Book — Non-fiction. By David Conrad-Pérez. 2026. 336 pages. A major reinterpretation of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 and its lasting impact.

Former Senior Vice President, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Professor of Sociology Emerita at Columbia University. Research focuses on the social organization of science and scholarship and higher ...

An inside look at how one of the country’s most elite private schools prepares its students for success

From the streets of Chile and Iran to museums grappling with restitution across Europe and the United States: over the past decade, protest and activism have reshaped the visual arts. What does it…

The pilot streaming series, Uncovered, will spotlight a dozen university press authors and current titles every month. Its first episode, cued to Hispanic Heritage Month, debuts September 15.

Margaret M. Chin’s latest book looks at peer culture from Stuyvesant High School to the workplace.

Jason Schnittker explores why pharmaceutical side effects are more consequential than we realize and how social and psychological factors shape them.

Trinity Street in Cambridge has been selling books since the 16th century.

All eight episodes of my audiobook are out. Here’s the whole series in one place.

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Join author David Conrad-Pérez for a virtual discussion of his new book!

Anyone who’s ready my work might know that I’m a bit of a fan of Max Weber. Sure, he’s not free of controversies and got several things a tad wrong (who hasn’t?), but he’s provided some unsurpassab…

Sociology Catalog All Titles Meet the Editor Ilene Kalish, Executive Editor and Assistant Editor-in-Chief Ilene Kalish acquires books in the areas of sociology, criminology, gender studies, politics, ...

Fire Craft arrives with the kind of intellectual ambition that can easily curdle into a theory-heavy performance. Erin E. O'Connor has the better instinct.

At Rumi on the Roof hosted by: Ikram Sunday August 2nd, 2026, 3pm 2099 Martin Luther King Jr Way Berkeley, CA Donations accepted!

Collaborative in design and execution, the books in the Keywords series bring together scholars across a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, with each essay on a single te...

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Two new audio chapters: the scope and consequences of misinformation, and the identity machinery that makes us more likely to believe it.

May 27, 2026 | What is the logic of vitrification? What does it mean to unmoor the glass furnace from the shores of the river Belus to Jamestown? What happens when we shift from a traditional…

Martin Williams draws on over a decade of research across six African countries to explain why civil service reforms so often fall short, and what leaders should do instead.

Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform.

An incisive examination of progressive faith-based activism and its impact on American public lifeWhile the Religious Right often dominates headlines, the Re...

The Religious Left (NYU Press, June) sees the influential scholar of faith in American public life examine the hits and misses of progressive religious advocacy. It’s his 44th book, and likely his las...