Anthropology professor Roy Richard Grinker, Ph.D. explores the history of stigmatizing mental illness.
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.
Popular Literature from Nineteenth-Century France: French Text
Professor of French Masha Belenky published this collection of popular French texts which encapsulates one of the liveliest eras in French history.
Professor of Economics Barry R. Chiswick published this unique, conceptual, and statistical analysis of the economic progress of American Jews.
A History of the Chinese Language
Hongyuan Dong provides a comprehensive introduction to the historical development of the Chinese language from its Proto-Sino-Tibetan roots to Modern Chinese.
Viva George!: Celebrating Washington’s Birthday at the US-Mexico Border
Elaine A. Peña examines the annual celebration of George Washington’s birthday in the border towns of Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
Graphic Migrations: Precarity and Gender in India and the Diaspora
Kavita Daiya provides an archive of refugee experiences to respond to the question “What is created?” after decolonization and the 1947 Partition of India.
El imperio de la utopía: Mitos y realidades de la sociedad estadounidense
Silvio Waisbord offers an X-ray of current American society that helps to understand its historical contradictions and power to build myths and hide realities.
Translated from Spanish by Sergio Waisman, "The Regal Lemon Tree" is one of the late Juan José Saer's most beloved novels.
Ormond Seavey integrates the diverse aspects of Adams's writing, arguing for his placement among the major American writers of the nineteenth century.
Gente: A Task-Based Approach to Learning Spanish
María J. de la Fuente, professor of Spanish, is the author of "Gente," the only task-based, Spanish language learning textbook in the United States.