December 30, 2020
Curious about how When Rabbis Bless Congress: The Great American Story of Jewish Prayers on Capitol Hill came to be? Author Howard Mortman provides some insights and fascinating anecdotes about researching and writing his book in a series of commonly-asked questions and answers.
December 9, 2020
We are pleased to present the latest in a new series of blog posts, ASP Abridged, in which authors give readers a short and sweet introduction to their latest book.
Here, Lina Būgienė introduces us to her new book, The Storytelling Human: Lithuanian Folk Tradition Today.
December 2, 2020
By October 1922, when the Lloyd George Government fell from power, the British Empire had reached its maximum territorial extent and seemed on the point of stabilizing all its imperial relationships. One of the newest areas to come under direct British control was a large section of the Middle East. The problem presenting itself to the British Government was how to deal with these new territories under the changed world conditions. There are innumerable elements to this problem and to treat the whole subject in equal depth for the whole period—from the acquisition of the Middle East until the end of Lloyd George’s reign—would be a daunting task. The present attempt is more modest.
November 18, 2020
We are pleased to present the latest in a new series of blog posts, ASP Abridged, in which authors give readers a short and sweet introduction to their latest book.
Here, Vera Tsareva-Brauner introduces us to her new book, Autographs Don’t Burn: Letters to the Bunins.
November 12, 2020
Academic Studies Press (ASP) and Plamen Press are pleased to announce a working partnership beginning October 31st 2020. In this agreement, ASP will act as Plamen Press’s sub-distributor, managing all sales and distribution activities for Plamen’s catalog. ASP’s titles have been distributed by Ingram Academic since 2017. Under this new partnership, Plamen’s books will now also be sold and distributed by Ingram Academic by way of ASP.
November 11, 2020
The works of Debora Vogel (1900-1942), eminent Polish-Jewish writer, poet, and critic writing in Yiddish in the twentieth century, have been collected and translated by Anastasiya Lyubas in the new volume Blooming Spaces: The Collected Poetry, Prose, Critical Writing, and Letters of Debora Vogel. Here, Dr. Lyubas tells us more about the book, Debora Vogel, and how this project came to her.
October 27, 2020
Although the 2020 United States Presidential election does not feature any strong third-party candidates, the future of the two-party system remains uncertain. If it turns out that the diagnosis is correct that the Republican Party has been replaced by a cult of personality (evidence: no party platform adopted this year), then no one knows what will happen once the cult of personality collapses (or if it does not).
October 21, 2020
In thinking about the eighty or so texts to include in The New Jewish Canon: Ideas and Debates, 1980-2015, my co-editor Yehuda Kurtzer and I sought the texts that had shaped the larger American Jewish community that we both call home. In some cases, this meant books or articles that for some period of time it seemed that everyone was reading and talking about. In other cases, we chose books and articles whose influence had been less direct—these were often texts that reflected or responded to collective shifts in ritual behavior, political affiliation, or knowledge. And some were texts that few would admit to having read because within the Jewish mainstream these materials were seen as belonging to the fringe; we included these because we believe that acknowledging and seeking to understand dangerous ideas and where they came from is much better than ignoring them.
October 2, 2020
As a forward-thinking, independent, academic press, we’re fortunate to publish some incredible scholarship, engaging educational materials, and crucial literary translations on a regular basis. Still, from time to time, a book comes along that combines all three and deserves frequent and relentless mention. That’s why, during Banned Books Week, we’ve been promoting Katherine E. Young’s meticulously translated Farewell, Aylis: A Non-Traditional Novel in Three Works by Azerbaijani writer, playwright, novelist, and editor Akram Aylisli, a courageous dissident writer currently under de facto house arrest in Baku, Azerbaijan for reasons directly attributed to the publication of one of the novellas in this book.
September 11, 2020
As the High Holidays approach, we enter a season of reflection. What better time to browse books on Jewish learning? We present here a reading list on a variety of topics in Jewish education, identity, and religious and cultural practice, some of which are freely available as Open Access ebooks.
