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A History Through Monsters

A history of how humans have created monsters... and what these monsters tell us about humanity's present and future.

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At a time of dramatic change for scholarship and publishing, we collaborate with faculty, librarians, authors, and students to stay ahead of today’s knowledge demands and shape the future of publishing.

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Animal History

Animal History publishes cutting-edge historical research on the histories of animals and human-animal relationships.

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  • A Fascinating Case of Forgery

    The first in-depth look at the history and legacies of forgeries in Chinese art.

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  • Charles Darwin’s Living Legacy

    Even today we find that some biology teachers fail to emphasize this key dimension of the life sciences for fear of backlash, or worse because they personally do not accept the validity of evolution.

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  • Q&A with Rocío Aranda-Alvarado and Deborah Cullen-Morales, editors of “A Handbook of Latinx Art”

    Rocío Aranda-Alvarado and Deborah Cullen-Morales discuss their book “A Handbook of Latinx Art," a curated selection of key texts and artists’ voices exploring US Latinx art and art history from the 1960s to the present.

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  • AI and Scholarly Publishing

    As historians of science, we consider the potential impact of AI on our own scholarly writing and the training of students, along with viewing AI in the context of a longer historical conversation about the nature of knowledge, the rules of authorship, and human interactions with technology.

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