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Rogue States by Matthew A. Frakes | Paperback | Cornell University Press In Rogue States, Matthew A. Frakes reveals the connection between US national security strategy at the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the War on Terror. Throughout a series of crises from...

In ROGUE STATES, Matthew A. Frakes reveals the connection between US national security strategy at the end of the Cold War and the beginning of the War on Terror. #USHistory #NationalSecurity

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The Filthiest Village in Europe by Andrew Demshuk | Paperback | Cornell University Press The Filthiest Village in Europe traces how a community shrouded by "industrial fog," at the brink of gaping coal pits, became a symbol that galvanized grassroots ecology—campaigns by diverse local...

In THE FILTHIEST VILLAGE IN EUROPE, Andrew Demshuk traces how a community shrouded by "industrial fog," at the brink of gaping coal pits, became a symbol that galvanized grassroots ecology. #History #Environment

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"Trafficking with Demons: Magic, Ritual, and Gender from Late Antiquity to 1000," by Martha Rampton, Cornell University Press, 2026

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"Trafficking with Demons: Magic, Ritual, and Gender from Late Antiquity to 1000," by Martha Rampton, Cornell University Press, 2026

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@cornellupress.bsky.social has been shaping scholarship since 1869.

The Cornell University Press Publisher Collection offers access to nearly 150 new titles in 2026 & more than 3,700 backlist works, including 300+ open access books available to read now.

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is the only history of the American Revolution that begins with enslaved African communities in Saint-Domingue [later Haiti].” 📚🇺🇸🇭🇹

Mobilizing Mainstream Islam by Saskia Schäfer | Paperback | Cornell University Press Mobilizing Mainstream Islam explains the rise and changing shape of religious nationalism in Indonesia after the fall of Suharto in 1998. In the 2000s, a time of electoral democratization, Indonesia's...

MOBILIZING MAINSTREAM ISLAM by Saskia Schäfer explores how Indonesia’s religious and #political elites constructed a homogenized Islam after Suharto, marginalizing groups such as Ahmadiyya, Muslims, and LGBTQI-identifying people through securitization and delegitimization.

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Great news! Cornell University's Careers Beyond Academia and
@cornellupress.bsky.social are teaming up again to provide paid scholarly summer publishing/learning opportunities for *mid-career humanities Cornell grad students*.

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Join Wah Guan Lim, author of DENATIONALIZING IDENTITIES for a talk on The Transnational Impact on Identity Formation in Theatre Across the Chinese-Speaking World.
🗓️ March 10, 2026
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Opening a Confiscated Archive: A View of the Interracial Yiddish Left's Origins, Impact and Legacy. | Elissa Sampson Apr 23, 2026 | Jewish Community Library with the San Francisco Workers Circle / Arbeter Ring 9pm ET. Talk Sign Up: https://forms.gle/GyLvhuYzRQ4PbTHP8 A Zoom link will be sent

Making Music Together: Interracial Alliances and the Politics of Solidarity with Elissa Sampson, co-editor of FROM POPULAR FRONT TO COLD WAR #SaveTheDate
🗓️ Sunday, May 3, 2026 / 2pm
📍56 E 1st St, New York, NY
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The Afterlife of Utopia by Samantha Maurer Fox | Paperback | Cornell University Press In The Afterlife of Utopia, Samantha Maurer Fox traces the transformation of Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany's first planned socialist city, from a Cold War showcase to a paragon of sustainable shrinkage....

THE AFTERLIFE OF UT0PIA by Samantha Maurer Fox traces the transformation of Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany's first planned #socialist city, from a #ColdWar showcase to a paragon of sustainable shrinkage. #Urban #Architecture

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An electric blue book cover with a traveler carrying a large walking stick on a hill (all in white and greyscale). At top, the title - Postal Intelligence - is in black, along with the author name near the bottom - Rachel Midura.

Fun Fact: You can find more praise, info, and - wait, great news, team - an *OA* edition of her electric blue book from the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page:

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Forthcoming title shows how queer lives, in Belfast, before the gay rights movement were not only possible but also rich, exciting, and fulfilling. Overcoming a history of intolerance, violence, and religious homophobia

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I really enjoyed talking with Lindsay Shingler for the @ucigcc.bsky.social Talking Policy podcast about my book When Rebels Win (@cornellupress.bsky.social) and its implications for contemporary conflicts & policy responses

A book cover for The Archaeology of Disease, in bold letters at top. Below is an painting detail, of a skeleton in a chair (at right) holding open a coffin (at left) with digging tools underneath.

You didn't ask, but you should have...

The new edition - the *long-awaited* 4th edition - of "The Archaeology of Disease" is available for pre-order with a fantastic cover! Intrigued?

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Great news, #SkyStorians! Marisa Karyl Franz's (award-winning!) "Near and Desired Things" has a gorgeous cover and, even better news, what's inside is ready for pre-order! More on the book, praise, and pre-order instructions at @cornellupress.bsky.social: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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FYI #AncientSky - the upcoming release of Caitlin C. Gillespie's "Women and Resistance in the "Annals" of Tacitus" is happening soon. And, it can be on your bookshelf, if you do not resist your excitement and head to the @cornellupress.bsky.social site: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Looking forward to this conversation about my latest @cornellupress.bsky.social book at @baylor.bsky.social. 📚🎙️

Product Details Cornell University Press fosters a culture of broad and sustained inquiry through the publication of scholarship that is engaged, influential, and of lasting significance.

MONASTICISM AND MANUSCRIPT CULTURE IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE by Scott G. Bruce offers a new perspective on the abbey at Cluny, focusing on cultural history through manuscript evidence and underscoring the interconnectedness of Cluniac devotional practices. #History

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Deference and Divergence in Regional Human Rights Courts by Maria A. Sanchez | Paperback | Cornell University Press In Deference and Divergence in Regional Human Rights Courts, Maria A. Sanchez tackles a central tension in global governance: how international human rights courts balance their mandates with the imperative...

In DEFERENCE AND DIVERGENCE IN REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COURTS, Maria A. Sanchez traces how the geopolitical dynamics of each court's founding moments have manifested in contemporary disparities across the courts' jurisprudences. #Law #HumanRights

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Iran's Look East Policy by edited by Mehran Kamrava | Paperback | Cornell University Press Iran's Look East Policy is the first systematic analysis of the causes, manifestations, and consequences of Iran's "Look East" policy and Iranian relations with countries as diverse as Russia, China,...

IRAN'S LOOK EAST POLICY edited by Mehran Kamrava is the first systematic analysis of the causes, manifestations, and consequences of Iran's "Look East" policy. #Iran #Policy #Geopolitics

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Opening a Confiscated Archive: A View of the Interracial Yiddish Left's Origins, Impact and Legacy. | Elissa Sampson Apr 23, 2026 | Jewish Community Library with the San Francisco Workers Circle / Arbeter Ring 9pm ET. Talk Sign Up: https://forms.gle/GyLvhuYzRQ4PbTHP8 A Zoom link will be sent

Opening a Confiscated Archive: A View of the Interracial Yiddish Left's Origins, Impact and Legacy with Elissa Sampson, co-editor of FROM POPULAR FRONT TO COLD WAR #SaveTheDate
🗓️Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 / 9pm ET
🔗 elissasampsonauthor.com/events/s27d2nv6kbrj1oftfuv3x5vc

Restless Quietists by Matteo Benussi | Paperback | Cornell University Press Restless Quietists addresses two questions at the core of the politics of Islamic ethics: How does Islamic virtue become attractive to young urbanites in predominantly secular societies? What makes...

RESTLESS QUIETISTS by Matteo Benussi asks “How does Islamic virtue become attractive to young urbanites in predominantly secular societies?” and “What makes #religion perturbing in the eyes of temporal authorities?”. #IslamicStudies #Anthropology

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Winning It Back by David A. Crockett | Hardcover | Cornell University Press In Winning It Back, David A. Crockett explores why presidents who promise to set things aright—to "restore"—so often usher in the opposite.Since the earliest days of the United States, presidencies...

In WINNING IT BACK, David A. Crockett explores why presidents who promise to set things aright—to "restore"—so often usher in the opposite. #Politics #History #Presidents

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Product Details Cornell University Press fosters a culture of broad and sustained inquiry through the publication of scholarship that is engaged, influential, and of lasting significance.

CARIBBEAN BLOOD PACTS by Aaron Coy Moulton shows how the transnational counterrevolution against the Guatemalan Revolution became a lesson for those who spent the next decades fighting the region's dictatorships in the shadow of the Cold War. #History

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The French Médersa by Samuel D. Anderson | Hardcover | Cornell University Press The French Médersa explores how the French state pursued a century-long project of bicultural Franco-Muslim education in its northwest African colonies, resulting in a new type of school, the médersa,...

THE FRENCH MÉDERSA by Samuel D. Anderson explores how the French state pursued a century-long project of bicultural Franco-Muslim education in its northwest African colonies, resulting in a new type of school, the médersa. #History #Africa

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Political Thinkers for Our Time by William T. Reddinger | Paperback | Cornell University Press Political Thinkers for Our Time explains the principles that are foundational to the Anglo-American political tradition by looking at leading thinkers and statesmen who wrote about them. In discussing...

In POLITICAL THINKERS FOR OUR TIME, William T. Reddinger explains the principles that are foundational to the Anglo-American political tradition by looking at leading thinkers and statesmen who wrote about them.

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Why some rebel victories build states — and others break them In his new book, "When Rebels Win," political scientist Kai Thaler examines how ideology shapes what happens after rebel movements seize power.

Our campus newsletter @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social has a short writeup on my new @cornellupress.bsky.social book When Rebels Win news.ucsb.edu/2026/022359/...