Winner, 2023 Columbia University Press Distinguished Book Award Finalist, 2023 Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History, African American Intellectual History Society Shortlisted, Historical Nonfiction Legacy Award, Hurston / Wright Foundation Ralph Ellison famously characterized ensemble jazz...

Columbia University Press, in conjunction with the Office of the Provost, is pleased to announce that Antagonistic Cooperation: Jazz, Collage, Fiction, and the Shaping of African American Culture by Robert G. O’Meally and Not Exactly Lying: Fake News and Fake Journalism by Andie Tucher are the co-winners of...

Dear Seminars Community, As the 2023-2024 academic year begins, there are several exciting new developments to report. The office team has planned and brought to fruition new platforms that are being rolled out this fall. Gesenia Alvarez-Lazauskas created...

The University Seminars Archive is a valuable compilation of intellectual history spanning nearly 75 years. In the academic year 1944-1945, five seminars began to meet on an ongoing basis; three of those original seminars remain active. Since these WWII-era beginnings,...