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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Samuel F. B. Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" and the Art of Invention

David Bjelajac, professor of art history and American studies, wrote a chapter in this book (edited by Peter Brownlee) that explores the fresh insights of academics, curators and...

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On the Very Edge

Lilien Robinson, professor of art history, contributes to this work, which compiles fourteen empirical and comparative essays about modernism in the architecture, visual arts, and...

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Destino

Michelle Frankfurter, adjunct professor of new media photojournalism, seeks to capture the experience of undocumented Central American migrants and their perilous journey across...

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The Image of the Prophet between Ideal and Ideology

David Bjelajac, professor of art history and American studies, authored a chapter for this volume, which aims to elucidate Muhammad’s visualization in the West vis-à-vis his image...

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Inhuman Nature

Edited by Jeffery Jerome Cohen, professor of English, Inhuman Nature...

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Democracy's Double-Edged Sword

Catie Snow Bailard, Assistant Professor of Media and Public Affairs, argues that the Internet—by altering the quantity and range of information available to citizens—directly...

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日本語とオノマトペ:音象徴と構造

日本語のオノマトペの特徴は、情報を効率よく伝えるために有効だというだけではない。一般に、オノマトペは、言語的な核の外側に存在すると思われているが、日本語のオノマトペの場合、日本語の構造と切っても切れない関係にある。1986年に本書の著者が英語の博士論文(Hamano 1986)で日本語のオノマトペの音韻的な特徴を体系的に扱って以来、様々な研究者が日本語のオノマトペの音韻的、...

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NN and 3N Interactions

Physics Professor Igor Strakovsky provides an overview on free nucleon-nucleon interactions and also two-nucleon dynamics in a nuclear medium.

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The Chemistry and Physics of Drugs Used in Anesthesia

Cynthia Dowd, associate professor of chemistry, co-wrote this in-depth exploration of physics to significantly expand and update "The Chemistry of Drugs for Nurse Anesthetists,"...

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Judaism in Transition: How Economic Choices Shape Religious Tradition

Carmel Chiswick, professor of economics, argues in this book that economics is a blind spot in our understanding of religion and recasts the history of American Jews as one of...