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The Best UC Press Books of 2025
Bold, field-defining scholarship for the public good.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We’re proud to see UC Press books recognized across these best-of lists! From pandemic response and climate history to teaching, art, and the politics of equity. Bold, field-defining scholarship for the public good.
In May 1949, Berlin became an enormous set for a film about the Berlin Airlift. We talk to Joseph Pearson, whose book, excerpted in @filmquarterly.bsky.social, includes a look at "The Big Lift," starring Montgomery Clift, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary. www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/h...
How Hollywood Dramatized the Berlin Airlift: A Q&A with Joseph Pearson
Both propaganda and entertainment, George Seaton’s film, "The Big Lift," released in 1950, starring Montgomery Clift, saw Hollywood dramatize the struggles of post-war Berlin and the Berlin Airlift.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
In May 1949, Berlin became an enormous set for a film about the Berlin Airlift. We talk to Joseph Pearson, whose book, excerpted in @filmquarterly.bsky.social, includes a look at "The Big Lift," starring Montgomery Clift, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary. www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/h...
Check out the new issue of "HSNS." online.ucpress.edu/hsns/issue/5...
Volume 55 Issue 4-5 | Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences | University of California Press
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December 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Candace Moore considers recent television scenes that deliver intermittent jolts of queerness—hits of pleasure between the archive and the explorative viewer—to define a method that acknowledges fluctuating degrees of interest when historicizing queer television
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December 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Candace Moore considers recent television scenes that deliver intermittent jolts of queerness—hits of pleasure between the archive and the explorative viewer—to define a method that acknowledges fluctuating degrees of interest when historicizing queer television
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Free year-end reads from FQ's new issue!
Ramzi Fawaz on Andor
Andor interview with Janus Metz by Gerald Sim
Maggie Hennefeld on Smashing the Patriarchy in Bologna
Joseph Pearson on The Big Lift at 75
J. M. Tyree's Editor's Notebook
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Ramzi Fawaz on Andor
Andor interview with Janus Metz by Gerald Sim
Maggie Hennefeld on Smashing the Patriarchy in Bologna
Joseph Pearson on The Big Lift at 75
J. M. Tyree's Editor's Notebook
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Volume 79 Issue 2 | Film Quarterly | University of California Press
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December 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Free year-end reads from FQ's new issue!
Ramzi Fawaz on Andor
Andor interview with Janus Metz by Gerald Sim
Maggie Hennefeld on Smashing the Patriarchy in Bologna
Joseph Pearson on The Big Lift at 75
J. M. Tyree's Editor's Notebook
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online.ucpress.edu/fq/issue/79/2
Ramzi Fawaz on Andor
Andor interview with Janus Metz by Gerald Sim
Maggie Hennefeld on Smashing the Patriarchy in Bologna
Joseph Pearson on The Big Lift at 75
J. M. Tyree's Editor's Notebook
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online.ucpress.edu/fq/issue/79/2
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Thanks, @dwhdaily.bsky.social! "In the new Film Quarterly, @hennefem.bsky.social looks back on Il Cinema Ritrovato, Ramzi Fawaz writes about the politics of the Star Wars series Andor & Joseph Pearson tells the story behind The Big Lift, starring Montgomery Clift."
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A Kind of Requiem
This week: Bi Gan, Radu Jude, a new Film Quarterly, and of course, more year-end lists and polls.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thanks, @dwhdaily.bsky.social! "In the new Film Quarterly, @hennefem.bsky.social looks back on Il Cinema Ritrovato, Ramzi Fawaz writes about the politics of the Star Wars series Andor & Joseph Pearson tells the story behind The Big Lift, starring Montgomery Clift."
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Over the past decade, historians of Late Antiquity are increasingly turning to an unexpected partner: the natural sciences. www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/l...
Late Antiquity and the Paleosciences: New Frontiers
From studies of fossilized pollen, which shed light on peoples’ use of the land, to the recovery of ancient human genomes, which help us reimagine group identities, social cohesion, and migration,…
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December 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Over the past decade, historians of Late Antiquity are increasingly turning to an unexpected partner: the natural sciences. www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/l...
The December 2025 issue of "Afterimage" is available online now. online.ucpress.edu/afterimage/i...
Volume 52 Issue 4 | Afterimage | University of California Press
Afterimage | 52 | 4 | December 2025
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December 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The December 2025 issue of "Afterimage" is available online now. online.ucpress.edu/afterimage/i...
Available online now: the new issue of the "Journal of the American Musicological Society"
Volume 78 Issue 3 | Journal of the American Musicological Society | University of California Press
Journal of the American Musicological Society | 78 | 3 | December 2025
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December 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Available online now: the new issue of the "Journal of the American Musicological Society"
@sah1365.bsky.social commemorates Frank Gehry's passing with a round-up of tributes to the architect. sah.org/2025/12/10/o...
Obituary: Frank O. Gehry (1929-2025) - Society of Architectural Historians
SAH marks the passing of architect Frank O. Gehry (1929-2025) on December 5, 2025, as one of the world’s best known and visionary architects. We have cited his obituary below as well as a number of…
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December 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
@sah1365.bsky.social commemorates Frank Gehry's passing with a round-up of tributes to the architect. sah.org/2025/12/10/o...
Call for Editors: University of California Press invites applications for the editorial leadership of "The Journal of Musicology." online.ucpress.edu/DocumentLibr...
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Call for Editors: University of California Press invites applications for the editorial leadership of "The Journal of Musicology." online.ucpress.edu/DocumentLibr...
"Journal of the American Musicological Society" article explores how the musical strategies used by Hollywood's Poverty Row studios in serial and other very low-budget productions are similar to the ways that modern action composers write today. news.ku.edu/news/article...
KU musicologist quantifies extent of serials’ score remixing by Republic Pictures
Scholar uses ‘King of the Rocket Men’ as case study of creativity of Poverty Row studio
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December 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"Journal of the American Musicological Society" article explores how the musical strategies used by Hollywood's Poverty Row studios in serial and other very low-budget productions are similar to the ways that modern action composers write today. news.ku.edu/news/article...
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For our year-end issue cover, FQ has No Other Choice! Inside - Film of the Year: Sinners; Series of the Year: Andor; Interview: Janus Metz on Andor; The Big Lift at 75; Dossier: Franchise Everything!; Reports: Cannes, Bologna; Editor's Notebook: Horror and Humor. Unlocked articles coming soon!!
December 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
For our year-end issue cover, FQ has No Other Choice! Inside - Film of the Year: Sinners; Series of the Year: Andor; Interview: Janus Metz on Andor; The Big Lift at 75; Dossier: Franchise Everything!; Reports: Cannes, Bologna; Editor's Notebook: Horror and Humor. Unlocked articles coming soon!!
Thanks for the shout-out to @iaspm-us.bsky.social's "Journal of Popular Music Studies." latinamericanpost.com/life/enterta...
The Day Dominican Republic Bachata Royals Conquered New York With A Secret Album
At Madison Square Garden, Romeo Santos and Prince Royce unveiled their long-rumored joint album to a packed, screaming crowd, turning a secret seven-year project into a Dominican American block party ...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thanks for the shout-out to @iaspm-us.bsky.social's "Journal of Popular Music Studies." latinamericanpost.com/life/enterta...
The December 2025 issue of "Film Quarterly" includes a dossier exploring franchises; articles on "Andor" & "Sinners," representing FQ’s contributions to year-end discourse on these two breakthrough productions; & much more. online.ucpress.edu/fq/issue/79/2
Volume 79 Issue 2 | Film Quarterly | University of California Press
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December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The December 2025 issue of "Film Quarterly" includes a dossier exploring franchises; articles on "Andor" & "Sinners," representing FQ’s contributions to year-end discourse on these two breakthrough productions; & much more. online.ucpress.edu/fq/issue/79/2
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The December 2025 issue of JSAH is available now! SAH members can access the full-color online journal through the SAH website: sah.org/publications...
December 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The December 2025 issue of JSAH is available now! SAH members can access the full-color online journal through the SAH website: sah.org/publications...
The new Winter 2025 issue of "Resonance" includes original research articles + new contributions to the special series 'Listening to Harry Shearer’s Le Show' & 'Sound History is Cultural History.' online.ucpress.edu/res/issue/6/4
Volume 6 Issue 4 | Resonance | University of California Press
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December 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The new Winter 2025 issue of "Resonance" includes original research articles + new contributions to the special series 'Listening to Harry Shearer’s Le Show' & 'Sound History is Cultural History.' online.ucpress.edu/res/issue/6/4
The December 2025 issue of "Music Perception" is available online now. online.ucpress.edu/mp/issue/43/2
Volume 43 Issue 2 | Music Perception | University of California Press
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December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The December 2025 issue of "Music Perception" is available online now. online.ucpress.edu/mp/issue/43/2
On #GivingTuesday UC Press reaffirms its commitment to stand strong as an independent publisher amid federal attacks on academic institutions. If our work has supported your teaching or research, please consider donating to the UC Press Foundation: form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/univers...
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On #GivingTuesday UC Press reaffirms its commitment to stand strong as an independent publisher amid federal attacks on academic institutions. If our work has supported your teaching or research, please consider donating to the UC Press Foundation: form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io/give/univers...
JSTOR's reading list presenting some of the main debates in public space scholarship includes articles by @sah1365.bsky.social's "Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians" and others. daily.jstor.org/perspectives...
Perspectives on Public Space: A Reading List - JSTOR Daily
This list introduces some of the main debates about public space, from park politics to political protest, public expressions of sexuality to safety and security.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
JSTOR's reading list presenting some of the main debates in public space scholarship includes articles by @sah1365.bsky.social's "Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians" and others. daily.jstor.org/perspectives...
"Cemeteries and burial grounds are not only about the people interred there, but also, like the rituals following someone’s death, they are just as much for the living as for the deceased." — #TPHJournal special issue, 'Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Massacre Sites' online.ucpress.edu/tph/issue/47/4
Volume 47 Issue 4 | The Public Historian | University of California Press
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November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Cemeteries and burial grounds are not only about the people interred there, but also, like the rituals following someone’s death, they are just as much for the living as for the deceased." — #TPHJournal special issue, 'Cemeteries, Graveyards, and Massacre Sites' online.ucpress.edu/tph/issue/47/4
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Have you read the latest issue of "Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos" yet? It's available online now. online.ucpress.edu/msem/issue/4...
Volume 41 Issue 3 | Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos | University of California Press
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November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Have you read the latest issue of "Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos" yet? It's available online now. online.ucpress.edu/msem/issue/4...
'Paleoscience and the Study of Late Antiquity,' a new special issue of "Studies in Late Antiquity," edited by Timothy P. Newfield & Kristina Sessa, is available online. online.ucpress.edu/SLA/issue/9/4
Volume 9 Issue 4 | Studies in Late Antiquity | University of California Press
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November 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
'Paleoscience and the Study of Late Antiquity,' a new special issue of "Studies in Late Antiquity," edited by Timothy P. Newfield & Kristina Sessa, is available online. online.ucpress.edu/SLA/issue/9/4
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Through an examination of the Muslim call to prayer opening Julie Dash's "Daughters of the Dust" (1991), Pardis Dabashi's article examines certainty and doubt generated by the speculative turn in Black feminist film and media historiography.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Through an examination of the Muslim call to prayer opening Julie Dash's "Daughters of the Dust" (1991), Pardis Dabashi's article examines certainty and doubt generated by the speculative turn in Black feminist film and media historiography.
Open access today: doi.org/10.1525/fmh....
Open access today: doi.org/10.1525/fmh....