Off the Page: A Columbia University Press Podcast

James Davis, “Eric Walrond: A Life in the Harlem Renaissance and the Transatlantic Caribbean” (Columbia University Press, 2015)

2016/2/24

This terrific book follows the itinerary of Eric Walrond’s peripatetic life. Born in Guyana in 1898,

Janet Gyatso, Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet (Columbia University Press, 2015)

2015/12/18

Janet Gyatso‘s new book is a masterfully researched, compellingly written, and gorgeously illustrate

Eli Zaretsky, “Political Freud: A History” (Columbia UP, 2015)

2015/12/2

Back in the early 70s, Eli Zaretsky wrote for a socialist newspaper and was engaged to review a rece

Hilary Neroni, “The Subject of Torture: Psychoanalysis and Biopolitics in Television and Film” (Columbia UP, 2015)

2015/10/27

Did you notice that after 9/11, the depiction of torture on prime-time television went up nearly sev

Sarah H. Jacoby, “Love and Liberation: Autobiographical Writings of the Tibetan Buddhist Visionary Sera Khandro” (Columbia UP, 2014)

2015/9/26

Sarah H. Jacoby‘s recent monograph, Love and Liberation: Autobiographical Writings of the Tibetan Bu

Sophal Ear, “Aid Dependence in Cambodia: How Foreign Assistance Undermines Democracy” (Columbia UP, 2013)

2015/8/18

Although recent decades have brought with them many critiques of international development projects

Mrinalini Chakravorty, “In Stereotype: South Asia in the Global Literary Imaginary” (Columbia UP, 2014)

2015/8/2

In Stereotype: South Asia in the Global Literary Imaginary (Columbia University Press, 2014) is a ma

Gil Anidjar, “Blood: A Critique of Christianity” (Columbia UP, 2014)

2015/6/28

Blood. It is more than a thing and more than a metaphor. It is an effective concept, an element, wit

Greg Barnhisel, “Cold War Modernists: Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy” (Columbia UP, 2015)

2015/6/2

Greg Barnhisel‘s new book, Cold War Modernists: Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy (Co

Marion Holmes Katz, “Women in the Mosque: A History of Legal Thought and Social Practice” Columbia University Press, 2014

2015/6/2

Recently, there have been various debates within the Muslim community over women’s mosque attendance

Nicholas B. Dirks, “Autobiography of an Archive : A Scholar’s Passage to India” (Columbia UP, 2015)

2015/5/18

Nicholas B. Dirks‘ Autobiography of an Archive: A Scholar’s Passage to India (Columbia University Pr

Asaad al-Saleh, “Voices of the Arab Spring: Personal Stories from the Arab Revolutions” (Columbia UP, 2015)

2015/5/16

Asaad al-Saleh is assistant professor of Arabic, comparative literature, and cultural studies in the

Thom van Dooren, “Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction” (Columbia UP, 2014)

2015/4/17

Thom van Dooren‘s new book is an absolute must-read. (I was going to qualify that with a “…for anyon

Kurtis R. Schaeffer, et al. “The Tibetan History Reader/Sources of Tibetan Tradition” (Columbia UP, 2013)

2015/4/11

Two new books have recently been published that will change the way we can study and teach Tibetan s

Jie Li, “Shanghai Homes: Palimpsests of Private Life” (Columbia UP, 2015)

2015/3/30

What’s not to love about Jie Li‘s new book? Shanghai Homes: Palimpsests of Private Life (Columbia Un

Wilt Idema, “The Resurrected Skeleton: From Zhuangzi to Lu Xun” (Columbia University Press, 2014)

2015/3/4

Wilt Idema‘s new book traces a story and its transformations through hundreds of years of Chinese li

Evan Thompson, “Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy” (Columbia UP, 2014)

2015/2/15

The quest for an explanation of consciousness is currently dominated by scientific efforts to find t

R. Keller Kimbrough, “Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater” (Columbia UP, 2013)

2015/1/23

In his recent book, Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Th

Daniel Cloud, “The Domestication of Language” (Columbia UP, 2014)

2014/12/16

One of the most puzzling things about humans is their ability to manipulate symbols and create artif

Eric Hayot, “The Elements of Academic Style: Writing for the Humanities” (Columbia University Press, 2014)

2014/11/13

“This is a book that wants you to surpass and destroy it.”Eric Hayot‘s new book has the potential to

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