The great artist and teacher Josef Albers helped shape the Bauhaus school in Germany, established art and design programs and Yale University and the Black Mountain College in North Carolina, and created books about color theory that have informed generations. With his new book, Josef Albers, Late Modernism, and Pedagogic
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Happy Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month! To celebrate we have put together a reading list of books from Chicago and our distributed presses that are written by Hispanic and/or Latinx authors. All of the books below are available from our website or from your favorite bookseller. Big Familia: A Novel by Tomas
At the intersection of China, Russia, Korea, and Mongolia, Manchuria is known as a site of war and environmental extremes, where projects of political control intersected with projects designed to make sense of Manchuria’s multiple environments. Covering more than 500,000 square miles, Manchuria’s landscapes include temperate rainforests, deserts, prairies, cultivated
The annual American Political Science Association (APSA) meeting is about to kick off. Finally back in person, we look forward to all the perks of an in-person conference from free coffee to seeing the delighted look on authors’ faces when they see their books at the booth to exploring a
The time has come. Flat, blue skies press down overhead, a few eager leaves begin to wither on their branches, and there’s the slightest coolness carried on lazy afternoon breezes that can only mean one thing: summer is ending. And in its annual death knell, another Labor Day weekend is
In The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Realities, Jeffrey J. Kripal forwards a bold challenge to rethink the humanities as intimately connected to the superhuman and to “decolonize reality itself.” In this reflection below, he talks about some of what led him to write the book. This is a
The University of Chicago Press is excited to share that The Works of Giuseppe Verdi series has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The NEH grant recipients for the final round of funding in 2022 were announced on August 16, and as part of
Dun dun…it’s Shark Week! To celebrate we have put together a reading list of books from Chicago and our distributed presses that help illuminate different aspects of sharks including their beauty, their biology, and our relationship to them. Basking with Humpbacks: Tracking Threatened Marine Life in New England Waters Todd
Garrett P. Kiely, a leader in academic publishing who has served as director of the University of Chicago Press since 2007, has been reappointed for a fourth five-year term, Provost Ka Yee C. Lee announced. Kiely’s reappointment is effective Sept. 1. Kiely leads the nation’s largest academic press, which publishes
We are Superhuman, a Guest Post from Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of “The Superhumanities”
In The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Realities, Jeffrey J. Kripal forwards a bold challenge to rethink the humanities as intimately connected to the superhuman and to “decolonize reality itself.” In this reflection below, he talks about some of what led him to write the book. This is a