March 26, 2020

ISA 2020 Happy Hour Reads: New Books on Current Events

Welcome to day 2 of our ISA 2020 virtual booth! Caelyn Cobb started the afternoon off with a tour of our books on current events and now we’re delving deeper with these book excerpts. So once again, grab a drink...

March 26, 2020

Join Caelyn Cobb on a Tour of Our New Books in Current Events

If I was at our International Studies Association (ISA) booth right now, I’d probably be fielding a dozen questions like, “What do you have about [insert current event here]?’ The great thing about this field is that you folks are...

March 26, 2020

Let’s Talk CIAO with Dan LoPreto

Hi! I’m Dan LoPreto, the editor of Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO), a research database published by Columbia University Press in collaboration with the Columbia University Libraries. I’m excited to talk about CIAO and answer any questions you may have. ...

March 26, 2020

Book Excerpt! Perpetrator Cinema, By Raya Morag (preface)

“This compelling book will matter as long as mass atrocities persist. Focused on the Cambodian genocide, Morag addresses a new phase in how we confront such events: films where survivors confront perpetrators face-to-face. These confrontations bring the visceral truth borne...

March 25, 2020

ISA 2020 Happy Hour Reads: New in International Relations

Join us for our happy hour reads today with this selection from our ISA 2020 virtual booth. Earlier today, Caelyn Cobb highlighted some of our titles (and linked to some great Hawaiian cocktails). Now’s your chance to sip that mai...

March 25, 2020

Join Caelyn Cobb on a Tour of Our ISA 2020 Virtual Exhibit Booth

As those of you reading this post are aware, the 2020 International Studies Association (ISA) conference was supposed to be in Honolulu, Hawaii. I had an AirBNB with a lanai all ready to go. As far as I can tell...

March 25, 2020

Book Giveaway! International Studies Association (ISA) 2020

This week we are bringing our International Studies Association (ISA) exhibit to you, and we’re kicking it off our virtual booth events with a book giveaway! To enter our drawing, complete all required fields in the form at the bottom...

March 25, 2020

Book Excerpt! Emperor Wu Zhao and Her Pantheon of Devis, Divinities, and Dynastic Mothers, By N. Harry Rothschild

 “With painstaking research, unerring insights, rich prose, and a sense of humor, Rothschild lavishly illustrates the political genius of Wu Zhao, China’s only female emperor. Indicating her keen political instincts and expansive knowledge of China’s cultural traditions, Rothschild adeptly...

March 25, 2020

Welcome to Our ISA 2020 Virtual Exhibit Booth!

Aloha! Welcome to our International Studies Association (ISA) 2020 virtual exhibit booth. The global pandemic may have canceled our travel plans and in-person meetings, but luckily we can still congregate in the digital sphere. We’ve relocated our exhibit booth from...

March 24, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Anxious Cinephilia, Transpacific Attachments, andChina’s Green Religion

Our weekly list of new books is now available! The Death of Idealism Development and Anti-Politics in the Peace Corps Meghan Elizabeth Kallman Why do Peace Corps volunteers often return having lost their idealism? In The Death of Idealism, Meghan Elizabeth...