December 8, 2022
An Academic Life Committed to Archiving Indigenous Languages The University of Texas Press was saddened to learn that author Joel Sherzer, professor emeritus of anthropology at UT Austin, has passed… READ MORE
December 6, 2022
The giving season is upon us and we like to give books. We know that book recommendations are always welcome, so we asked our staff, “What book published by the… READ MORE
December 1, 2022
Members of Palestine’s Muslim community have long honored al-Nabi Musa, or the Prophet Moses. Since the thirteenth century, they have celebrated at a shrine near Jericho believed to be the… READ MORE
November 22, 2022
Texas HBCU Conference Call for Papers Huston-Tillotson University has announced the second annual conference of Texas’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Texas HBCUs)! The dates for the conference are Friday-Saturday,… READ MORE
November 14, 2022
This week—Monday, November 14, through Friday, November 18—is the annual University Press Week (#UPWeek) celebration and the Association of University Presses has chosen “Next UP” as the theme for this year. #ReadUP… READ MORE
November 1, 2022
In her book Empire of Effects: Industrial Light & Magic and the Rendering of Realism author Julie Turnock discusses the role of special effects company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)… READ MORE
October 27, 2022
by Nicolas Silva Jaecheol Kim, “Howard Jacobson’s Shylock Is My Name and the Badiou-Agamben Debate on Paul the Apostle,” Texas Studies in Literature and Language, 64.3 (2022): 284-308 Readers will… READ MORE
October 24, 2022
By Leslie Peterson Paul Schmidt, “No Sorcery”: Chess, Artistic Sensibility, and Subjective Development in The Queen’s Gambit. Texas Studies in Literature and Language 64.3 (2022) Your essay dives into The Queen’s… READ MORE
October 19, 2022
An excerpt from the introduction to Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions We’re thrilled that Francesca Royster will appear on NPR’s “All Things Considered” today to talk about her new… READ MORE
It’s spooky season and we have all the scary scholarly topics that’ll keep you shakin’ in your boots! We’ve got ghost stories from classical antiquity, we’ve got a classic collection… READ MORE
