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September 4, 2008

Interview with Houston Baker on Open Salon

“[I]n the present economy black intellectuals are invited to the grand salon and are asked to sit down at the table, and discuss the next issue of neoconservative declaration of bad black behavior. It’s kind of astonishing from a perspective...

September 3, 2008

Paul Offit on Science Friday

Dr. Paul Offit recently appeared on Science Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of measles, the continuing controversy regarding vaccination and its possible link to childhood autism, and his new book Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the...

September 2, 2008

Greatest Games Ever or Potemkin Village?: A Post by Victor Cha

The following post is by Victor Cha, the D. S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Asian Studies and associate professor of government in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and author of the forthcoming Beyond the...

August 29, 2008

Interview with Steven Cahn, Author of From Student to Scholar

The following is an interview with Steven Cahn, author of the just-published From Student to Scholar: A Candid Guide to Becoming a Professor: Q: What do you believe is the most important ingredient for success in graduate school? Steven Cahn:...

August 28, 2008

The Art of War Translated by Victor Mair Ranked #1

Recently the Web site Sonshi, a site dedicated to Sun Zi’s The Art of War scholarship and interpretation, ranked Victor Mair’s translation of The Art of War as their most highly recommended translation of all the versions available. Founded in...

August 27, 2008

The Panorama: Past, Present, and Future / A Post by Alison Griffiths

The following post is by Alison Griffiths, author of the just-published Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View. You can also read an interview with Griffiths. In his “State of the Art” column in the business section...

August 26, 2008

Save on Titles in the Social Sciences and Environmental Studies

In conjunction with the recent conferences for the Ecological Society of America and The American Sociological Association, we are offering a 20% discount on dozens of titles in the social sciences and ecology and environmental studies. Please visit our sales...

August 25, 2008

Zhang Yimou … Filmmaker

With the Olympics now finished, we can look forward to Victor Cha’s Beyond the Final Score: The Politics of Sport in Asia, which provides historical and political perspectives on the just-completed Games.For those more interested in the man behind the...

August 22, 2008

Measles Cases Grow in Numbers / Autism's False Prophets

As has been widely reported in the New York Times and elsewhere, cases of measles are on the rise in the United States and throughout the world. The Times writes that “more people had measles infections in the first seven...

August 21, 2008

Coming Soon from China: Dystopic Futures, the Next Steve Jobs, and a World Full of Drumming Androids

On MangoBot, a great blog dedicated to Asian futurism, Andrew Nathan,editor of How East Asians View Democracy, joined other experts to speculate on the future of China. In particular, Nathan was asked to offer a prediction regarding China’s political future...

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