A History of Modern South Asia
February 8, 2016
Ian Talbot— South Asia is of immense significance to the wider world. It is home to a quarter of the global population and a third of the Islamic community. It… READ MORE
Yale University Press Blog
Rachmaninoff and Nietzsche?
February 4, 2016
Rebecca Mitchell— It was common knowledge among his Russian contemporaries that Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) did not willingly enter into conversation about his music. When commissioned to interview the composer about… READ MORE
The Math of a Coin Flip
February 3, 2016
Anna Lachowska— In what some are calling “coingate”, Hillary Clinton’s lead over Bernie Sanders in Monday night’s Iowa caucus allegedly came down to a series of coin flips. When the… READ MORE
100 Years after the Discovery of Eugene O’Neill, “Hughie” and “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” Open on Broadway
Hughie begins performances on February 8 at Broadway’s Booth Theatre and Long Day’s Journey Into Night begins performance on March 31 at Broadway’s American Airlines Theatre Robert M. Dowling—… READ MORE
The Ceramic Presence in Modern Art
February 2, 2016
Sequoia Miller– Long on the fringes of mainstream narratives of modern art, ceramics are typically considered a field of practice entirely distinct from painting, works on paper, and more conventional… READ MORE
Money and Politics in Polarized Times
Richard L. Hasen— Solving one problem with money in politics can create another. Consider, for example, a law which limits to $100 the amount any donor can give a candidate…. READ MORE
The Relationship between Law and Economics
January 26, 2016
Guido Calabresi— A century and a half ago John Stuart Mill said of English philosopher and political radical Jeremy Bentham, in effect, that he approached the world as a stranger. And,… READ MORE
Art + Science: Jennifer Raab on Frederic Church
January 20, 2016
Jennifer Raab — Years ago, standing in front of Frederic Edwin Church’s The Heart of the Andes (1859) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, I wondered, why is this painting… READ MORE
Messy Painting and Fleeting Moments… an excerpt from Wyeth by Timothy Standring
January 16, 2016
The recently published book Wyeth: Andrew & Jamie in the Studio accompanies a standout exhibition currently on view at the Denver Art Museum. The book’s author, DAM curator Timothy Standring traveled… READ MORE
What SUP From Your Favorite University Presses, January 15th, 2016
January 15, 2016
Welcome to our weekly roundup of news from university presses! Once again, there is a lot to share this week from our fellow academic publishing houses and much to learn… READ MORE
From 9/11 to 9/11: The Widening of the Atlantic