Notes from the Field: The New Whitney
May 1, 2015
To commemorate the official opening to the public of the new location of the Whitney Museum of American Art, our Publisher of Art and Architecture sent these notes from the… READ MORE
Yale University Press Blog
What SUP From Your Favorite University Presses, May 1, 2015
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
Americanizing the Ten Commandments
April 30, 2015
Michael Coogan— In 2001, Roy Moore, the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, installed a massive monument featuring the Ten Commandments in the courthouse rotunda. When ordered by a federal… READ MORE
Discussing the rise of French Art Deco with author Jared Goss
We’re co-posting today with The Metropolitan Museum of Art; editorial assistant Rachel High has interviewed Jared Goss, author of the recent, beautiful book French Art Deco (published by The Metropolitan… READ MORE
Einstein & His General Theory of Relativity
April 29, 2015
Steven Gimbel— We stand on the edge of the centenary of Albert Einstein’s greatest achievement, his general theory of relativity. It was a work that not only changed science, it… READ MORE
Browned Off and Bloody Minded: The British Soldier in WWII
April 28, 2015
More than three-and-a-half million men served in the British Army during the Second World War, the vast majority of them civilians who had never expected to become soldiers and had… READ MORE
National Poetry Month
In honor of National Poetry Month, here is an appreciation of a few recent books that fuse verse and image. 1. Carl Andre: Sculpture as Place, 1958-2010, by Yasmil Raymond and… READ MORE
What SUP From Your Favorite University Presses, April 24, 2015
April 24, 2015
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
The True Mission of the Hubble Telescope
April 23, 2015
John Gribbin— When I started out in astronomy, the Big Bang theory was just becoming accepted as a good description of the Universe in which we live. But there was… READ MORE
Happy birthday, Alfred Maurer
April 21, 2015
Alfred Maurer, who would turn 147 today, was an American modernist painter. He is sometimes referred to as the first American Modernist, though his early years as an artist seem to… READ MORE
From 9/11 to 9/11: The Widening of the Atlantic