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were awarded funding this week by the National Endowment for the Humanities to publish 14 new #OpenAccess titles, through the Fellowships Open Book program.
Congratulations to the presses and their authors, and #ReadUP !
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Maybe Pantone was inspired by our book covers when they chose VIVA MAGENTA as the 2023 color of the year…🤔🤔🤔 #magentaverse
The next On Words & Onward virtual event is January 17th! Join us for a conversation with Under Discussion Series Editor Georgia Popoff, Derek Pollard, Martha Collins, and Celia Bland. Plus get 40% off books in the series with code "UMUD."
Register at: https://myumi.ch/AW96A
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: On Words & Onward: Under Discussion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join us for the next episode of On Words & Onward on January 17 when newly appointed Under Discussion Series editor Georgia A. Popoff talks with Derek Pollard, Martha Collins, and Celia Bland, who edited the two most recent books in the series. The conversation will include the history of Under Discussion and future prospects. The editors will discuss their roles within the worlds of literary criticism and poetry as a genre. A short question and answer period will follow, and we’re looking forward to your thoughts and insights! In addition, during the month of January, you can also take 40% off all books in the Under Discussion Series by using the discount code “UMUD” at checkout on our website: https://www.press.umich.edu/browse/series/UM34
In honor of the American Historical Association meeting this week, we are offering the discount code UMAHA23 so you can get 30% off all history titles until February 5th. Take a look at: https://www.press.umich.edu/browse/subjects/history
Our team is taking a well-earned break until the new year!
We wish you all a cozy end to 2022 and hope your days are filled with good food, great friends, and even better books.
Now Available: "Yosano Akiko and The Tale of Genji" by G. G. Rowley, the revised version of a major contribution to the study of an important Japanese woman writer and a masterwork of reader reception studies.
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Now Available: "India as Kingmaker" seeks to predict India's future global influence.
Start reading at https://bit.ly/3PoUxBa!
India as Kingmaker
As India finds itself in the envious position of kingmaker, both the status quo and revisionist major powers are jockeying for India's support for either upholding or revising the current world order. Using India's bilateral treaties as a proxy measure of the strength of its relationship with other...
📣 New Blog Post: Young adults comprise a mere 10% of all parliamentarians globally.
But why?
This new post from the authors of "Youth without Representation" explores all the ins and outs of why this group is so underrepresented.
Read it at: https://bit.ly/3HzjOa6
Q&A with "Youth without Representation" Authors Daniel Stockemer and Aksel Sundström - University of Michigan Press Blog
This guest author post is a Q&A with Daniel Stockemer and Aksel Sundström, authors of Youth without Representation: The Absence of Youth Adults in Parliaments, Cabinets, and Candidacies, from the University of Michigan Press. This book is available in hardcover, paper, and open access. What surprised you the most while researching? The first big surprise to us is the dearth of academic works on youth representation. Youth are probably the most underrepresented group in parliaments, and other political bodies worldwide, but very few scholars have investigated this problem. As such, our book is the first comprehensive study ever published on …
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