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Happy birthday to the Bard!
There's no better guide to the sonnets of William Shakespeare than Helen Vendler.
This Poetry Month, save 30% on your copy of The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets with the code POE30: tinyurl.com/yc8nzsw3
There's no better guide to the sonnets of William Shakespeare than Helen Vendler.
This Poetry Month, save 30% on your copy of The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets with the code POE30: tinyurl.com/yc8nzsw3
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Delighted about the publication of THE MAKING OF IRANIAN MODERNITY (Ilex via Harvard University Press), our Festschrift for the great Houchang E. Chehabi. @lsehy.bsky.social @harvardpress.bsky.social @bupardeeschool.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Delighted about the publication of THE MAKING OF IRANIAN MODERNITY (Ilex via Harvard University Press), our Festschrift for the great Houchang E. Chehabi. @lsehy.bsky.social @harvardpress.bsky.social @bupardeeschool.bsky.social
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This book changed my life. I recommend it for all racialized writers, especially those of us writing the radical/revolutionary
Please join us in congratulating @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, whose riveting meditation on what it means to be an outsider in literature, To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other, is now a Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award! 🥳🏅
About the book: tinyurl.com/ycyx8hry
About the book: tinyurl.com/ycyx8hry
January 21, 2026 at 10:06 PM
This book changed my life. I recommend it for all racialized writers, especially those of us writing the radical/revolutionary
Please join us in congratulating @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, whose riveting meditation on what it means to be an outsider in literature, To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other, is now a Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award! 🥳🏅
About the book: tinyurl.com/ycyx8hry
About the book: tinyurl.com/ycyx8hry
January 21, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Please join us in congratulating @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, whose riveting meditation on what it means to be an outsider in literature, To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other, is now a Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award! 🥳🏅
About the book: tinyurl.com/ycyx8hry
About the book: tinyurl.com/ycyx8hry
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TO SAVE AND TO DESTROY: WRITING AS AN OTHER makes it to the shortlist in the criticism category for the National Book Critics Circle Award, in the stellar company of many deserving finalists.
January 20, 2026 at 7:57 PM
TO SAVE AND TO DESTROY: WRITING AS AN OTHER makes it to the shortlist in the criticism category for the National Book Critics Circle Award, in the stellar company of many deserving finalists.
From snow tires to sneaker soles—from the first spark of fire to the frontiers of energy—friction is the invisible force that connects everyday life to man’s greatest achievements.
Star tribologist Jennifer Vail delivers a spellbinding handbook to friction’s history and future: tinyurl.com/3md2x4v2
Star tribologist Jennifer Vail delivers a spellbinding handbook to friction’s history and future: tinyurl.com/3md2x4v2
January 20, 2026 at 6:08 PM
From snow tires to sneaker soles—from the first spark of fire to the frontiers of energy—friction is the invisible force that connects everyday life to man’s greatest achievements.
Star tribologist Jennifer Vail delivers a spellbinding handbook to friction’s history and future: tinyurl.com/3md2x4v2
Star tribologist Jennifer Vail delivers a spellbinding handbook to friction’s history and future: tinyurl.com/3md2x4v2
This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we're celebrating the authors, activists, and historians who have championed and enriched our understanding of civil rights and justice for all. For a limited time, save 25% on these titles with the code MLK25—keep reading below.
January 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we're celebrating the authors, activists, and historians who have championed and enriched our understanding of civil rights and justice for all. For a limited time, save 25% on these titles with the code MLK25—keep reading below.
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William Whyte, The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood - @harvardpress.bsky.social, August 2026
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The University — Harvard University Press
A sweeping history of the buildings and materials that have shaped nine centuries of university life, from parchments and silk robes to glass atriums and sprawling parking lots.We often idealize the u...
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January 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
William Whyte, The University: A History in Stone, Silk, and Blood - @harvardpress.bsky.social, August 2026
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A copy of the NEW BOOK by 2018-19 CASBS fellow @mivich.bsky.social - "The Divisions of Rationalized Labor" - has entered the Center's renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection 📚
Michelle's initial book ideas developed here 😏
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Michelle's initial book ideas developed here 😏
About this @harvardpress.bsky.social book: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
The Division of Rationalized Labor — Harvard University Press
A pathbreaking study of why, paradoxically, workforce specialization and job responsibilities have increased hand in hand.In the United States and other late-industrial countries, the division of labo...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:05 PM
A copy of the NEW BOOK by 2018-19 CASBS fellow @mivich.bsky.social - "The Divisions of Rationalized Labor" - has entered the Center's renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection 📚
Michelle's initial book ideas developed here 😏
About this @harvardpress.bsky.social book: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Michelle's initial book ideas developed here 😏
About this @harvardpress.bsky.social book: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Happy New Year. We are so back. 😎
Discover our most anticipated new books—and enjoy a flash sale while it lasts: bit.ly/3YHTu4L
Discover our most anticipated new books—and enjoy a flash sale while it lasts: bit.ly/3YHTu4L
January 15, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Happy New Year. We are so back. 😎
Discover our most anticipated new books—and enjoy a flash sale while it lasts: bit.ly/3YHTu4L
Discover our most anticipated new books—and enjoy a flash sale while it lasts: bit.ly/3YHTu4L
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Court Poetry and the Culture of Learning in Japan
Out now on preorder from Harvard University Press.
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Out now on preorder from Harvard University Press.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Court Poetry and the Culture of Learning in Japan
Out now on preorder from Harvard University Press.
@harvardpress.bsky.social
Out now on preorder from Harvard University Press.
@harvardpress.bsky.social
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Paperback edition coming soon. @harvardpress.bsky.social did a wonderful job!
December 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Paperback edition coming soon. @harvardpress.bsky.social did a wonderful job!
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Paperback publication day for Born to Rule! 🥳👀🎄🎅
December 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Paperback publication day for Born to Rule! 🥳👀🎄🎅
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Great to get to talk about Hong Kong in 2019 & after with Ching Kwan Lee, author of the important new @harvardpress.bsky.social book Forever Hong Kong, podcast moderated expertly by @yangyangcheng.bsky.social for @madeinchinajournal.com madeinchinajournal.com/2025/11/24/e...
Episode 6 | Hong Kong in Protest, Redux
In 2019, more than a million people poured onto the streets of Hong Kong, with many returning week after week. The song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ soon emerged as the movement’s unofficial anthem. What bega...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Great to get to talk about Hong Kong in 2019 & after with Ching Kwan Lee, author of the important new @harvardpress.bsky.social book Forever Hong Kong, podcast moderated expertly by @yangyangcheng.bsky.social for @madeinchinajournal.com madeinchinajournal.com/2025/11/24/e...
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I’m happy to share that my book “Traders, Speculators and Captains of Industry: How Capitalist Legitimacy Shaped Foreign Investment Policy in India,” published by @harvardpress.bsky.social is out!
December 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I’m happy to share that my book “Traders, Speculators and Captains of Industry: How Capitalist Legitimacy Shaped Foreign Investment Policy in India,” published by @harvardpress.bsky.social is out!
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This essay has been adapted from Wilson's new book, Strange Stability, published with @harvardpress.bsky.social.
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Strange Stability — Harvard University Press
An eye-opening reconsideration of the Cold War arms control movement, showing how scientists who presented themselves as independent-minded opponents of the arms race in fact functioned as agents of t...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
This essay has been adapted from Wilson's new book, Strange Stability, published with @harvardpress.bsky.social.
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During the Cold War, two physicists became public "opponents" of the Pentagon's antiballistic missile systems. But they kept doing private work on behalf of the administration's policy.
How Hans Bethe and Richard Garwin served the missile defense system they publicly criticized
During the Cold War, two physicists became public "opponents" of the Pentagon's antiballistic missile systems. But they kept doing private work on behalf of the administration's policy.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM
During the Cold War, two physicists became public "opponents" of the Pentagon's antiballistic missile systems. But they kept doing private work on behalf of the administration's policy.
"Both Zohran and Mira kept telling me: 'You have to insert yourself as a character in this. You were alive. You were involved. Take responsibility, but tell us. Tell us the part of the story which nobody else will be able to tell us.'”
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
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November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"Both Zohran and Mira kept telling me: 'You have to insert yourself as a character in this. You were alive. You were involved. Take responsibility, but tell us. Tell us the part of the story which nobody else will be able to tell us.'”
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New on The Guardian : “Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’”
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
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November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New on The Guardian : “Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’”
The presidential pardon is one of the most potent tools in American governance.
Originally intended as a mechanism of mercy, it's now used to shield allies, reward loyalty, and make political statements.
This important new book by Saikrishna Prakash explores its history and future: bit.ly/3LJJZPn
Originally intended as a mechanism of mercy, it's now used to shield allies, reward loyalty, and make political statements.
This important new book by Saikrishna Prakash explores its history and future: bit.ly/3LJJZPn
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The presidential pardon is one of the most potent tools in American governance.
Originally intended as a mechanism of mercy, it's now used to shield allies, reward loyalty, and make political statements.
This important new book by Saikrishna Prakash explores its history and future: bit.ly/3LJJZPn
Originally intended as a mechanism of mercy, it's now used to shield allies, reward loyalty, and make political statements.
This important new book by Saikrishna Prakash explores its history and future: bit.ly/3LJJZPn
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I’m so grateful for this recognition for THE TAME AND THE WILD! @harvardpress.bsky.social
Congratulations to HAHR board member Marcy Norton, whose book The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals After 1492 has been awarded a number of prizes from the American Historical Association and the Conference on Latin American History. penntoday.upenn.edu/news/history...
History professor Marcy Norton awarded | Penn Today
Marcy Norton, professor of history in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences, has received three awards for her new book, “The Tame and the Wild”: the Friedrich Katz Prize from the American Historical Assoc...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I’m so grateful for this recognition for THE TAME AND THE WILD! @harvardpress.bsky.social
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Rahel Jaeggi, Progress and Regression, trans. Robert Savage, @harvardpress.bsky.social, July 2025
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Progress and Regression — Harvard University Press
Despite widespread technological innovation, scientific and medical breakthroughs, and strides toward gender and racial equity, few believe that humanity is on the road of progress. Indeed, many are i...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Rahel Jaeggi, Progress and Regression, trans. Robert Savage, @harvardpress.bsky.social, July 2025
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Please read this excellent piece by @qjurecic.bsky.social.
Numbers don't capture the chilling effect on free expression or those excluded or deported we will never hear about in the news.
Appreciate her reaching out to me to discuss how the past can inform the present. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social
Numbers don't capture the chilling effect on free expression or those excluded or deported we will never hear about in the news.
Appreciate her reaching out to me to discuss how the past can inform the present. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social
Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Please read this excellent piece by @qjurecic.bsky.social.
Numbers don't capture the chilling effect on free expression or those excluded or deported we will never hear about in the news.
Appreciate her reaching out to me to discuss how the past can inform the present. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social
Numbers don't capture the chilling effect on free expression or those excluded or deported we will never hear about in the news.
Appreciate her reaching out to me to discuss how the past can inform the present. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social
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As Zohran Mamdani wins the New York election, check out our @empirepoduk.bsky.social special, an interview with his father, my friend the wonderful Professor Mahmoud Mamdani on his family's history in East Africa & their journey to America. Zohran zindabad!
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November 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
As Zohran Mamdani wins the New York election, check out our @empirepoduk.bsky.social special, an interview with his father, my friend the wonderful Professor Mahmoud Mamdani on his family's history in East Africa & their journey to America. Zohran zindabad!
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Richard Primus (@richardprimus.bsky.social), The Oldest Constitutional Question: Enumeration and Federal Power (@harvardpress.bsky.social, 2025; #skystorians) www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
The Oldest Constitutional Question — Harvard University Press
A groundbreaking challenge to a core principle of constitutional law, arguing that congressional action is not limited by the legislative branch’s textually enumerated powers.Every law student learns ...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Richard Primus (@richardprimus.bsky.social), The Oldest Constitutional Question: Enumeration and Federal Power (@harvardpress.bsky.social, 2025; #skystorians) www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
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Thank you @lennibenson.bsky.social for inviting me to speak with her immigration class at New York Law School about "Threat of Dissent."
Always happy to Zoom or talk with students in person about ideological exclusion & deportation. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social.
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Always happy to Zoom or talk with students in person about ideological exclusion & deportation. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social.
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Threat of Dissent — Harvard University Press
“Suspicion of foreigners goes back to the earliest days of the republic…Kraut traces how different ideologies would be considered intolerably dangerous according to the dominant fears of a given era. ...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Thank you @lennibenson.bsky.social for inviting me to speak with her immigration class at New York Law School about "Threat of Dissent."
Always happy to Zoom or talk with students in person about ideological exclusion & deportation. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social.
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Always happy to Zoom or talk with students in person about ideological exclusion & deportation. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social.
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...