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Save 30% on #NewBook "In the Mood for Texture" by Arnika Fuhrmann, which considers the revival of Chinese pasts and the aesthetics of colonial modernity in contemporary Southeast Asian cultural production. #FilmStudies #AsianStudies
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Cover of In the Mood for Texture by Arnika Fuhrmann. The cover photograph depicts two people dressed simply in black and white seated at a metal table and chairs in the courtyard of a glass and concrete building. The title appears in large white letters at the top left of the cover, and the subtitle in smaller black text just below. The author's name appears to the right of the subtitle in capitalized white letters.
December 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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And you can read more of Prof. Pani's work on 19th-century Mexican history here in HAHR via @dukepress.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1215/0018...
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Calling health politics/policy folks- we're soliciting articles for two new special issues!

1. "Political Economy of Health Reforms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" Guest editors: Ashley Fox, Elize Massard da Fonseca, Jessica Rich, and Sakshi Thorat

Deadline to submit: January 9
December 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Focusing on Frederick Douglass’s “A Trip to Hayti” (1861) and the first installment of James Theodore Holly’s “Thoughts on Hayti” (1859), this essay examines the strategic idealization of Haiti in mid-nineteenth-century African American propaganda.

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December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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differences 36.2–3 is out now — edited by Sarah Dowling and Claire Grandy, "Lyric beyond Containment" features essays from Jacques Khalip, David Marriott, Andrea Brady, Amy De'Ath, Whitney DeVos, Jan Mieszkowski, Ren Ellis Neyra, Susan Briante, more: read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...
Cover of Lyric beyond Containment, a special issue of differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies, volume 36, issue 2–3. A yellow cover with black text.
December 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Recent PhDs, graduate students (and their supervisors): the Society for French Historical Studies will be awarding a number of grants. The deadline for these is January 1, 2026! Make sure to apply if you are eligible: www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net/awards-new-o...
Awards for New/ Ongoing Research — SFHS
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December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Check out our new curated issue on "What’s Old is New Again? The French Extreme Right from Dreyfus to Vichy and the Contemporary Authoritarian Impulse."
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What’s Old is New Again? The French Extreme Right from Dreyfus to Vichy and the Contemporary Authoritarian Impulse | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press
We live in dangerous times. This is a sentence that I hoped never to have to write. It is neither a cliché nor a reference to history. The danger is immedi
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December 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Enormous gratitude to our colleagues on the selection committee at the MLA for their fine taste!

Seriously tho, I never in a million years expected my translation to receive a mention or a prize. Feeling grateful 😊
Screenshot of a webpage from the Modern Language Association announcing the Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work 2024 Winners.
December 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Also, am still slowly making my way through the immense Peter Weiss trilogy THE AESTHETICS OF RESISTANCE published by @dukepress.bsky.social but in the meantime, you absolutely need to read it
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Save 30% on #NewBook "Indigenous Archives," by Floridalma Boj Lopez, which examines how Mayas in diaspora actively forge Indigenous belonging in the face of displacement from their ancestral homelands. #IndigenousStudies #LatinxStudies buff.ly/l9Oclko
Cover of Indigenous Archives: The Maya Diaspora and Mobile Cultural Production by Floridalma Boj Lopez. The cover features a photograph of two young Mayan women wearing traditional clothing sitting on steps. Below this is solid purple with the title written in white in all caps. A yellow line separates the title and subtitle. The subtitle is written smaller in white. Below is the author's name italicized and written in all caps.
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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In 1964, the Mexican government forcefully relocated the largest stone sculpture in the Americas from the town of Coatlinchan to a Mexico City museum. Sandra Rozental's "The Absent Stone" traces how the monolith continues to affect Coatlinchan. Read the intro for free on our website: buff.ly/PxoxFxd
Cover of The Absent Stone: Mexican Patrimony and the Aftershocks of State Theft by Sandra Rozental. The cover features a close up photograph of part of the Piedra de los Tecomates, a large stone monument. The photo shows three holes in the stone in a horizontal line as well as the letters 'EM' and 'D' carved into the stone. The title appears in a translucent bold sans serif font aligned left in the center of the cover. The author’s name appears above in yellow. The subtitle is below the 3 holes and the title in the same yellow font.
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Honoured to be in very good company here!
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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 5:24 PM
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Cool to see my book The Business of Racism in the Spring 2026 catalog of @dukepress.bsky.social 👇🏼
December 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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A book I'm looking forward to reading when it comes out with @dukepress.bsky.social
Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans: Critical Theories of Decolonization
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December 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Here is an interview about my recent book "Architecture and the Right to Heal." Thank you Edith Fikes for this opportunity. @dukepress.bsky.social @kwissoker.bsky.social @cornellaap.bsky.social @globalcornell.bsky.social

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Announcing: Architecture and the Right to Heal, Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster | Cornell AAP
Cornell AAP Architecture Professor Esra Akcan released a new book this fall examining architecture's dual role as both a cause of human casualties and an agent for the public good with the potential t...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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The Duke University Press spring 2026 catalog is out. No surprise, there's lots of great books in here. And calling all Bad Bunny fans, you're going to want P FKN R. And for Prince and Bowie fans, we've got a book for you too.
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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 6:36 PM
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Sociology/Latin American studies The Business of Racism Labor and Environment in Brazil’s Racial Capitalism IAN CARRILLO In The Business of Racism, Ian Carrillo draws from his extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Bra- zil’s agribusiness sector to show how racial capitalism is promulgated and maintained through politics and business. Ian Carrillo is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Oklahoma.
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I am so excited about this book!!!
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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 7:24 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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I love the design of this cover.
December 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I just read the intro to this book while procrastinating on grading and it could not be more extremely my shit...can't wait to read the rest
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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 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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French Historical Studies, the leading journal on the history of France, publishes articles and commentaries on all periods of French history from the Middle Ages to the present. Issue 48:4 is now available: buff.ly/eHgNboJ
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December 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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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