jacalyn Duffin, and Keith Manchester focuses on reconstructing the origin, #evolution, and #history of #disease as seen mainly through human skeletons from #archaeological sites. # Learn more here: https://ow.ly/quST50YkxCu

UNIFORMED MURDERERS by Vladimir Solonari investigates the causes, logistics, motivations, and legal awareness of the #Romanian servicemen who massacred or otherwise caused the death of more than three thousand #Jews, #Roma, and others in 1941 and 1942. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/geJp50YkFBx

AUTHORITARIAN MARKETS by Adam Y. Liu explores the #political foundations of #China's banking boom and its far-reaching impact on the Chinese #economy. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/AcSJ50YkIMW

A PROTESTANT AIR by Clémentine Fauré-Bellaïche focuses on the Protestant connection linking three intellectual giants of twentieth-century French thought: André Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Roland Barthes. #French #History #Religion Learn more here: https://ow.ly/MKJX50YkxPg

A GUIDE TO MAO'S CHINA by Gavin Healy explores how personnel within #China's state tourism bureaucracy during the Mao era struggled to balance inbound foreign tourism with demands for developing a revenue-generating service industry in a socialist economy. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/GQox50YkK9N

AUTHORITARIAN MARKETS by Adam Y. Liu explores the #political foundations of #China's banking boom and its far-reaching impact on the Chinese #economy. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/AcSJ50YkIMW

UNIFORMED MURDERERS by Vladimir Solonari investigates the causes, logistics, motivations, and legal awareness of the #Romanian servicemen who massacred or otherwise caused the death of more than three thousand #Jews, #Roma, and others in 1941 and 1942. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/geJp50YkFBx

THE CHALLENGE OF TRADITION by Peter Uwe Hohendahl emphasizes the tension between Theodor Adorno's critique of tradition as incompatible with capitalist modernity and his understanding of the need for maintaining aesthetic and cultural connections. #Theory Learn more here: https://ow.ly/UhCz50YkFjG

ISLAM AND MAOISM IN SOUTHERN YUNNAN by Xian Aubin Wang investigates decades of contentious relations between the Communist party-state of #China and the #Muslim community of southern #Yunnan centered on the village of #Shadian. #Religion #Politics Learn more here: https://ow.ly/Pf3V50YkCX4

TREE-BECOMING by Shannon Kelley explores how Shakespeare uses his characters' identification with cypress, #balsam, bay-laurel, myrrh, and pine trees as #metaphors to express emotional distress. #Shakespeare Learn more here: https://ow.ly/Bk6850YkyyG

VIOLENCE IN THE SHADOWS by Jonathan Kishen Gamu challenges the supposedly #progressive nature of corporate social responsibility (#CSR) as a catalyst for more accountable and humane forms of corporate #capitalism. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/RaIQ50Ykyoq

HERZEN'S LETTERS by Kathleen Parthé offers readers a biographical narrative based on translated and annotated correspondence written by and to Alexander Herzen, one of the most consequential figures in the run-up to the #Russian Revolution. #History Learn more here: https://ow.ly/Wc1o50Yky97

A PROTESTANT AIR by Clémentine Fauré-Bellaïche focuses on the Protestant connection linking three intellectual giants of twentieth-century French thought: André Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Roland Barthes. #French #History #Religion Learn more here: https://ow.ly/MKJX50YkxPg

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF DISEASE by Charlotte A. Roberts, Mary E. Lewis, Jacalyn Duffin, and Keith Manchester focuses on reconstructing the origin, #evolution, and #history of #disease as seen mainly through human skeletons from #archaeological sites. # Learn more here: https://ow.ly/quST50YkxCu

SPITTLEBUGS by Vinton Thompson is a comprehensive introduction to an economically important but relatively little-known group of #insects of the superfamily #Cercopoidea. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/4P5w50YglvV

HIGH LANDS, PURE EARTH by Eveline Washul foregrounds #Tibetan experiences of urban transitions in #China's late-reform period. High Lands, Pure Earth documents the enduring strength of #Indigenous resilience despite the hegemony of nation-state power. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/x9v850Yk7nw#Tibetan#China

Three incredible books—one big honor: 📚 Poet-Monks (@tommazanec.bsky.social) 📚 Ecological States (Jesse Rodenbiker) 📚 Border of Water and Ice (Joseph A. Seeley) All 2026 ACLS OA Book Prize + Arcadia Awards finalists! Congrats! 🎉 🔗 bsky.app/profile/acls...

COLONIAL NEGATIVES by Patricia Goldsworthy examines the intertwined histories of #French, Moroccan #Muslim, and Moroccan #Jewish photographers in establishing a #photography industry in #Morocco. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/ai0x50Yk7je

THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY REDESCRIBED by Éric Rebillard argues that the appearance of #Christian signs and practices in the Roman Empire has long been misunderstood. #AncientHistory Learn more here: https://ow.ly/grZt50Yk7ae

RIGHTLESS RESISTANCE by several authors investigates why resistance to #land grabbing so often fails. The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations has triggered widespread conflict across rural #Indonesia as communities lose their land with little compensation. #Politics https://ow.ly/YsaE50Yk6XS

PLAYING THE GAME by Marc A. VanOverbeke uncovers the history of state and regional colleges as engines of opportunity in postwar #America. By 1970, these institutions enrolled more #students than elite private or flagship public universities did. #History Learn more here: https://ow.ly/BvaN50Yk6S8

TAKING TERRITORY by Dan Altman is an eye-opening account of why territorial conquest remains a phenomenon today. The end of World War II seemingly brought about a decline of territorial conquest. As Dan Altman shows, states have seized territory numerous times since 1945. https://ow.ly/Pg1s50Yk6BZ

MEMOIRS OF PHẠM DUY by Eric Henry tells the story of the triumphs, scandals, and adventures of #Vietnam’s most prolific songwriter. #Memoir #AsianStudies Learn more here: https://ow.ly/HJxh50Yk6op

THE SUDANS by Alex de Waal and Willow Berridge tells the story of the #African Union's efforts to make peace in the Sudans during the years 2009 to 2013. #AfricanStudies #Sudan Learn more here: https://ow.ly/2cP850Yk6eS

VITAL TIES by Molly Hales depicts an emergent form of #intimacy with the dead mediated by #digital technologies. In southern #Australia, a game developer crafts a virtual reality experience reuniting his best friend with an avatar of his late father. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/LSf750Yk63s

ANXIOUS HOMES by Mengqi Wang is a study of the power that shapes the forms of the homes #Chinese citizens strive for and the possible paths they may take to realize their home ownership dreams. #HousingPolicy #RealEstate #Anthropology Learn more here: https://ow.ly/FaHc50Yk5Rw

READING AS METHOD by Oliver Simons provides a concise and systematic account of how readers engage with texts, exploring the most paradigmatic techniques taught in the past and today and guiding readers on developing their own critical approach to #literature. #Reading https://ow.ly/bClV50Yglwr

SETTLING DEBT by Cameron Seglias overturns the familiar tale of early antislavery as a pure moral triumph by revealing its uneasy ties to #colonial ambition and #economic anxiety. The debts of #America's founding have yet to be settled. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/rjWF50Yglvh

PLUNKITT OF TAMMANY HALL by Kevin W. Hula and Douglas B. Harris presents a fully annotated edition of Riordon's work, providing an extraordinary account of the #political #corruption and profiteering of George Washington Plunkitt. #History Learn more here: https://ow.ly/xPY950YgluB

HIGH LANDS, PURE EARTH by Eveline Washul foregrounds #Tibetan experiences of urban transitions in #China's late-reform period. High Lands, Pure Earth documents the enduring strength of #Indigenous resilience despite the hegemony of nation-state power. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/x9v850Yk7nw#Tibetan#China

COLONIAL NEGATIVES by Patricia Goldsworthy examines the intertwined histories of #French, Moroccan #Muslim, and Moroccan #Jewish photographers in establishing a #photography industry in #Morocco. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/ai0x50Yk7je

THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY REDESCRIBED by Éric Rebillard argues that the appearance of #Christian signs and practices in the Roman Empire has long been misunderstood. #AncientHistory Learn more here: https://ow.ly/grZt50Yk7ae

RIGHTLESS RESISTANCE by several authors investigates why resistance to #land grabbing so often fails. The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations has triggered widespread conflict across rural #Indonesia as communities lose their land with little compensation. #Politics https://ow.ly/YsaE50Yk6XS

PLAYING THE GAME by Marc A. VanOverbeke uncovers the history of state and regional colleges as engines of opportunity in postwar #America. By 1970, these institutions enrolled more #students than elite private or flagship public universities did. #History Learn more here: https://ow.ly/BvaN50Yk6S8

TAKING TERRITORY by Dan Altman is an eye-opening account of why territorial conquest remains a phenomenon today. The end of World War II seemingly brought about a decline of territorial conquest. As Dan Altman shows, states have seized territory numerous times since 1945. https://ow.ly/Pg1s50Yk6BZ

MEMOIRS OF PHẠM DUY by Eric Henry tells the story of the triumphs, scandals, and adventures of #Vietnam’s most prolific songwriter. #Memoir #AsianStudies Learn more here: https://ow.ly/HJxh50Yk6op

THE SUDANS by Alex de Waal and Willow Berridge tells the story of the #African Union's efforts to make peace in the Sudans during the years 2009 to 2013. #AfricanStudies #Sudan Learn more here: https://ow.ly/2cP850Yk6eS

VITAL TIES by Molly Hales depicts an emergent form of #intimacy with the dead mediated by #digital technologies. In southern #Australia, a game developer crafts a virtual reality experience reuniting his best friend with an avatar of his late father. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/LSf750Yk63s

ANXIOUS HOMES by Mengqi Wang is a study of the power that shapes the forms of the homes #Chinese citizens strive for and the possible paths they may take to realize their home ownership dreams. #HousingPolicy #RealEstate #Anthropology Learn more here: https://ow.ly/FaHc50Yk5Rw

READING AS METHOD by Oliver Simons provides a concise and systematic account of how readers engage with texts, exploring the most paradigmatic techniques taught in the past and today and guiding readers on developing their own critical approach to #literature. #Reading https://ow.ly/bClV50Yglwr

SPITTLEBUGS by Vinton Thompson is a comprehensive introduction to an economically important but relatively little-known group of #insects of the superfamily #Cercopoidea. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/4P5w50YglvV

SETTLING DEBT by Cameron Seglias overturns the familiar tale of early antislavery as a pure moral triumph by revealing its uneasy ties to #colonial ambition and #economic anxiety. The debts of #America's founding have yet to be settled. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/rjWF50Yglvh

PLUNKITT OF TAMMANY HALL by Kevin W. Hula and Douglas B. Harris presents a fully annotated edition of Riordon's work, providing an extraordinary account of the #political #corruption and profiteering of George Washington Plunkitt. #History Learn more here: https://ow.ly/xPY950YgluB

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 GREAT REPAIR explores how #Jews and #Germans began reparations discussions fewer than seven years after the Holocaust—a momentous achievement relegated to the margins of Holocaust scholarship and memory—and the complexities that emerged from the resulting settlement. https://ow.ly/p7Hr50Ybpxl

THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION William A. Hoisington Jr. reveals details on the working collaboration between Lyautey and Yusef bin Hassan, along with a new examination of the relationships between the protectorate's administrators and #Morocco's leaders. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/jO5a50Ybpuo

Tom Hulme in BELFASTMEN traces the intimate lives of men across time, space, and self-understanding: their meeting places, their sexual and romantic relationships. #LGBTQ Learn more here: https://ow.ly/BB9z50Ybpyx