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In Thailand, divination is a key instrument of power.Political Divinations is the first monograph on divination and powe...
09/14/2026

In Thailand, divination is a key instrument of power.

Political Divinations is the first monograph on divination and power in Thailand. Based on over a decade of research, this ethnography moves from the roadside fortune-telling markets of nocturnal Bangkok to the elite circles where renowned seers advise military generals, politicians, and business magnates.

Bridging religious and political anthropology, Edoardo Siani traces the transformation of cosmological knowledge from an instrument of royal sovereignty to a resource for popular sovereignty in contemporary Thailand.

"Political Divinations is an eloquent and risky (in all the best ways) ethnography of the place of magic in politics and everyday life in Thailand." —Tyrell Haberkorn, University of Wisconsin–Madison

"Siani’s book constitutes a major contribution to studies of Thai ritual and political cultures." —Peter A. Jackson, Australian National University, South East Asia Research

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Book Launch: Path of the TeabowlEdited by Meghen JonesPublished by Alfred Ceramic Art Museum Alfred University's own Meg...
09/11/2026

Book Launch: Path of the Teabowl
Edited by Meghen Jones
Published by Alfred Ceramic Art Museum

Alfred University's own Meghen Jones will talk about Path of the Teabowl, a monumental book she edited in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name here at ACAM. Originating in China and developed in Korea and Japan, the teabowl has been a special category of ceramics for more than a thousand years. Path of the Teabowl illuminates the historical, geographic, stylistic, and conceptual trajectories of this iconic genre, tracing its evolution from the black and brown glazed bowls used by Song Dynasty Buddhist monks to the avant-garde explorations of contemporary artists worldwide.

When: September 18, 2026 at 4:30 pm
Where: Alfred Ceramic Art Museum at Alfred University

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From Our Publishing Partner: Island Research and Education Initiative (i.R.E.i. Micronesia) Discover the remarkable rela...
09/10/2026

From Our Publishing Partner: Island Research and Education Initiative (i.R.E.i. Micronesia)

Discover the remarkable relationship between people, plants, and place in Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia.

Plants and People of Pohnpei offers an engaging introduction to the island’s rich botanical heritage, exploring how generations of Pohnpeians have relied on local plants for food, medicine, shelter, and cultural practices.

Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, this volume celebrates Pohnpei’s extraordinary biodiversity while highlighting the knowledge systems that have helped communities adapt to and care for their environment.

A valuable resource for readers interested in Micronesia, ethnobotany, island ecology, Indigenous knowledge, and Pacific cultures, Plants and People of Pohnpei invites us to look more closely at the plants around us and the knowledge they hold.

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We’re celebrating an outstanding showing for UH Press at the 2026 European Association for Southeast Asian Studies - Eur...
09/04/2026

We’re celebrating an outstanding showing for UH Press at the 2026 European Association for Southeast Asian Studies - EuroSEAS Book Prizes!

The EuroSEAS Book Prizes honor outstanding academic books on Southeast Asia in the humanities and social sciences. At the 2026 awards, Kathryn Dyt’s The Nature of Kingship: The Weather-World in Nineteenth-Century Vietnam won the Humanities Book Prize.

Three additional UH Press titles were shortlisted:

Humanities Book Prize
Confronting Christianity: The Protestant Mission and the Buddhist Reform Movement in Nineteenth-Century Thailand
by Sven Trakulhun

Social Sciences Book Prize
The Trade-Offs of Legal Status: Safe Migration, Documentation, and Debt in Southeast Asia
by Maryann Bylander
A Forest of Dreams: Capitalism, Conservation, and Indigenous Rights in the Philippines
by Noah Theriault

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Join Céline Coderey for a discussion of her recently published book, The Power of Remainder: Politics and Poetics of Hea...
09/04/2026

Join Céline Coderey for a discussion of her recently published book, The Power of Remainder: Politics and Poetics of Healing in Buddhist Myanmar.

Drawing on ethnographic research in Rakhine, Coderey explores health, healing, marginality, and medical pluralism in Buddhist Myanmar. At the heart of the book is the concept of the “remainder,” revealing how what is left out or unresolved can become a space for resilience, creativity, and hope.

September 8, 2026
16:00 SGT
Online via Zoom
Free registration: https://buff.ly/1DMnjxv

Hosted by the Asia Research Institute, NUS.

September is Hawaiian History Month and the birthday month of Queen Lili‘uokalani. Explore the rich and complex historie...
09/03/2026

September is Hawaiian History Month and the birthday month of Queen Lili‘uokalani. Explore the rich and complex histories of Hawai‘i through books examining the Hawaiian Kingdom, Queen Lili‘uokalani and her era, Hawai‘i’s sovereignty, and the many people and experiences that have shaped the islands.

From essential scholarship to engaging works on Hawai‘i’s past and heritage, discover titles that offer new perspectives on Hawai‘i and its place in the Pacific.

Celebrate Hawaiian History Month with 30% off featured books using code HHM26 at checkout.

Save 25% on Hawai‘i: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans

This title is excluded from the 30% discount. Receive 25% off with code KINGDOM25 at checkout.

Both offers expire September 30, 2026.

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We’re thrilled to share that Hawai‘i: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans, edited by Alice Christophe and published by University ...
08/27/2026

We’re thrilled to share that Hawai‘i: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans, edited by Alice Christophe and published by University of Hawai‘i Press in collaboration with the British Museum Press, has been nominated for the Prix Pierre Moos!

The international art-book prize celebrates the quality, diversity, and richness of specialized publishing in African, Oceanic, Asian, and American arts. Help us celebrate this recognition by voting for Hawai‘i: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans!

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Explore more than 900 Hawaiian works in the British Museum collection, alongside ancestral and contemporary works and co-curated stories that illuminate the enduring relationship between Hawai‘i and Great Britain.

Want to explore the book? Get 25% off with code KINGDOM25 through September 30, 2026.

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In The Excremental Imagination, Rajyashree Pandey ventures into an overlooked corner of medieval Japanese literature, un...
08/26/2026

In The Excremental Imagination, Rajyashree Pandey ventures into an overlooked corner of medieval Japanese literature, uncovering how excrement appears across Buddhist texts, popular tales, romances, and illustrated scrolls. From a highborn lady who farts in her lover’s presence, to an eccentric monk who defecates in the imperial precincts, to a noted calligrapher who uses an imperial anthology of poetry to mop up his diarrhea, these unforgettable stories reveal a rich literary world where humor, compassion, and Buddhist thought intersect.

"A raucously funny and surprisingly tender account of medieval Buddhist literary views of the body and its many excretions." —Charlotte Eubanks, Pennsylvania State University

"The Excremental Imagination is the product of extensive research and a masterful command of the materials covered." —Andrew Goble, University of Oregon

Purchase: https://go.hawaii.edu/p8R

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Published alongside a landmark exhibition at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Path of the Teabowl, edited by Meghen Jones,...
08/20/2026

Published alongside a landmark exhibition at the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Path of the Teabowl, edited by Meghen Jones, brings together leading art historians, curators, and ceramic artists to explore the teabowl’s historical, geographic, stylistic, and conceptual journeys. Featuring essays, object descriptions, makers’ reflections, and a richly illustrated catalogue of more than one hundred objects, this volume is an essential resource for students, collectors, artists, and readers interested in East Asian art and ceramics.

"This book will be an enduring resource for people who make, study, collect, or otherwise engage with ceramics."
—Richard L. Wilson, International Christian University

"This remarkable book shifts the paradigm by centering on the chawan (teabowl) itself, tracing a rich historical arc where Japan absorbed Chinese influence, celebrated Korean craftsmanship, and synthesized them into a distinct native identity."
—Maezaki Shinya, Ritsumeikan University

Save 30% on Path of the Teabowl with code TEABOWL30 through December 31, 2026. Online orders only.

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Distributed by UH Press for the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum.

Explore the life, work, and legacy of Lu Xun, one of modern China’s most influential writers.Now available in English fo...
08/18/2026

Explore the life, work, and legacy of Lu Xun, one of modern China’s most influential writers.

Now available in English for the first time, Lu Xun by Takeuchi Yoshimi, translated by Joshua A. Fogel and Jon Eugene von Kowallis, brings a foundational work of Lu Xun scholarship to a new generation of readers.

Originally published in Japan, Takeuchi’s Ro Jin (Lu Xun) had a decisive impact on the study of Lu Xun, placing his writing within the broader currents of modernity, philosophy, history, politics, and East Asian intellectual history.

Nearly eighty years after its original publication, this landmark study is finally accessible to English-language readers.

Lu Xun: https://go.hawaii.edu/r2R

Explore further with:

The Lyrical Lu Xun: A Study of His Classical-Style Verse by Jon Kowallis explores Lu Xun’s classical-style poetry through translations and extensive discussions of sixty-four poems, providing the most complete treatment of his classical poetry in any foreign language.

The Lyrical Lu Xun: https://go.hawaii.edu/DXR

Diary of a Madman and Other Stories, translated by William A. Lyell, features new translations of all of Lu Xun’s stories, offering readers the opportunity to experience the fiction that established his enduring place in Chinese and world literature.

Diary of a Madman and Other Stories: https://go.hawaii.edu/R2i

Together, these books offer complementary perspectives on Lu Xun’s writing, ideas, poetry, and lasting influence.

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