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This month we are pleased to release 14 new titles, just in time for the back-to-school rush. Covering a broad range of historical and contemporary topics, from Arab history in the Middle Ages to the COVID-19 response, these new books have something for everyone to kick off the school year. We also have three new … Read More >

Natural Allies: Environment, Energy, and the History of US-Canada Relations by Daniel Macfarlane is a reinterpretation of the history of US-Canada relations through environmental and energy issues. In the guest blog below, Macfarlane gives us an introduction to the topic of his book.

Billions of dollars of goods and services cross the Canada-US border daily. Canada is … Read More >

McGill-Queen’s is thrilled to announce that May We Be Spared To Meet On Earth by Russel A. Potter, Regina Koellner, Peter Carney, & Mary Williamson has won The Canadian Nautical Research Society 2023 Keith Matthews Prize.

May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth collects the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out … Read More >

This month, we are pleased to release four new titles spanning a wide range of topics from queer film in early-twentieth-century Germany to Indigenous Pentecostalism in Canada. These new books include the latest additions to our Queer Film Classics Series, Studies in Leadership, Public Policy, and Governance Series, and Advancing Studies in Religion Series.

Check out the complete list of August … Read More >

American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
Los Angeles, August 31-September 2

In respect of the request from the union representing striking hotel workers in Los Angeles, McGill-Queens University Press is withdrawing its physical presence, both its booth and staff, from the APSA annual meeting this year. As a not-for-profit publisher with a sizable proportion of unionized staff, … Read More >

In Disparate Remedies: Making Medicines in Modern India, Nandini Bhattacharya details the cultural history of medicines in colonial and postcolonial India. In the guest blog below, Bhattacharya gives some important background information and introduces us to her new book.

While researching for and writing Disparate Remedies, I had in mind India’s flourishing pharmaceuticals industry, which expanded exponentially in … Read More >

This month, we are pleased to release twelve new books, including the newest additions to seven of our series: from Intoxicating Histories to The History of Ideas Series.

Check out the complete list of July releases below!

Citizens, Civil Society, and Activism under the EPRDF Regime in Ethiopia
An Analysis from Below
Edited by Camille Pellerin and Logan Cochrane

This collection … Read More >

Hugo von Hofmannsthal is frequently portrayed as an aloof writer, out of step with modern sensibilities. Aesthetic Dilemmas: Encounters with Art in Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s Literary Modernism by Marlo Alexandra Burks re-evaluates his place in twentieth-century European Modernism by arguing that his work is not escapist but instead engages the consciousness of readers through … Read More >

This year for Canada Day, we’ve compiled a reading list that continues our new yearly tradition of reflecting on the many ways the day affects different communities in Canada. The titles below highlight and celebrate unique histories and experiences in Canada.

Happy reading!

The Boundaries of Ethnicity
German Immigration and the Language of Belonging in Ontario

By Benjamin … Read More >