China's Leaders: From Mao to Now
Political Science Professor David Shambaugh offers a refreshing account of China’s dramatic post-revolutionary history through the prism of those who ruled it.
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.
After Nationalism: Being American in an Age of Division
Samuel Goldman trains an eye on the trend of rising nationalism, highlighting the deep challenges that face any effort to revive national social cohesion.
This work explores East Asian performances and reworkings of Shakespeare in Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
Neutrino Mass: Past, Present, and Future
Physics Professor Igor Strakovsky addresses topical problems in neutrino physics, in particular the evolution of neutrino mass research and determination of neutrino masses.
Anthropology professor Roy Richard Grinker, Ph.D. explores the history of stigmatizing mental illness.
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.