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MQUP Top 5: A Reading List for Sophie Harman’s “Seeing Politics” »
July’s MQUP Top 5 is from Sophie Harman, author of Seeing Politics: Film, Visual Method, and International Relations.
Engaging with a broad range of topics—the politics of everyday life, health, HIV/AIDS, Africa, post-colonialism, gender/feminist theory, visuality, film, and method—Seeing Politics looks at scholars who are pushing the boundaries of how they do … Read More >
MQUP Top 5: A Reading List for Anthony W. Lee’s “The Global Flows of Early Scottish Photography” »
June’s MQUP Top 5 comes from Anthony W. Lee, author of The Global Flows of Early Scottish Photography: Encounters in Scotland, Canada, and China. A timely book, it tells of an era when cameras emerged to give shape and meaning to some of the most defining moments brought about by globalization in the … Read More >
MQUP Top 5: A reading list for Emily Laxer’s “Unveiling the Nation” »
Below is our third installment of the MQUP Top 5. Each month we ask an MQUP author to compile a list of five books that inspired, informed, or pair well with their most recent publication with us.
May’s MQUP Top 5 comes from Emily Laxer, author of Unveiling the Nation: … Read More >
MQUP Top 5: A reading list for Adrian McKerracher’s “What It Means to Write” »
Below we present another installment of our monthly blog segment, the MQUP Top 5. Each month we ask an MQUP author to compile a list of five books that inspired, informed, or pair well with their most recent publication with us.
For April, Adrian McKerracher shares five works that in some way influenced … Read More >
MQUP Top 5: A reading list for Lucas Richert’s “Strange Trips” »
We are excited to introduce a new monthly segment on our blog: the MQUP Top 5. Each month a different MQUP author will compile a list of five books that inspired, informed, or pair well with their most recent publication with us.
For March, Lucas Richert shares his five selections for his new book, Read More >
How It Happened: Nina Munk and Ferenc Laczó discuss the Holocaust in Hungary »
As the long-overdue translation of Ernő Munkácsi’s How It Happened: Documenting the Tragedy of Hungarian Jewry arrives in bookstores, Nina Munk and Ferenc Laczó discuss the author’s controversial role as a member of the Jewish Council, Hungary’s lingering denials of complicity in the Holocaust, and why this powerful memoir is more relevant than ever.
Portrait of Ernő … Read More >
US Anti-Canadianism Didn’t Start with Trump: John Stewart Guest Blog »
John Stewart, director of policy and research at the Canadian Nuclear Association, spent twenty years as an economist and manager inside the US embassy in Ottawa. His latest book, Strangers with Memories: The United States and Canada from Free Trade to Baghdad, describes the apogee and decline of Canada’s relationship with the … Read More >
Louise Armaindo and the High-Wheel Racers of Nineteenth-Century America: M. Ann Hall Guest Blog »
In the post below, M. Ann Hall elaborates on the writing and research process behind her new book, Muscle on Wheels: Louise Armaindo and the High-Wheel Racers of Nineteenth-Century America.
The Viking Hoax That Rewrote History: Douglas Hunter Guest Blog »
MQUP author Douglas Hunter delves into the subject of his latest book, Beardmore: The Viking Hoax That Rewrote History. The book offers an unparalleled view inside a major museum scandal to show how power can be exercised across professional networks and hamper efforts to arrive at the truth. Hunter holds a PhD … Read More >
Elaine Craig Talks about Sexual Assault and the Courts »
Women Are Talking
By Elaine Craig, author of Putting Trials on Trial: Sexual Assault and the Failure of the Legal Profession
Women are talking about their experiences of sexual violence and harassment. They are doing so publicly, unapologetically, and in enormous numbers. They are encouraging other survivors of sexualized and gender-based violence to speak out, advocating the removal … Read More >
