Author of Werner Herzog, Joshua Lund answers questions about his motivations for writing, and dispels some myths about Herzog. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? A book […]
Q&A with Joshua Lund, Author of Werner Herzog
Category: European history
Release Party: The Age of Noise in Britain, by James G. Mansell
Sound transformed British life in the “age of noise” between 1914 and 1945. The sonic maelstrom of mechanized society bred anger and anxiety and even led observers to forecast the […]
Release Party: From Gluttony to Enlightenment, by Viktoria von Hoffmann
Scorned since antiquity as low and animal, the sense of taste is celebrated today as an ally of joy, a source of adventure, and an arena for pursuing sophistication. The […]
Journal Spotlight: History of the Present
History of the Present, launched in 2010, is devoted to history as a critical endeavor. Its aim is twofold: to create a space in which scholars can reflect on the […]
Release Party: The Science of Sympathy, by Rob Boddice
The new UIP book The Science of Sympathy takes readers back to the Victorian Era and into the arguments over sympathy’s place in Darwinist reconsiderations of science and humanity. Charles […]
Throwbacklist Thursday: The Bastille Library
To commemorate Bastille Day, the University of Illinois Press celebrates its backlist of books on France and the French. Le Jazz: Jazz and French Cultural Identity, by Matthew F. Jordan […]