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The Weekly Read is "The Possible Form of an Interlocution" by Nahum Dmitri Chandler, which reflects on the correspondence between W. E. B. Du Bois and Max Weber. Read the entire book for free now! #sociology #LiteraryStudies
The Possible Form of an Interlocution: W. E. B. Du Bois and Max Weber in Correspondence
In The Possible Form of an Interlocution, Nahum Dimitri Chandler provides an epistemological and theoretical elaboration of the correspondence between W. E
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December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Our Spring 2026 catalog is out now, featuring #NewBooks by @biidaasamose.bsky.social,
@julesboykoff.bsky.social, @jcmezo.bsky.social, @jacobengelberg.bsky.social, @woeser.bsky.social, @policingblack.bsky.social, @hannobrankamp.bsky.social, and many others! Explore the #NewBooks: bit.ly/3Ki2ha5.
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Our new Spring 2026 catalog features a terrific lineup of #NewBooks by @proteinthebook.bsky.social, @erintorkelson.bsky.social, @scottsvisor, @crysbaik.bsky.social, and many more! Check it out now: buff.ly/ToBoRB7
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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In "Atomic Bombshells," Isabelle Held examines the effects of military-industrial science and the emergence of synthetic materials such as nylon, silicone, and foams on the female body. Read the intro for free on our site! buff.ly/Ee58UOa
Cover of Atomic Bombshells: How Plastics Shaped Postwar Bodies by Isabelle Held. The cover is a a blue and coral pink duotone of a woman wearing a leotard that depicts a mushroom cloud. She is posing with her hands up and her mouth open in joy. The blue and pink are inverted to create circles around her. The title is written vertical in a large bold yellow sans serif font. The subtitle is in white in the bottom left corner. The author's name is below in yellow.
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Check out our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring titles by @reluctantheologian.bsky.social, @nancyhelicopter.bsky.social, @storti.bsky.social, @emilygdoucet.bsky.social, @iansociologo.bsky.social, @kirisanter.bsky.social, and @biidaasamose.bsky.social, among others! buff.ly/eAbC27z
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Great to see so many of our books on this list!
ideasonfirephd.bsky.social Ideas on Fire @ideasonfirephd.bsky.social · 1d
A great book makes for a versatile, thoughtful gift. 🎁 We’ve got recommendations of books written by interdisciplinary scholars for everyone on your list—from the activist to the film buff and the gamer to the artist.

Check out our holiday gift guide: ideasonfire.net/2025-holiday...

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December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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So many exciting books in here— and so excited for @scottsvisor.bsky.social ’s amazing book to be out in the world!
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The Spring 2026 catalog is live! We're featuring #NewBooks by @rtrodrig.bsky.social, @beansvelocci.bsky.social, @amynbooks.bsky.social, @lalehkhalili.bsky.social, @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social, @santiaaurora.bsky.social, and so many more. Check it out now: buff.ly/eJyyixc
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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The Spring 2026 catalog is live! We're featuring #NewBooks by @rtrodrig.bsky.social, @beansvelocci.bsky.social, @amynbooks.bsky.social, @lalehkhalili.bsky.social, @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social, @santiaaurora.bsky.social, and so many more. Check it out now: buff.ly/eJyyixc
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Check out Lydia Heberling's review of Jen Rose Smith's "Ice Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in
the Arctic," published in 2025 by @dukepress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhum #envhist #polar #arctic #ecocrit
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December 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Nice discussion of Jayna Brown's Black Utopias!
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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HAHR author and board member Alejandro Velasco analyzes and contextualizes recent US actions toward Venezuela. www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/202...
The Take: How close is the US to war with Venezuela?
Is Trump focused on drug trafficking and cartels, or oil and regime change?
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December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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One of my clients has a book in this catalog, and although I can't tell you which one it is without their permission, I can promise you that it's DAZZLING
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We're excited to reveal our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring books being published between January and June 2026. Many of them are available for pre-order on our website. Download your copy now!
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Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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In the newest issue of The Journal of Asian Studies (84:4) articles span a range of concerns that involve different but overlapping forms and articulations of power. View the TOC and read the Editorial Forward: buff.ly/BtzGvZF
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December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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To this copy editor who includes academic lit among his leisure reads, university and social science press catalogs are like the old Sears Wish Book to my 8-year-old self.
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We're excited to reveal our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring books being published between January and June 2026. Many of them are available for pre-order on our website. Download your copy now!
bit.ly/48Ltv25
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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We're excited to reveal our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring books being published between January and June 2026. Many of them are available for pre-order on our website. Download your copy now!
bit.ly/48Ltv25
Cover of Duke University Press catalog. The background features the Puerto Rican flag colors—red, white, and blue. "Duke University Press" is written in yellow and white in the blue triangular section and "Spring and Summer 2026" is in the red and white section on the left. Features an illustration of Bad Bunny wearing a yellow outfit and a large straw hat, holding a microphone with yellow lightning bolts emanating from it is in the lower half. The DUP logo is in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Congratulations to Anaïs Maurer, whose book "The Ocean on Fire" has won the 2024 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies from @modernlanguage.bsky.social. buff.ly/q1pbnQh
Cover of The Ocean on Fire: Pacific Stories from Nuclear Survivors and Climate Activists by Anaïs Maurer. Cover features abstract batik art in bright orange, blue, and red, that is reminiscent of a jellyfish. The title and author name are in white type over the art.
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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The newest issue of the open access Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies, A Special Issue on Vietnam in the Sinographic Cosmopolis, edited by John Phan and Ross King, is now online. View the TOC and access the articles: buff.ly/FIq5z8J
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December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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🌏🎥📸💡 The whole ‘the world in your pocket’ idea reaches a whole new level when looking at cameras from the perspective of the mine, as @siobhanangus.bsky.social does in her brilliant book, Camera Geologicala - An Elemental History of Photography (Duke, 2024). Warm recommendation from here!! ✨✨✨
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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This book is beautiful! Highly recommend 💐💐
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Save 30% on "The City of Our Dreaming," which collects the third #AlchemyLectures with contributions from @lalehkhalili.bsky.social, @biidaasamose.bsky.social,
@hystericalblkns.bsky.social, V. Mitch McEwen, & Gabriela Leandro Pereira.
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Cover of The City of Our Dreaming by Laleh Khalili, V. Mitch McEwen, Gabriela Leandro Pereira, & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. With an introduction by Christina Sharpe. The title and authors are in a black capsule shape that is slightly offset in the middle, surrounded by a red background. On the left side the words The Alchemy Lecture appear vertically.
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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enjoy a 30% discount off my forthcoming book CINEMAS OF BISEXUAL TRANSGRESSION, using the discount code: E26ENGLB on the @dukepress.bsky.social website. www.dukeupress.edu/cinemas-of-b...
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Save 30% on "The City of Our Dreaming," which collects the third #AlchemyLectures with contributions from @lalehkhalili.bsky.social, @biidaasamose.bsky.social,
@hystericalblkns.bsky.social, V. Mitch McEwen, & Gabriela Leandro Pereira.
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Cover of The City of Our Dreaming by Laleh Khalili, V. Mitch McEwen, Gabriela Leandro Pereira, & Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. With an introduction by Christina Sharpe. The title and authors are in a black capsule shape that is slightly offset in the middle, surrounded by a red background. On the left side the words The Alchemy Lecture appear vertically.
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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"The New Politics of Online Feminism," by Akane Kanai, is an ethnographic account of how young people in online feminist subcultures produce and perform feminist knowledge in search of living an ethical life. #MediaStudies #FeministStudies Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/ce4CRRy
Cover of The New Politics of Online Feminism by Akane Kanai. The cover is dark purple. The title text is in a modern, geometric serif typeface in gradient shades ranging from light purple to orange. The author's name is below in green, in a smaller font.
December 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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"Theaters of Post-Truth," a special issue of Theater edited by Lily Climenhaga, engages with the intricacies and nuances of working in a post-truth world. View the TOC and read the full issue for free for a limited time: buff.ly/7MhhRgr
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Congratulations to Doyle Calhoun, whose book "The Suicide Archive" is the winner of the 2024 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies prize from @modernlanguage.bsky.social. buff.ly/3kVTeWi
Cover of The Suicide Archive: Reading Resistance in the Wake of French Empire by Doyle D. Calhoun. Cover features an image of a woman staring forward, with only the back of her head facing the audience. She looks towards a mask which hangs on the wall in front of her. The mask casts a shadow on the wall. The title lettering is in blue, contrasted against the white of the wall on the cover.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Heartfelt congratulations to Beeta #Baghoolizadeh whose book *The Color Black: Enslavement and Erasure in Iran* @dukepress.bsky.social has won the 2024 Paul E. #Lovejoy #Prize!

Read the interview with Beeta Baghoolizadeh: brill.com/view/journal...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM