College of Arts and Sciences

Jay Geller, Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies, Department of History (Cornell University Press) The evocative and riveting stories of four brothers—Gershom the Zionist, Werner the Communist, Reinhold the nationalist, and Erich the liberal—weave together in The Scholems, a biography of an eminent middle-class Jewish Berlin family and a social...

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Justin Buchler, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science (Oxford University Press) As the last decade has shown, ideological polarization in Congress has reached historic levels. Yet, spatial theory has become increasingly important for how scholars understand Congress and legislative elections. In spatial models, candidates select positions along an ideological spectrum,...

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Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Elmer G. Beamer-Hubert H. Schneider Professor in Ethics, Department of Philosophy (Punctum Books) A process begun in Pisa, Italy in April of 2016 during a workshop on political theory in the Anthropocene, The Wind ~ An Unruly Living is a philosophical exercise (askêsis, translated, following Ignatius of Loyola, as “spiritual exercise”). In...

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Elina Gertsman, Professor, Department of Art History and Art (Cambridge University Press) Co-written with Barbara Rosenwein. The extraordinary array of images included in this volume reveals the full and rich history of the Middle Ages. Exploring material objects from the European, Byzantine and Islamic worlds, the book casts a new...

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Elizabeth Meckes,  Professor and Mark Meckes, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics & Statistics (Cambridge University Press) Linear Algebra offers a unified treatment of both matrix-oriented and theoretical approaches to the course, which will be useful for classes with a mix of mathematics, physics, engineering, and computer science students. Major topics...

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Timothy Beal, Florence Harkness Professor of Religion, Department of Religious Studies; Interim Dean (Princeton University Press) The life and times of the New Testament’s most mystifying and incendiary book Few biblical books have been as revered and reviled as Revelation. Many hail it as the pinnacle of prophetic vision, the cornerstone...

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