The new AI usage policy for @nyupress.bsky.social is available on nyupress.org in the resources section. In short, only OK (1) with transparency, (2) within a gated system, and (3) for ideation, basic editing, and to assist with citation and metadata.
It’s gonna take me a while to process all of the amazing inputs from #TED2026 (I will try for this weekend’s Newsletter). In the meantime, though, I’ll share my big takeaway from the week:
"Beginning May 7: Arturo Schomburg is seen anew through an exhibition featuring his founding collection and a newly published book, during the Center’s centennial anniversary"
www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
I'm excited to visit @sharonquinsaat.bsky.social @grinnellcollege.bsky.social next week and share the backstory of #TheLoyaltyTrap and why liberal arts learning is crucial for doing meaningful and impactful work. If you are near Grinnell, please pop in!
https://www.canal-u.tv/chaines/fmsh/interviews-d-auteurs/le-cooperisme-une-theorie-politique-economique-et-sociale
Présentation du nouveau livre, *Le Coopérisme : Une théorie politique, économique, et sociale* qui vient de paraitre au éditions MSH : www.canal-u.tv/chaines/fmsh... | @lab-iris.bsky.social @ehess.fr @editionsmsh.bsky.social
Alexandra Natapoff, the author of "Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice," is featured on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as he discusses police stings and the roles of confidential informants.
Watch the full clip here: buff.ly/oXhWJOo
@lastweektonight.com
#TBT to 1978! From gatekeeping in NYC art galleries to the rise of mass culture in France and the evolution of country music, this #TBT revisits “The Production of Culture.”
Explore the social roots of our symbolic world and dissect how art and media are actually made.
www.jstor.org/stable...
Nancy Fraser's remembrance of Habermas is really great. At once respectful and critical.
Fraser is really important to me for her feminist critique of the system-lifeworld dichotomy that is found in nearly all cultural pessimist technology criticism.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...
After the Super Bowl ad backlash, Ring quietly ended its partnership with license plate reader company Flock Safety. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson spoke with @suzannesmalley.bsky.social about what that moment revealed, and what it didn't, about how far police surveillance already goes.
Excerpt from Your Data Will Be Used Against You Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @wired.com @nyupress.bsky.social
Timed to the start of the London Book Fair, I will give an overview of the book publishing industry this evening at NYU London.
Today at NYU London, James Moran and I will lead a student workshop on improving nonfiction writing.
Author of Racial Exhaustion @ralinajoseph.bsky.social on the need for collective accountability for community success.
This March, we're honoring the women who have made history. Save 30% on all titles in our Women's History Month collection now.
A list of the 19 incoming visiting scholars, including their headshots, names, and institutional affiliations: Gregory Acs, Urban Institute Omer Ali, University of Pittsburgh Tony Cheng, Duke University Bo Cowgill, Columbia University Peter Hepburn, Rutgers University–Newark Jelani Ince, University of Washington Elizabeth Jacobs, University of Connecticut Christine Jang-Trettien, City University of New York Gabriela Kirk-Werner, Syracuse University Lisa Levenstein, University of North Carolina, Greensboro Rachel Meltzer, Cornell University Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University Suzanne Mettler, Cornell University Ryan Parsons, University of Mississippi Samuel Perry, University of Oklahoma Laurel Smith-Doerr, University of Massachusetts Amherst Mary Ellen Stitt, Rutgers University Lauren Valentino, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Caitlin Zaloom, New York University
I am so excited to be part of this incredible group of incoming Russell Sage Foundation @russellsagefdn.bsky.social Visiting Scholars.
Taking Rawls's overlapping consensus seriously would go a long way to this. If ends of justice are shared, it shouldn't matter how we get to them.
Today, we're launching the Obama Presidency Oral History—a comprehensive record of the Obama presidency through the voices of officials, artists, organizers and people from all walks of life. 462 Interviews, 1100 hours of audio and video, 6 years in the making.
obamaoralhistory.columbia.edu
If you're local to NYC on Tues, Feb 17 find out how civility operates across culture, identity, media, and the arts featuring NYU community members Charlton McIlwain, Kwame Anthony Appiah, and Catharine Stimpson, moderated by Eric Klinenberg, @ipk.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social
Jade Power-Sotomayor explains how Bad Bunny takes the Super Bowl half time stage as an entertainer and activist.
"What links these essays is the seriousness with which the authors approach civility. This is a book that assumes the reader will take the time to grapple with the complexities of the various arguments and learn something from each of them." @forbes.com
In his forthcoming book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You, George Washington University Law School professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson explores how sensor-driven technologies, social media monitoring, and artificial intelligence can be weaponized against democratic values and personal freedoms.
"The fact that Resistance 2.0 is expanding its tactics gives me hope. Americans are finding their voices and their power to push back against burgeoning autocracy." @fisherdanar.bsky.social
We're proud to share that "Black Panther Woman" by Mary Frances Phillips has been named a Finalist for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize!
Congratulations to all for this worthy recognition!
@asalh-bhm.bsky.social
The last time I attended an academic conference without an editorial responsibility was 2004.
Looking forward to attending #mla26 offering some great books in literature and poetry from nyupress.bsky.social and featuring our partners at fonografeditions.bsky.social. 👉 nyupress.org/search-resul...
