In chillwave, synthwave, vaporwave, and their respective subgenres, a common element is the thread of nostalgia, constant in each. This is the case for both the cover art used for these releases, as w...

AI nostalgia in music explained: how models learn tape hiss and reverb from hauntology, chillwave and vaporwave, and what Nostophiliac AI shows about memory.

David Lynch keeps reentering the conversation, and so does Pauline Kael. Plus: A roundup of recent newsletters.

We're thrilled to announce a selection of our latest book signings!

A new book takes a fresh look at a landmark ruling that changed the path of American psychiatry.

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are our September 2026 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

Fun, free events communicate a larger goal: that everyday people should be able to afford a joyful life.

The 2025 Population Health Initiative Applied Research Fellowship Project (ARFP) team recently published their spatial analysis findings on access disparities in King County parks in Case Studies in.....

Timed to coincide with the Society of Architectural Historian's 2026 virtual conference, we invite you to read JSAH 's current issue for free online.

The winning article successfully brings the richness of late antique scholarship on religious communities into early medieval middle eastern conversations.

Our constitutional system is being torn asunder. Enter the shadow court, an intriguing idea from Julie C. Suk.

Authors Pietrzyk-Reeves and Pickering offer conceptual and empirical insights that will be useful for researchers working on civil society, civic participation, and democracy promotion.

Sugary cereals are generally placed on lower shelves in stores, the better for children to see the cheery packaging and cartoon mascots.

This article recounts the genesis of the Horror Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Relationships with the independent horror filmmaker Romero, the non-profit foundation and archival colle...

The article explains the links between director Adam Lowenstein’s story, the collection and “Night of the Living Dead.”

Author Robert McRuer on the consequences of "one-dimensional disability" politics and looking beyond U.S.-centered models of disability identity.

A century ago, the Pan-American road promised a new era of fraternity between the two continents. Did it succeed?

Researchers have discovered that planktonic baby lobsters, or larvae, preferentially feed on Calanus finmarchicus, a tiny, calorie-rich zooplankton species, during one of the most vulnerable stages of...

The guest editors of Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos’s special issue on Catholic visual culture discuss how images have shaped religious memory, political activism, and debates over identity in Mex...

How breakfast became dessert

Author Mona Sloane challenges AI's feared, inevitable transformation with a question we can ask when planning its infrastructure.

Call for Papers: Women and Public History: The Professional, the Political, and the Historical    Women are the majority of public historians. What now? This special issue of The Public Historian,…

UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are our August 2026 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!

Author Panpan Yang on studying the romance between animation and other visual mediums.

Emmaia Gelman’s new book explores the group’s opposition to leftist movements, especially those linked to racial issues.

What happens to the history of technology when we take animals seriously as agents rather than as objects of control?