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Publisher, mathematician, Brit, San Franciscan. Director @Stanfordpress.

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AAP Announces 2026 PROSE Award Winners The Association of American Publishers has announced the four winners of the 50th annual PROSE Awards for Excellence, which honor scholarly works published in 2025, as well as the recipient of the…

The Association of American Publishers has announced the four winners of its 50th annual PROSE Awards for Excellence, which honor scholarly works published in 2025, as well as the recipient of its Hawkins Award.

03.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have said this before, but eliminating programs that teach a lot of students but don’t have many majors is like a restaurant not buying flour in its grocery delivery because people aren’t ordering flour on the menu.

24.06.2025 23:47 πŸ‘ 1501 πŸ” 425 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 16

I wish we were all heading home to watch Sharknado together online instead whatever it is we’re doing tonight.

24.02.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have half an onion...

21.02.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

SchlΓΌsselfummelei. But by coincidence, I sat in tortured silence for five minutes watching my son experience this struggle yesterday - just wanting to rip them out of his hands and do it myself.

17.02.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A square with the following elements: In the center near the bottom of the square is an illustration of a woman and a man, the woman is giving the man a copy of Vol. 9 of The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche with a red gift bow on top of the book. She is saying: "Behold, man! Volume 9 of The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche." He replies: "Ecce Homo AND Twilight of the Idols! Honey, you spoil me." On the top side of the square is the following text: Have a heart, give books this Valentine's Day. 30% off sitewide, 2/11 - 2/18, Some exceptions apply; visit sup dot org for details

A square with the following elements: In the center near the bottom of the square is an illustration of a woman and a man, the woman is giving the man a copy of Vol. 9 of The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche with a red gift bow on top of the book. She is saying: "Behold, man! Volume 9 of The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche." He replies: "Ecce Homo AND Twilight of the Idols! Honey, you spoil me." On the top side of the square is the following text: Have a heart, give books this Valentine's Day. 30% off sitewide, 2/11 - 2/18, Some exceptions apply; visit sup dot org for details

ICYMI: We are having a Valentine's Day sale! πŸ’

Discover captivating titles you can truly commit to. Enjoy 30% off all in-stock print & ebooks site-wide*

Offer valid now through 2/18/2026

Browse books: https://ow.ly/vHvy50Ye6pm
*Some exceptions apply, for details: https://ow.ly/b7mq50Ye6pk

13.02.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
What Happens to Guatemalan Children After Deportation – Stanford University Press Blog

"In 2025, the average length of stay in Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody quadrupled to 117 days; Guatemalan children now make up roughly 35 percent of all detained minors."

@laurenheidbrink.bsky.social wrote about deportation from the US and Guatemalan children on the SUP blog

05.02.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Director of Editorial, Design, and Production (REMOTE) Established in 1869 as the first American university press, shortly after the founding of Cornell, the press embodies and advances the university’s core values by disseminating fundamental and practic...

πŸ“£ We’re hiring!
Cornell University Press is seeking a Director of Editorial, Design, and Production. A key role at the heart of scholarly publishing.
πŸ”— Details + application: cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCaree...

05.02.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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White Flank | Stanford University Press White people's participation in racial justice movements has always been fraught, with competing ideas about what meaningful involvement entails. Yet the question of what it will take to get more whit...

This week is the official release date of White Flank: Organizing White People for Racial Justice. The timing is painful but perhaps important. (more in comments)

TO ORDER: www.sup.org/books/sociol...
All royalties go to Black Leadership Action Coalition of Kentucky: kyblack.org

29.01.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
Book cover of White Flank: Organizing White People for Racial Justice by Chandra Russo

Book cover of White Flank: Organizing White People for Racial Justice by Chandra Russo

White Flank by Chandra Russo is out now!

"Russo's White Flank is an incisive examination of what anti-racist organizing is, isn't, and has the potential to be in the U.S"
β€”Deva Woodly, Brown University

https://ow.ly/ax8X50Y0nx2

27.01.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t wait till a contestant puts something in the meecrowaav.

23.01.2026 05:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Four Talent Giants: National Strategies for Human Resource Development Stanford University

πŸ—“οΈ January 28 @ noon, in person

Join APARC's Gi-Wook Shin as he discusses his recent @stanfordpress.bsky.social book, THE FOUR TALENT GIANTS, offering timely insights from Japan, Australia, China, and India into the links between talent and economic development in the AI era.

⬇️ buff.ly/Fl1gUOL

21.01.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some example academic book proposal forms in case they help A pivotal moment in my academic career, or at least one I remember clearly, was when a very senior professor in the US sent me his book proposal for an acade...

Here are 8 successful *proposals* for academic books/monographs. I am hoping that these help someone who is starting out trying to write one and wants to see what worked for me. They are provided as examples, rather than exemplars. A lot of it was just finding my own way eve.gd/2026/01/16/s...

16.01.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 10

Check out @profmarycollier.bsky.social's new book, part of @stanfordpress.bsky.social's joint monograph series with APARC > www.sup.org/books/sociol...

15.01.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Order of Canada insignia: a white, six-pointed snowflake-shaped medal with gold edges, a red maple leaf at the center, and a crown above it, with the words β€˜The Order of Canada’ displayed above the emblem.

The Order of Canada insignia: a white, six-pointed snowflake-shaped medal with gold edges, a red maple leaf at the center, and a crown above it, with the words β€˜The Order of Canada’ displayed above the emblem.

πŸŽ† What a way to close out 2025 as we celebrate PKP's Founder, John Willinsky, and his appointment to the Order of Canada for more than 25 years of dedication to #OpenAccess and #PublicKnowledge!

-> www.gg.ca/en/media/new...

Image from Muttercraig CC BY-SA at uottawa-mpsp.fandom.com/wiki/Order_o...

31.12.2025 22:36 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Make a Bond movie academic

Diamond Open Access is Forever

27.12.2025 06:11 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Feral Atlas | Stanford University Press Every event in human history has been a more-than-human event. When hunter-gatherers burn the land, they cooperate with herbs that seed quickly and grasses that sprout after fires, attracting game. In...

Feral Atlas edited by Anna L. Tsing, Jennifer Deger, Alder Keleman Saxena, and Feifei Zhou

Winner of the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prize, sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies.

19.12.2025 18:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you Congresswoman MarΓ­a Elvira Salazar for mentioning The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping in @wsj.com's Who Read What in 2025

www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

12.12.2025 20:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AnnouncingΒ the 2026 ZΓ³calo Book PrizeΒ Finalists | ZΓ³calo Public Square Congratulations to 2026 ZΓ³calo Book Prize Finalists: Congratulations to Authors Marie Gottschalk, Anand Pandian, Carter Sherman, and Brando Simeo Starkey

So very grateful for this news, for the support from the amazing ZΓ³calo Public Square initiative, and for the company of these other wonderful writers.

www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2026-zocalo-...

10.12.2025 13:08 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is driving a car ALT: a man in a suit and tie is driving a car

One of the few times we can use him in a GIF.

09.12.2025 18:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Black and white background with the following text in yellow and magenta rectangles: Cyber week sale, 40% off sitewide, 12/1-12/8, Valid for US and CAN orders only, only titles currently in stock, no backorders, some exceptions apply; click for details, www.sup.org

Black and white background with the following text in yellow and magenta rectangles: Cyber week sale, 40% off sitewide, 12/1-12/8, Valid for US and CAN orders only, only titles currently in stock, no backorders, some exceptions apply; click for details, www.sup.org

We're having a cyber week sale! Take advantage of 40% off of all in-stock print and ebooks sitewide* starting today, 12/1, through Monday, 12/8.

For details: www.sup.org/about-our-cy...

01.12.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

It was a three-man team that took the Grok hardpoint that day, and two of us were just there to guard the poet.Whistler was a sonnet slinger fresh from the Guatemalan meter wars, still waking up with the taste of a bloody metonym on his tongue.

20.11.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 256 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
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So excited to partner with Garden District Books and many wonderful writers on this book release ritual and pop-up bookshop in New Orleans this Friday 11/21 evening. We'll walk to the Mississippi for a ritual acknowledging the spirits that have accompanied the writing of these books. Join us!

18.11.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign up to online book talk hosted by ODID_QEH discussing Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down by ethnographer @anandian.bsky.social on 12th November from 4pm GMT
buff.ly/rliHTiR
@stanfordpress.bsky.social

07.11.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Capitalist Colonial mobilises capitalism and colonialism as a combined analytical frame to comprehend the forms of domination prevailing in the Arabah.

Available in person at #HMLondon2025 or online ⬇️
buff.ly/981G0cg
@histmat.bsky.social
@stanfordpress.bsky.social

06.11.2025 09:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll be talking about IMPASSE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE LIMITS OF PROGRESS in NYC next Thursday, November 13, @thenewschool.bsky.social, with Jay Bernstein and Joel Towers. Register below.

event.newschool.edu/arnholdforum...

05.11.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Follow @weatherwest.bsky.social

31.10.2025 22:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
It Is Time to Bring Scholarly Publishing Back to the Academic Community. | Reviews of Economic Literature

The journal Reviews of Economic Literature has published its first article! You can read β€œIt Is Time to Bring Scholarly Publishing Back to the Academic Community” now

@pkp.sfu.ca #ReadUP

30.10.2025 19:53 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

It was great to chat with @jessmarindavis.bsky.social, @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social and @leahwest-nsl.bsky.social for their Secure Line podcast - updates on the Middle East, and implications for Canada:

29.10.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In every room. Also upgraded to "optimum".

29.10.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0