Faculty Books

From the history of race and caste in Latin America to the role of music in religion around the world, Columbian College faculty publish numerous thought-provoking and timely titles every year. Their work has topped bestseller lists, inspired debate and dialogue and received positive reviews from high-profile outlets like the Los Angeles Review of Books and The New York Times.
 


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Al-Munjiz: Advanced Business Arabic

Written by professor Mohssen Esseesy, this book develops core competencies for advanced Arabic learners through six key business topics.

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Early Modern Écologies

This work is the first collective volume to offer perspectives on the relationship between contemporary ecological thought and early modern French literature.

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Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon

Eric Cline brings to life the 1925 journey by a team of archaeologists to the Holy Land to excavate the ancient site of Megiddo—Armageddon in the New Testament.

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Modern Muon Physics: Selected Issues

The muon plays an increasingly important role in particle, nuclear, and atomic physics. Physics Professor Igor Strakovsky describes various aspects of modern physics involving muons.

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Convent Paradise

Lynn Westwater, Italian Professor, celebrates Tarabotti’s Venetian nun experience, colored by 17th-century religious culture.

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A Cultural History of Disability: Volumes 1-6 (The Cultural Histories Series)

The volumes describe different kinds of physical and mental disabilities, their representations and receptions and what impact they have had on society.

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Principles of Animal Research Ethics

DeGrazia co-authored this volume to present a framework of general principles for animal research ethics and an analysis of the principles' moral requirements.

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China and the World

Gaston Sigur Professor of Asian Studies, Political Science & International Affairs David Shambaugh edited this comprehensive and timely scholarly assessment of China’s position in all regions of...

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Sarra Copia Sulam: A Jewish Salonnière and the Press in Counter-Reformation Venice

Associate Professor of Italian Lynn Westwater authored this first biography of Sarra Copia Sulam, the 17th century Jewish poet and polemicist who led one of the most...

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Engine of Modernity: The Omnibus and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris

Masha Belenky, associate professor of French, examines the connection between public transportation and popular culture in 19th-century Paris through a focus on the omnibus—a...