January 25, 2024
This week the world observes Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops on January,… READ MORE
January 22, 2024
Paid to Care provides insight into the struggles of paid domestic workers in Latin America through an exploration of films, texts, and digital media produced since the 1980s in collaboration… READ MORE
January 17, 2024
The University of Texas Press team is thrilled to share our exciting new digital catalog for our Spring | Summer 2024 books and journals. We love the ritual of holding… READ MORE
January 11, 2024
A groundbreaking cultural interpretation of Cuban postsocialism Paloma Duong’s book Portable Postsocialisms: New Cuban Mediascapes after the End of History is a study of Cuban culture and media in the twenty-first… READ MORE
January 8, 2024
The “shrimp ladies,” locally known as changueras in southern Sinaloa, Mexico, sell seafood in open-air markets, forming an extralegal but key part of the economy built around this “pink gold.”… READ MORE
January 5, 2024
This week marks the annual meeting of the American Historical Association (#AHA24) in San Francisco! We’ll be sharing our newest titles, course essentials, and award-winning books on the history of… READ MORE
December 26, 2023
Damon Scott’s book The City Aroused is a lively history of urban development and its influence on queer political identity in postwar San Francisco. By reconstructing the planning and queer history… READ MORE
December 4, 2023
In the dry season in the Andes, water from springs, lakes, reservoirs and melting glaciers feeds irrigation canals that have sustained communities for thousands of years. Managing and maintaining these… READ MORE
November 28, 2023
A New Series in Latin American Visual History The University of Texas Press is pleased to share the first books in our new series Visualidades: Studies in Latin American Visual… READ MORE
November 7, 2023
This week, we’re celebrating the publication of Dr. Crystal Leigh Endsley’s book Quantum Justice: Global Girls Cultivating Disruption through Spoken Word Poetry. Grounded in her experience of “putting a mic… READ MORE
