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12/20/2024

Can the concert hall be as erotic as the bedroom? Many Victorian writers believed so. New in paperback in January, SOUNDING BODIES shows how nineteenth-century discoveries in acoustical science shaped Victorian literary representations of gender, sexuality, and intimacy. https://tinyurl.com/2swzkkcc

12/20/2024

New from Excelsior Editions: Woodstock: From World War to Culture Wars, written by Woodstock, NY Town Historian Richard Heppner, tells the story of Woodstock over the last 100 years and how a small, rural town coped with the many challenges of changing times.

https://sunypress.edu/Books/W/Woodstock2

12/20/2024

For the SUNY Press Blog, Eugene W. Holland discusses sa**sm, masochism, and the culture of capitalism. which he explores in his brand new book, Perversions of the Market.

Perversions of the Market Sa**sm, Masochism, and the Culture of Capitalism By Eugene W. Holland Subjects: Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature, Continental Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Film Studies, Social Theory Series: SUNY series, Insinuations: Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Literature Hardcover....

12/18/2024

In contrast to the common understanding of politics as a domain of speaking, THE POLITICS OF NOT SPEAKING (forthcoming February 2025) reveals an alternative tradition where the spoken word fails, collapses, and breaks. https://tinyurl.com/53vt24yy

12/18/2024

Be sure to take advantage of the final days of our Holiday Sale, which ends December 23rd! Use code HOLIDAY24 for 50% off almost everything at sunypress.edu.

12/18/2024

New from Excelsior Editions: Buffalo's Waterfront Renaissance recounts how preservationists and environmentalists ultimately succeeded in persuading a powerful state agency to abandon its plans for privately developing Buffalo’s waterfront and instead revitalize the city by enhancing opportunities for members of the public to use and enjoy that same space.

https://sunypress.edu/Books/B/Buffalo-s-Waterfront-Renaissance

12/18/2024

Jewish women have had a fraught relationship with history, struggling for inclusion while resisting their limited role as (re)producers of the future. Q***R EXPECTATIONS examines how Jewish women have used poetry to challenge their historical limitations while rewriting their potential futures. https://tinyurl.com/4y8fekhr

12/18/2024

Mentorship continues to loom large in stories about women's work and personal lives— sometimes for the better, but often for the worse. If mentors can nurture and support, they can also bitterly disappoint, reproducing the hardships they once suffered and reinforcing the same old hierarchies and inequities. In FEMINISTS RECLAIM MENTORSHIP, feminists revisit their mixed experiences of mentoring and being mentored to reclaim mentorship as a project for new generations. https://tinyurl.com/5fewm2eb

12/18/2024

Based on three case studies from the Middle East, THE LAND BEYOND THE BORDER uses an innovative theoretical framework to comparatively explore the dynamics of state expansion and contraction in (1976-2005), (since 1975), and (since 1967). https://tinyurl.com/mrnjxdmt

12/18/2024

The Habad movement, formed in eighteenth-century Belarus, has developed into one of the most influential streams of Hasidic Judaism. Drawing on both mystical sermons and legal writings of its founder, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady (1745–1812), ETERNITY NOW provides the first account of the historiosophical dimensions of early Habad doctrine. https://tinyurl.com/mry79n3w

12/17/2024

on the struggle of Jewish women to join defense and military activities during the decades leading up to the Israeli War of Independence. https://tinyurl.com/vatpxvut

12/17/2024

POSSESSED VOICES tells the intriguing story of a largely unknown collection of audio recordings, which preserve performances of modernist interwar Hebrew plays, and shows how these recorded performances provided Jewish immigrants from Europe with a venue for lamenting the decline of their home communities and for connecting their memories to the present. https://tinyurl.com/mrx9pfr9

12/17/2024

The Hasidic leader R. Nachman of Braslav (1772–1810) has held a place in the Jewish popular imagination for more than two centuries. Some see him as the (self-proclaimed) Messiah, others as the forerunner of modern Jewish literature. A PERMANENT BEGINNING lays out a new paradigm for understanding R. Nachman's thought and writing, and, with them, the beginnings of Jewish literary modernity. https://tinyurl.com/5n7pvx4b

12/17/2024

Examine how philosophical concepts like free will, personal identity, and goodness are given an artistic life in films and television programs. IS HARPO FREE? is a lively appreciation of film and television's ability to artistically explore these concepts typical of philosophical metaphysics. https://tinyurl.com/fv5aprvv

12/16/2024

ICYMI: The replay of yesterday’s event, “All About the 2025 Eastern Division Meeting,” is now available on demand. Find out what to expect at the meeting, events to look out for, important reminders, and more! https://www.apaonline.org/mpage/2025EasternOrientation

12/16/2024

Feminist Heidegger S*x, Gender, and the Politics of Birth By Jill Drouillard Subjects: Feminist Philosophy, Heidegger, Law, Education, Political Philosophy Series: SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy Hardcover : 9798855801484, 208 pages, March 2025 Expected to ship: 2025-03-01 Alterna...

12/16/2024

Applications for the New Netherland Institute's Research Fellowships are due on February 15th! Scholars at all career stages are invited to apply for a Charles Wendell Grant, and PhD candidates are welcome to apply for the Student Scholar Grant. For more information, visit https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/programs/research-grants, and feel free to email with questions about project eligibility and/or sources.

Image: Francois Stuerhelt, Portrait of Jacob's Arminius, 17th century. From the Collection of the Rijksmuseum.