Bethany Wasik
@bethanywasik.bsky.social
Editor in Chief at Cornell University Press acquiring in ancient, medieval, military, *and* European history. In a past life, completed a biology Ph.D. In this life, likes books, Criterion, rye, history, science, all the things in between, *and* donuts.
FYI, #AncientBlueSky, #SkyStorians, & #ClassicsBlueSky! The cover just dropped for Gregory Nagy's 2nd edition of "Greek Mythology and Poetics"! Head to @cornellupress.bsky.social for more on this addition to the #MythAndPoeticsII series and how to pre-order: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Anyway, buy my book etc. etc. cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Flooded Pasts by William Carruthers | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Flooded Pasts examines a world famous yet critically underexamined event—UNESCO's International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia (1960–80)—to show how the project, its genealogy, and its...
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William Carruthers@williamcarruthers.bsky.social · yesterdayJust saw this and the lack of context in this (really flimsy) show that this review notes seems to me pretty emblematic of the Met’s display of Dendur, which hasn’t ever gone into much detail about how the temple got there (or the place where it came from): news.artnet.com/art-world/gi...
You didn't ask but we planted seeds and watered them and then beautiful green things grew and some are even edible and please clap. #AmateurGardenerEditor
Another Friday. Another Sunken Boat. We did it again? Cheers, team, to at least pretending that we did.
Book Recommendation #2, for absolutely no reason at all... "Penelope and Her Maids" by Emily G. Shanahan Great praise, info, and how to pre-order (coming soon!) at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... P.S. I love this cover.
Book Recommendation #1, for absolutely no reason at all... "The Many-Minded Man: The "Odyssey," Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic" by @sentantiq.bsky.social Praise, author interviews, and how to order at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... P.S. It's OA.
If I accomplish the 3 Big Things on my to-do list, I get a cocktail for each later, right? That's how rewards work, right? Best to devise rewards before adequate coffee intake, right?
Book Recommendation #2, for absolutely no reason at all... "Penelope and Her Maids" by Emily G. Shanahan Great praise, info, and how to pre-order (coming soon!) at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... P.S. I love this cover.
Book Recommendation #1, for absolutely no reason at all... "The Many-Minded Man: The "Odyssey," Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic" by @sentantiq.bsky.social Praise, author interviews, and how to order at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501... P.S. It's OA.
In other news, I get to open my inbox tomorrow after twelve days of neglect and I'm oh so terribly excited.
Academic authors: For a fee, I will read your book on the NYC subway looking very engrossed. Extra for if you want me to point, and say very loudly, "THIS is what I'm talking about!"
Well-Pleaded Complaints@timorous.cishet.net · last wk.spotted: man on the uptown D reading @unlawfulentries.bsky.social’s “Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship”. that’s what we call a blockbuster hit folks
NEAR AND DESIRED THINGS by Marisa Karyl Franz reveals nineteenth-century Siberian museums, built on Indigenous land and increasingly populated by political exiles, as active sites of ethnographic knowledge-making. #Museum #Anthropology #Russia Learn more here: https://ow.ly/T12x50YrFCM
Near and Desired Things by Marisa Karyl Franz | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Near and Desired Things reveals nineteenth-century Siberian museums, built on Indigenous land and increasingly populated by political exiles, as active sites of ethnographic knowledge-making and centers...
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Cheers to the last Friday of vacation with another Old-Fashioned. Next week will be fun, team. We can do it.
I finally had the good sense to turn off notifications of work emails and messages for the week away from the office and please clap.
Not Friday but feels like it. Celebrating with an Old Fashioned after an epic week of strategic planning, getting more practice saying no, and the start of a vacation. Cheers, team. We did it again.
While interconnections between #humanitarian actors and #military operations are a pervasive feature of contemporary conflicts today, MILITARY HUMANITARIANISM, edited by Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor, challenges the idea that interactions are a recent phenomenon. Buy here: https://ow.ly/HbfZ50Yr58S
Military Humanitarianism by edited by Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor | Paperback | Cornell University Press
While interconnections between humanitarian actors and military operations are a pervasive feature of contemporary conflicts around the globe today, Military Humanitarianism challenges the idea that...
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Today is publication day of my latest book. I started writing it back in 2019 at a cafe in rural South Dakota. I wanted to write a book that was not centered on North Korea or diplomatic history, my areas of expertise. I hope people find it interesting: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Reds, Revolutions, and Rebellions by Benjamin R. Young | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
Reds, Revolutions, and Rebellions investigates how insurgent strategies from three revolutionary states—Mao's China, Guevara's Cuba, and Ho Chi Minh's Vietnam—shaped the tactics of armed movements...
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The book launch for "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Liberation", at the Linen Hall Library in May, was filmed and is now available on YouTube - an 'in conservation' event with the brilliant @elainefarrell.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8oi...
Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation
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And of course, if you'd like to find out more about Europe's chief route-makers and -takers, check out Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe (also a free Ebook) cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Postal Intelligence by Rachel Midura | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Postal Intelligence connects and situates histories of the post and government intelligence alongside print technology and state power in the wider context of the early modern communications revolutio...
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Well, here we are again. The mid-July How-many-books-to-bring-on-vacation Conundrum.
Bethany Wasik@bethanywasik.bsky.social · last yr.Welcoming the good anxiety of deciding how many books to bring on vacation... The usual is 4, but should I go for 6? What if that's too many? There's less time on the road this year, so maybe 3? What if that's too few and I finish them too soon and have to (gasp) talk to people the rest of the time?
Bourbon. In a new cocktail glass. With black walnut, chocolate, and cherry bitters. On a Friday. Cheers to the team.
Great news, #AncientBlueSky, #SkyStorians, & #ClassicsBlueSky! Emily Shanahan's cover just dropped for "Penelope and Her Maids" and it is 🔥 (to match what's on the inside, obvs.) Intrigued? Head to @cornellupress.bsky.social for praise and how to pre-order: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
NEAR AND DESIRED THINGS by Marisa Karyl Franz reveals nineteenth-century Siberian museums, built on Indigenous land and increasingly populated by political exiles, as active sites of ethnographic knowledge-making. #Museum #Anthropology #Russia Learn more here: https://ow.ly/T12x50YrFCM
Near and Desired Things by Marisa Karyl Franz | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Near and Desired Things reveals nineteenth-century Siberian museums, built on Indigenous land and increasingly populated by political exiles, as active sites of ethnographic knowledge-making and centers...
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