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University of California Press
2 years
We're excited to announce our #FirstGen Program, an initiative that expands our efforts to improve equity in publishing by providing resources to first-generation scholars. #PublishFirstGen #UPWeek #KeepUP @aupresses
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University of California Press
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UC Press stands in solidarity with Palestinians in their fight for liberation
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University of California Press
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To honor Paul Farmer's legacy, spirit, and commitment to global health equity, UC Press is proud to share Partner to the Poor widely and accessibly. A free PDF is available to download now:
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@ucpress
University of California Press
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In recognition of the impact of coronavirus on campus instruction and the rise of unplanned distance learning, University of California Press is pleased to make all of our online journals content free to all through June 2020.
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@ucpress
University of California Press
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We 👏 are 👏 re-releasing 👏 a 👏 cloth👏edition 👏of👏Dictée 👏 restored 👏 to 👏Cha's👏 original👏 vision👏 for👏 the👏 book👏 this👏 September👏 2022👏 in👏 partnership👏 with👏 @BAMPFA 👏 but👏 until 👏 then 👏 we 👏 keep 👏 this 👏 edition👏in👏print:
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rerelease 👏this👏 book👏 @ucpress 👏or👏 sell 👏the 👏rights👏 to👏 someone 👏who👏 will
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University of California Press
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UC Press is excited to announce the beginnings of our FirstGen Scholars Program! We're developing this program as part of our organizational mission to publish & support a diverse community of scholars. Take our #FirstGen Scholars Book Publishing Survey:
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@ucpress
University of California Press
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Hot off the press! Badges without Borders exposes the connections between foreign counterinsurgency and domestic policing. Congratulations on your brilliant book, Stuart!
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University of California Press
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Congrats to @ProfeMauMagana , winner of the 2021 Anthony Leeds Prize from CUAA for his book, CARTOGRAPHIES OF YOUTH RESISTANCE! 🎉 #anthrotwitter #AAA2021Baltimore
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University of California Press
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We're delighted to learn that Samin Nosrat @CiaoSamin has selected "My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking" by Niloufer Ichaporia King as one of her 10 desert island selections for @OneGrandBooks !
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@ucpress
University of California Press
4 years
In recognition of the impact of coronavirus on campus instruction and the rise of unplanned distance learning, University of California Press is pleased to make all of our online journals content free to all through June 2020.
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@ucpress
University of California Press
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UC Press is honored to be the publisher of Sam Dubal's 2018 book, "Against Humanity: Lessons from the Lord's Resistance Army." Our thoughts are with the Dubal family.
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@ucpress
University of California Press
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. @UCBerkeley Professor #RonaldRael staged an intervention along the #usmexicoborder between New Mexico and Ciudad Juárez today, bringing one of his benevolent conceptualizations of the #borderwall present in his UC Press book to life.
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@ucpress
University of California Press
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Beginning in January, UC Press will be the publisher of Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies, which is currently featured as the Council of Editors of Learned Journals @celj_editors Journal of the Month 👀
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@ucpress
University of California Press
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University of California Press is hiring! We are currently seeking TWO full time Editorial Assistants. cc: @PocPub @LatinxinPub @MinoritiesinPub @Womenpublishing
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University of California Press
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"Astute."— @nytimes "Therapeutic."— @newyorker "Delusional."— @theatlassociety 😏
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University of California Press
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🎉🎉👏🏾👏🏾 Congratulations are in order for Orly Clerge @oclerge , winner of @ASAnews 's 2020 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book in the Sociology of Culture for "The New Noir: Race, Identity, and Diaspora in Black Suburbia"
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@ucpress
University of California Press
4 years
Congratulations to Dawn Marie Dow, winner of the William J. Goode Book Award #ASA2020 #ASA20
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University of California Press
4 years
Congratulations to Adia Harvey-Wingfield, winner of the C. Wright Mills Award! #ASA20 #ASA2020
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University of California Press
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Congratulations to @oclerge , winner of the Mary C. Douglas Prize for Best Book 2020 and C. Wright Mills Award Finalist 2019! #ASA2020 #ASA20
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University of California Press
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Congratulations, Aldon Morris, winner of the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award! #ASA #ASA2020 (Read our Q&A with Aldon Morris about the award: )
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University of California Press
1 year
Graced by the presence of the original @divafeminist at #2022ASA ! Treva Lindsey's "America Goddam" is an important and timely must-read book so drop by booth 200 to check it out!
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@ucpress
University of California Press
4 years
👏🏾👏🏾 "Cartographies of Youth Resistance: Hip-Hop, Punk, and Urban Autonomy in Mexico" is available for preorder now, on sale Nov. 2020.
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@ucpress
University of California Press
4 years
The books on the following reading list help provide context on black lives and community around the protests in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and many others.
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"The lies might have led to a false perception of safety, putting followers of far-right leaders in danger of getting sick and giving them tangible evidence that they were being lied to." @FinchelsteinF #xenophobia via @qz
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University of California Press
3 years
Congratulations to @marisollebron ! Her book “Policing Life and Death” received honorable mention for the 2020 Lora Romero First Book Prize from @AmerStudiesAssn #2020ASA Learn more about the book:
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University of California Press
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Congratulations Tey Meadow @dr_tey , winner of the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award 2020! #ASA2020 #ASA20
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University of California Press
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UC Press is committed to supporting the research of Black scholars & we’re so proud of our many award-winning and acclaimed authors. For this year’s #ASA2020 , we want to spotlight some the of Black sociologists making waves with their scholarship. #ASA20
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University of California Press
3 years
“Anthropology matters because people matter and I don’t know any other academic discipline that takes people so seriously, that cares so much what people think, say, do, that embraces human relationships as the basis of knowledge.” - @ievaju #AnthroDay
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University of California Press
3 years
"Assimilation: An Alternative History," by @ucsc Professor Catherine Ramirez is now available wherever books and ebooks are sold. Order now:
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University of California Press
1 year
While every citizen was ordered to cover their face, Muslim women who covered their face for religious purposes were legally reprimanded and fined 150 euros, 15 more than the penalty for violating the new face mask mandate. @KhaledBeydoun via @AnalystNews_
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@ucpress
University of California Press
6 years
In honor of the 40th anniversary of @BlackMuseums , we're inviting you to read The Public Historian's special issue on "The State of Black Museums" for free online for a limited time. #AAAM2018 @ncph
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University of California Press
3 years
#ASA2021 : Meet Naomi Schneider, our fabulous sociology editor. Naomi explains what kind of projects she's looking for, what motivates her approach as an editor, and even showcases her special secret talent - limerick-writing! @NaomiUCPress
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@ucpress
University of California Press
3 years
This Friday, 2pm EDT: Don't miss this #OAH2021 book panel, "Exploring Boyle Heights through the Eyes of George Sanchez," w/ @The_OAH President. In discussion w/ @Prof_NataliaM ( @USC ), Matthew Jacobson ( @Yale ), & Rachel Klein ( @USC ). Get 40% off the book:
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@ucpress
University of California Press
2 years
New editorial positions are open at UC Press! We are looking for an Associate Editor for Art & Music and an Associate Editor for Geography and Environmental Studies. Salaries are included in the listings—here's where to apply:
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University of California Press
2 years
#LASA2022 : Have a book idea? Pitch to our new Latin American Studies editor, Enrique Ochoa-Kaup!
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University of California Press
5 years
Congratulations to @KhaledBeydoun for being named as one of the 500 Most #Influential #Muslims in the World in 2019. Learn more about #AmericanIslamophobia #scholaractivist
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@ucpress
University of California Press
4 years
Rest in power, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg. UC Press is honored to officially announce that its lead title for Spring 2021 is by Justice Ginsburg, on her life’s work and fight for gender equality.
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@ucpress
University of California Press
6 years
125 years ago today, we were founded (w/a $1000 budget) in Berkeley on the campus of the first @UofCalifornia , @UCBerkeley . Happy #Quasquicentennial to Us! #UCP125
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University of California Press
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Congratulations are in order for "Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California" author #RuthWilsonGilmore !
@GC_CUNY
The Graduate Center
4 years
Prof. Ruth Wilson Gilmore was awarded the AAG Lifetime Achievement Award, with @theAAG calling her the “quintessential intellectual-activist” @cunygcees
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@ucpress
University of California Press
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UC Press stands with #DACA recipients, and remains dedicated to support this fight by continuing to publish important scholarship related to this issue (such as “Lives in Limbo” by @RGGonzales1 ) and immigration reform as a whole. #IStandWithImmigrants #UCDACA #UC4DACA
@UofCalifornia
University of California
5 years
UC is taking its fight to protect #DACA recipients all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. These young people are members of our community and this is their home. Will you stand with us? #SCOTUS #UCDACA #HomeIsHere #UC4DACA #IStandWithImmigrants
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@ucpress
University of California Press
8 years
National Book Lovers Day is the perfect time to curl up with an old favorite or pick up a new read. #BookLoversDay
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University of California Press
5 years
👏🏽👏🏽 “The New Noir: Race, Identity, and Diaspora in Black Suburbia” by Orly Clerge is coming Oct. ‘19 (& is available for preorder now )
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Proofs for my book are in! This is really happening!! 🙌🏾
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University of California Press
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Congrats to @marisollebron , author of 'Policing Life and Death,' for earning Honorable Mention, 2021 Outstanding Book Award from the @LASACONGRESS Latino/a Studies section! Learn more: #LASA2021
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University of California Press
1 year
A politician vilifies left-wing college students and professors, helping to raise his profile before running for national office. @PacHistReview tells the story. via @JSTOR_Daily
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University of California Press
3 years
🙌 ‘Remaking a Life’ @watkinshayes ’s “incredible book that you must read” #HIV #women #inequality #readUP (shown in the background here, and called out in @jvn / @CuriouswithJVN reading list videos on Instagram) 📚
@CuriouswithJVN
Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness
3 years
Looking to catch up on some reading this holiday? Check out the #GettingCurious Holiday Reading list featuring books from our favorite guests!
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University of California Press
3 years
We're proud to reveal the timely front cover of our Fall 2021 frontlist catalog, based on the poignant design of the forthcoming 'A Field Guide to White Supremacy' by @kathleen_belew and Ramón A. Gutiérrez #ReadUP
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University of California Press
3 years
Attending #LASA2021 next week? Pitch your book idea to editor Kate Marshall ( @desperatelyred )! You can read more about Kate's approach as an editor, the type of projects she's looking for, and how to connect here: #LatinAmerica
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University of California Press
5 years
Busy with author visits here at #LASA2019 ! Great to see Alvaro Jarrín, @camilotrumper , @ppiccato , @RAKarl + others in the exhibit hall.
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University of California Press
3 years
Congratulations to our authors Angela S. Garcia ( @AGarciaUChicago ) and Celeste Watkins-Hayes ( @watkinshayes ) for winning the 2021 @essnet Mirra Komarovsky book award! We're honored to be your publisher! @ASAnews #ess2021
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University of California Press
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We close out our original #ASA2023 content with Calvin John Smiley ( @UptownKastro ), author of PURGATORY CITIZENSHIP, and the cost of the current system of reentering society after prison.
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University of California Press
2 years
We're proud to announce our Spring 2022 frontlist catalog, which features the stunning work of artist Delita Martin from the cover of Treva Lindsey's (aka @divafeminist ) forthcoming book 'America, Goddam'. #ReadUP View the catalog:
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University of California Press
1 year
Want to learn more about @anthfletch "Failing Foward"? Stop by booth 210 at #AAG2023
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University of California Press
4 years
UC Press is excited to announce our #FirstGen Scholars Program! Please help us publish & support a diverse community of scholars, by taking our book publishing survey. Non-first gen and not-yet-published scholars also encouraged to participate!
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University of California Press
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University of California Press
5 years
CONGRATS @aezeide on your @beardfoundation Award win for "Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry!" 🍾💥👏
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James Beard Foundation
5 years
Reference, History, and Scholarship: Canned by @aezeide #jbfa
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University of California Press
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#advancereaderscopy of the week: “An American Language: The History of #Spanish in the United States” by @Princeton Asst Prof of History @RosinaLozano , coming April 2018. | #americanhistory #americanstudies #spanishlanguage #LookItUP #ReadUP
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University of California Press
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. @RosinaLozano , author of "An American Language: The History of Spanish in the United States," discusses the history of Spanish in the USA with @jorgeramosnews @AlPunto cc: @Princeton
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University of California Press
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Great to see @evynelevyn at #MESA2022 ! Her #openaccess book ARCHIPELAGO OF RESETTLEMENT explores what happens when refugees encounter Indigenous sovereignty struggles in the countries of their resettlement.
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University of California Press
2 years
We love seeing authors at #ASA2022 ! @paigelsweet poses with her award-winning book, "The Politics of Surviving," which explores how women navigate domestic violence and its aftermath.
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University of California Press
9 months
@c_j_pascoe is here at #ASA2023 and presenting her newly published book, NICE IS NOT ENOUGH! Get 40% off her book with code UCPASA:
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University of California Press
3 years
We're honored to be publishing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's final book, "Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue," co-written with @profamandatyler . #AALS2021 Pre-order now for 40% off:
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University of California Press
5 years
Incredible list, including “Making All Black Lives Matter” by @BarbaraRansby 👏🏽👏🏽
@BlkPerspectives
Black Perspectives
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University of California Press
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@drklittlej and her ASA award winning book JUST GET ON THE PILL! Congrats on this amazing and well-deserved accomplishment! Save 40% on this award winning book with code UCPASA: #ASA2023
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University of California Press
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Hey #twitterstorians - attending #VirtualAHA ? Make sure to stop by our virtual exhibit where you can peruse our newest history books and get 40% off. @AHAhistorians #AHA21
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University of California Press
6 years
Many artists have been profoundly influenced by Jerome Rothenberg's "Technicians of the Sacred"— #AllenGinsberg , @NickCave , Anne Waldman, to name a few. After 50 years, it continues to expand the possibilities of what poetry is. (Cc: @PoetryFound @POETSorg )
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University of California Press
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Warmest congratulations, @KhaledBeydoun ! A well-deserved honor, indeed. #Islamophobia
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Khaled Beydoun
5 years
Honored to be named One of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World for 2020
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University of California Press
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The new Fall 2021 issue of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games is available online now!
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University of California Press
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It’s a pleasure to share the news that @erichvanrijn  will serve as the Director of UC Press and  @KAR_UCPress will serve as Deputy Director. We're happy to have these two at the helm!
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University of California Press
3 years
How do you write public #anthropology ? Join this virtual discussion and Q&A with @ievaju @Laurence_Ralph @jason_p_deleon @desperatelyred hosted by the California Series in Public Anthropology on March 3, 4:30 ET/1:30 PT. #AnthroDay Register now:
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University of California Press
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@MarioLuisSmall dropped by our booth at #ASA2023 to show off his acclaimed book QUALITATIVE LITERACY (co-authored with @JessicaCalarco ) Save 40% with code UCPASA:
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University of California Press
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Hello #AHA19 ! Come by UC Press booth 316 to learn more about Joe Trotter's new book: "Workers on Arrival" — recognizing 400 years of black labor in the making of America. #twitterstorians
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University of California Press
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Free #openaccess version of the late Hannah Frank's work, 'Frame by Frame: A Materialist Aesthetics of Animated Cartoons' is now available for download. #mediastudies #industrystudies
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University of California Press
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. @KeeangaYamahtta calls out the U.S.'s culture of racism in 'A Field Guide to White Supremacy' Learn more:
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University of California Press
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We're excited to share that Brandon Robinson ( @DrKittyGirl ) has been awarded honorable mention, ASA Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award for COMING OUT TO THE STREETS! Congrats, Brandon! 🎉 #ASA2021 @ASAnews
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An incredibly timely and important book, Jennifer Holland ( @profjennholland ) and her book “Tiny You” go through the Western history of the anti-abortion movement. Drop by booth 611 at #AHA23 to get more info.
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University of California Press
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UC Press, in conjunction with the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, is pleased to announce the new journal National Review of Black Politics, coming in January 2020! @NCOBPSTweets
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University of California Press
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We're thrilled to announce that @MacabeKeliher , author of "The Board of Rites and the Making of Qing China," has been awarded the Joseph Levenson Book Prize honorable mention! @AASAsianStudies #AAS2021
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University of California Press
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👏🏽👏🏽 Congratulations are in order for Professor of History and African American Studies at @UCLA @klytlehernandez , author of “Migra!: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol” (published by UC Press in ‘10), one of this year’s #MacFellow “genius” grant recipients. Kudos Kelly!
@macfound
MacArthur Foundation
5 years
#MacFellow @klytlehernandez is challenging long-held beliefs about the origins, ideology, and evolution of incarceration and immigrant detention practices in America. ⚖📖
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University of California Press
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We're pleased to announce details for the new journal, Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture, which will publish its first issue in 2020.
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University of California Press
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Congrats @joshshepperd !
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BEA is excited to announce the 2024 BEA Book Award recipient is @joshshepperd @CUBoulder for his book: Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting. @LibraryCongress RPTF
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University of California Press
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Fascinating @nytimes article about #LangstonHughes by @jennyschuessler ; for more on Hughes, check out "Letters from Langston: From the #HarlemRenaissance to the Red Scare and Beyond" | Langston Hughes Just Got a Year Older
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"Just listen to food heroine @marionnestle , who says, 'Children are the future of our country...That is why I will never understand how anyone could oppose universal school meals and the strongest nutrition standards possible.'" @forbes
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University of California Press
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Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture, a new quarterly peer reviewed journal coming in 2019, is now accepting submissions. See the Call for Papers:
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University of California Press
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"Living history” museums like Colonial Williamsburg & Plimoth Plantation teach us about life in the past, but historian Malgorzata J. Rymsza-Pawlowska writes in @NCPH 's #TPHJournal that these spots are also tied to more recent history. via @JSTOR_Daily
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University of California Press
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"This is not a case of a few bad apples, this is the police subculture...it's systemic." interview with criminologist @philstinson @TheTakeaway
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University of California Press
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Thank you @Dawn_M_Dow for stopping by our booth! #ASA19 , come check out "Mothering While Black," which sheds light on the boundaries and burdens of African American middle-class mothers.
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University of California Press
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#AMSMT20 Check out our new series - "Phono: Black Music and the Global Imagination." Series editors @ShanaRedmond and Tsitsi Jaji are looking for new proposals! #BlackMusic Learn how to submit:
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University of California Press
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UC Press is excited to announce the beginnings of our FirstGen Scholars Program! Help us publish & support a diverse community of scholars @ImFirstGen @1stGenScholars @FirstGenScholar Take our #FirstGen Scholars Book Publishing Survey:
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University of California Press
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We're so proud to publish Jessica Graham, author of the @LASACONGRESS multiple award-winning book, 'Shifting the Meaning of Democracy!' #twitterstorians #LASA2021 Our Q&A w/ the author + 40% off the book:
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