UW Press receives Mellon Grant to publish in Modern Languages
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The
University of Washington Press and the presses
at Fordham University, University of California, University of Pennsylvania,
and University of Virginia have been awarded a collaborative grant of $1.16
million from the prestigious Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to publish scholarly books on the literatures of the non-Anglophone
world. The Modern
Language Initiative (MLI) will support the
publication of 20 titles by the University of Washington Press over the next
five years.
The grant will assist the University
of Washington Press in identifying, publishing, and disseminating first books
by scholars in such fields as rhetoric, film, performing arts, and popular
culture, as well as language and literature. The focus of this initiative is on
language itself, especially as manifested in literature and other cultural
narratives, rather than on areas of geographic or national origin.
We're quite excited to be part of such a great collaborative effort!
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| Jack Hamann at the UW Library's 2009 Blom Lecture
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On American Soil
Jack Hamann, author of On American Soil, is the featured lecturer at the University of Washington Library's annual Blom Lecture, which will take place at 7 p.m. on March 6.
This lecture is free and open to the public, but an rsvp is requested. More details can be found here.
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| Literary Voices
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Join UW Press authors Lynda Mapes, Lauro Flores, and Cliff Mass
Literary Voices is the annual University of Washington Library benefit.
This wonderful evening brings together a variety of Northwest authors,
including UW Press authors Lynda Mapes, Cliff Mass, and Lauro Flores,
all in a beautiful setting with a lovely dinner.
For more information, contact Joyce Agee at ageejoy@u.washington.edu
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Join our list
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Greetings!
In recognition of Black History Month, we are pleased to spotlight
our distinguished books in African American art, literature, history,
and culture. Through February 28, get 20% off a selection of titles,
including Jacob Lawrence: The Complete Prints (1963-2000), Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968, Carl Maxey: A Fighting Life, and more. For the full list of titles and additional information, see our website.
As always, if you have any questions please feel free to get in touch!
All the best,
Rachael
(206) 221.4995 / remann@u.washington.edu
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| Cliff Mass
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 The Weather of the Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest experiences the most varied and fascinating
weather in the United States, including world-record winter snows, the
strongest non-tropical storms in the nation, and shifts from desert to
rain forest in a matter of miles. Local weather features dominate the
meteorological landscape, from the Puget Sound convergence zone and
wind surges along the Washington Coast, to gap winds through the
Columbia Gorge and the "Banana Belt" of southern Oregon. This book is
the first comprehensive and authoritative guide to Northwest weather
that is directed to the general reader; helpful to boaters, hikers, and
skiers; and valuable to expert meteorologists.
In
The Weather of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington
atmospheric scientist and popular radio commentator Cliff Mass unravels
the intricacies of Northwest weather, from the mundane to the
mystifying. By examining our legendary floods, snowstorms, and
windstorms, and a wide variety of local weather features, Mass answers
such interesting questions as:
o Why does the Northwest have localized rain shadows?
o What is the origin of the hurricane force winds that often buffet the region?
o Why does the Northwest have so few thunderstorms?
o What is the origin of the Pineapple Express?
o Why do ferryboats sometimes seem to float above the water's surface?
o Why is it so hard to predict Northwest weather?
Mass
brings together eyewitness accounts, historical records, and
meteorological science to explain Pacific Northwest weather. He also
considers possible local effects of global warming. The final chapters
guide readers in interpreting the Northwest sky and in securing weather
information on their own.
Cliff Mass, professor of atmospheric
sciences at the University of Washington and weekly guest on KUOW
radio, is the preeminent authority on Northwest weather. He has
published dozens of articles on Northwest weather and leads the
regional development of advanced weather prediction tools.
Catch Cliff Mass on:
Sunday, March 14 at 2 p.m. at Bloedel Reserve, on Brainbridge Island.
Saturday, March 15 at 3:00 p.m. at Eagle Harbor Books.
Monday, March 16 at noon at Washington Capitol Campus General Administration Building, with Olympia State Capitol Museum
Monday, March 16 at 5 p.m. at South Puget Sound Community College Fine
Arts Auditorium, reception followed by lecture and signing
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Brian Horowitz
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 Jewish Philanthropy and Enlightenment in
late-Tsarist Russia
The Society for the Promotion of Enlightenment among the Jews of Russia
(OPE) was a philanthropic organization, the oldest Jewish organization
in Russia. Founded by a few wealthy Jews in St. Petersburg who wanted
to improve opportunities for Jewish people in Russia by increasing
their access to education and modern values, OPE was secular and
nonprofit. The group emphasized the importance of the unity of Jewish
culture to help Jews integrate themselves into Russian society by
opening, supporting, and subsidizing schools throughout the country.
OPE was hobbled by the bureaucracy and sometimes outright
hostility of the Russian government, which imposed strict regulations
on all aspects of Jewish lives. The OPE was also limited by the many
disparate voices within the Jewish community itself. Debates about the
best type of schools (secular or religious, co-educational or
single-sex, traditional or "modern") were constant. Even the choice of
language for the schools was hotly debated.
Jewish Philanthropy
and Enlightenment in Late-Tsarist Russia offers a model of individuals
and institutions struggling with the concern so central to contemporary
Jews in America and around the world: how to retain a strong Jewish
identity, while fully integrating into modern society.
Brian
Horowitz is Sizeler Family Chair of Jewish Studies and director of the
German and Slavic Studies Department, Tulane University. He is the
author of The Myth of A. S. Pushkin in Russia's Silver Age.
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Eric Ames
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 Carl Hagenbeck's Empire of Entertainments
The name of Carl Hagenbeck is as evocative in Europe as that of P. T.
Barnum or Walt Disney in North America. Hagenbeck was the nineteenth
century's foremost animal trader and ethnographic showman, known for
his enormously popular displays of people, animals, and artifacts
gathered from all corners of the globe. The culmination of Hagenbeck's
commercial ventures was the opening of his Tierpark near Hamburg in
1907, a dazzling assemblage of constructed exotic environments
inhabited by humans and animals.
Written in an accessible style with many
wonderful images, this book draws on meticulous archival research and a
wealth of primary sources not available in English. It is an original
and entertaining interdisciplinary study that will appeal to readers
interested in visual culture, popular culture, nineteenth-century
German history, and film studies, as well as anyone intrigued by the
history of such popular entertainments as zoos, museums, panoramas,
world's fairs, cinema, theme parks, anthropological exhibitions, and
Wild West Shows.
Eric Ames is assistant professor of German at the University of Washington.
Join Eric for a lecture:
March 19 at 7 p.m. at University Bookstore.
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Phillip Levine
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 Phillip Levine
This book celebrates noted Seattle sculptor Phillip Levine's fifty-year
anniversary as the creator of works inspired by the worlds of dance,
song, sport, and social commentary. It includes a valuable
autobiographical essay by the sculptor. Contributions by fellow
sculptor Tom Jay and Norman Lundin, painter and professor of art at the
University of Washington, offer an intimate perspective on the artist's
enduring creative endeavor and accomplishment.
Levine
has lived, taught, and maintained a studio in Seattle since he arrived
in the city in 1959. His sculpture Dancer With Flat Hat has greeted
generations of students at the University of Washington. All those who
have found beauty and delight in Levine's vision will enjoy the
comprehensive portfolio of illustrations at the heart of the book,
which covers the full span of his career. This fresh look into the
artist's life work reveals his deep interest in the figure in movement,
and the unexpected way the use of bronze, with its density and
strength, opened the door to an artistic world of timeless lightness
and grace.
Join Phillip for a lecture:
March 31 at 7:30 p.m. at Elliott Bay Books.
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