Available now: From preeminent fire historian Stephen J. Pyne, UNDYING FIRE offers a sweeping history of Europe told through flame—and a history of fire refracted through Europe's landscapes, sciences, and empires. Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Stephen Pyne, author of UNDYING FIRE, asks, "Why is it that countries that we think of as modernized—those that have money, science, technology—are the ones that are being clobbered?" The answer isn't just climate—it's also how we've changed the land itself. Read more in The New Yorker:

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Across Spain, France, England, and much of Europe, this year has seen extreme wildfires. Why are flames erupting in this particular way, in this particular moment in time? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Greenhouse #envhum book talks start up again this month! Episode 199: Sara Pritchard @sarabpritchard.bsky.social on Transforming Night: The History and Science of Light Pollution (@uwapress.uw.edu, 2026), Monday 24 August 2026, 4pm Central European / 10am Eastern. newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...

"Made in China Journal" published a conversation between Yuan Gao and I about my recent book. @uwapress.uw.edu madeinchinajournal.com/2026/07/27/r...

Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People | Made in China Journal

Environmental historians of modern China have often examined how states transformed landscapes in pursuit of economic development and ideological visions of remaking nature. In Remaking the Earth, Exh...

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When saving wetlands imperils Black futures, restoration demands reimagination. In GOOD SEDIMENT, Monica Patrice Barra reframes ecological repair as a political and cultural practice through an ethnographic study of Black coastal communities in Louisiana. Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

THE CHEROKEE NATURAL WORLD, an #OpenAccess collection of stories, language, and teachings, is available now via #RavenSpace, published by @ubcpress.bsky.social in association with UW Press. bit.ly/CherokeeNatu... Also see the companion print edition, CHEROKEE EARTH DWELLERS. #NAISA2026 #NAIS

Enjoy this @hnetreviews.bsky.social H-Environment roundtable on THE BEACH CURE by Meghan Crnic, an environmental history of healing on the Northeastern shores of the US in the late 19th century: networks.h-net.org/sites/defaul...

Learning Innovation | ‘Charged’: From EV Batteries to Online Learning Artificial Intelligence, course development and electrical mobility. By Joshua Kim: https://bit.ly/4pm7UEg #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Looking forward to #ESHS-HSS in Edinburgh! My talk will be one of the last talks in the last panels on the last day! WHEE! If you can't make it (can't blame anyone), here's the flyer for my book, #TransformingNight, w/promo codes for both US & outside-the-US addresses! Thank you, @uwapress.uw.edu!

Now available, KURDISH WOMEN'S TRANSNATIONAL RESISTANCE by Nisa Göksel offers urgent insights into the resilience of women’s movements under authoritarianism, displacement, and war. 40% off + free domestic shipping with promo code WARM26 at checkout through July 11: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

If you're visiting Seattle this summer or hosting out-of-towners, we're offering free access to excerpts from our Essential Seattle collection through July 15, featuring books that explore the city's histories, cultures, and communities. Browse the collection: bit.ly/EssentialSeattle

📢 This week, we're thrilled to be attending #IMC2026 for the second year with a selection of our distributed presses. Stop by our stand to catch some excellent #Medieval titles at 50% off! @imc-leeds.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social @uwapress.uw.edu @uofmpress.bsky.social #MSUP

Available now, THE RACIAL ENVIRONMENTAL STATE by Keith K. Miyake delivers a bold rethinking of how race, environment, and state power are entangled. Get 40% off and free domestic shipping with promo code WARM26 at checkout through July 11. Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

could not have envisioned a better reviewer for ‘A Volatile Picture' than Shyam Tekwani who has lived this book & its photos. Enormously grateful for these words 🙏🏽 | How Photographs Defied All Attempts to Bury the Memory of Sri Lanka's War thewire.in/books/how-ph... @thewire.in

How Photographs Defied All Attempts to Bury the Memory of Sri Lanka's War

A groundbreaking study of how everyday photographs became instruments of memory, mourning and political resistance in the aftermath of Sri Lanka's civil war.

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Read our Q&A with Vindhya Buthpitiya @vindi-b.bsky.social, author of A VOLATILE PICTURE, on photography as witness and weapon amid civil war. She shares more about her in-depth fieldwork in Sri Lanka and reflects on the "volatile" nature of images, whose meanings and political uses shift over time.

The Political Work of Photography: A Conversation with Vindhya Buthpitiya

Author Vindhya Buthpitiya shares insights from the in-depth fieldwork behind her book, A Volatile Picture and discusses how photographs are vital tools for protest, solidarity, and the realization …

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We were delighted to host University of Guam Press (UOG Press) Managing Editor Vanessa Ochavillo for an AUPresses Week in Residency. Thanks to Vanessa for visiting and talking publishing with us and to @aupresses.bsky.social for making the residency happen!

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 | Gabriel Corsetti on Zev Handel's 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎 (University of Washington Press): "... an accessible and informative book that thoroughly debunks these and other misconceptions about the nature of Chinese writing." chajournal.com/2026/06/14/c... 。。

👋 AUPresses2026! We were thrilled to welcome our colleagues to Seattle for the @aupresses.bsky.social annual meeting. From panels, author talks, and the urgent words of @katestarbird.bsky.social on resisting the spread of disinformation, we leave inspired. Now let's go forth and make books!

Thank you to #AUPresses2026 host @uwapress.uw.edu! We love your city, your press, and your authors 🫶

The Association of University Presses met in Seattle, June 13–15, with more than 470 attendees prepared to discuss AI, DEI, scholarly rigor, and standing the test of time.

At the AUPresses Conference, Publishers Strive for Durability and Trust

The Association of University Presses met in Seattle, June 13–15, with more than 470 attendees prepared to discuss AI, DEI, scholarly rigor, and standing the test of time.

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Last week marked the 46th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Biologist & author Eric Wagner reflects on how the return of wildlife shows "how a community can assemble and reassemble itself in the aftermath of tremendous cataclysm." Enjoy this sneak peek of our Summer 2026 issue!

Ruin and Return

The real lesson from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

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In association with CSPN, @uwapress.uw.edu publishes the Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography which features scholarly and general-interest books on the peoples and issues that have defined and shaped the North American West. uwapress.uw.edu/search-resul...

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Our Summer Book Sale is on now! Save 40% and enjoy free domestic shipping on *all* books on our website—including preorders. Use code WARM26 at checkout. uwapress.uw.edu/summer-readi...

‘A Volatile Picture’ month at last! The book is shipping out in the US via @uwapress.uw.edu (summer sale on now! ) / UK distributor @livunipress.bsky.social Out in the world on the 16th of June uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295... | liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

Our Summer Book Sale is on now! Save 40% and enjoy free domestic shipping on *all* books on our website—including preorders. Use code WARM26 at checkout. uwapress.uw.edu/summer-readi...

We're thrilled to see two UW Press books among these finalists, both #OpenAccess via @manifoldscholar.bsky.social. KERNELS OF RESISTANCE by Liza Grandia: uw.manifoldapp.org/projects/ker... UPLAND GEOPOLITICS by Michael B. Dwyer: uw.manifoldapp.org/projects/upl...

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Announcing the 2026 finalists for ACLS Open Access Book Prizes + Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards! Five books in six categories—anthropology, environmental humanities, history, literary/media studies, multimodal, and political science—advance to the final round of $50k prizes: bit.ly/43rZPDD

Available now, THE RACIAL ENVIRONMENTAL STATE by Keith K. Miyake delivers a bold rethinking of how race, environment, and state power are entangled—from the racial politics of public housing in 1970s New York to the construction of US-Mexico border walls. Learn more: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Chicana curator Elizabeth Ferrer made the decision to remove a portrait of Cesar Chavez from her exhibition “Chicano Camera Culture.” She explains why at the link below.

I'm a Chicana Curator. This Is Why I Removed Cesar Chavez From My Show

The decision to remove a portrait of the labor leader from “Chicano Camera Culture” at The Cheech was not one I took lightly.

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Tamiko Nimura faces the past head-on as she shares coming to terms with her family's experiences while incarcerated during World War II and her father's death.

Tacoma author revisits her father's keen account of WWII incarceration

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On @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, Vindhya Buthpitiya @vindi-b.bsky.social discusses A VOLATILE PICTURE (June 16)—on Tamil photographic practices in Sri Lanka and the making and moving of images across borders, communities, and generations. Listen to the interview: newbooksnetwork.com/a-volatile-p...

Tamiko Nimura’s A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter’s Return to Tule Lake is an inventive memoir that explores how rejection from academia helped launch her into ancestral research, and ultimately a visit to the site of one of the worst Japanese American internment camps.

This Isn’t Solitary Work - The Stranger

Due to loud construction noises in my home, I had to have this conversation with Tamiko Nimura, author of the new memoir A Place for What We Lose: A Daughter’s Return to Tule Lake, in my bathroom with...

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