Multilingual Subjects: On Standard English, Its Speakers, and Others in the Long Eighteenth Century
Presentation on different varieties of English
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.
Professor of English Jeffrey Jerome Cohen teams with planetary scientist Linda T. Elkins-Tanton to explore what happens when we think of the Earth as an object viewable from space...
Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology
Eric Cline, professor of classics, anthropology and history, traces the history of archaeology from an amateur pursuit to the cutting-edge science it is today by taking the reader...
The Mathematics of Politics, Second Edition
E. Arthur Robinson, professor of mathematics, and Daniel H. Ullman, professor of mathematics counter the impression that mathematics is only the study...
New Study: Male Chimpanzees Can Be Players And Good Fathers
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Carson M. Murray and postdoctoral scientist Margaret A. Stanton coauthored a paper titled, "Chimpanzee Fathers Bias Their Behavior Toward Their Offspring." The...
City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York
Tyler Anbinder, professor of history, chronicles the American immigrant story by focusing on New York City as the nation’s defining port of entry for nearly four centuries and a...
Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America
Firearms and their use by North America's indigenous peoples.