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Cambria Press Publication Review – The Immortal Maiden Equal to Heaven and Other Precious Scrolls from Western Gansu
ByCambria Press December 18, 2017December 18, 2017

Congratulations to Professor Wilt Idema (Harvard University) on the great review of his book, “The Immortal Maiden Equal to Heaven” and Other Precious Scrolls from Western Gansu. The Journal of Chinese Religions praises the book, noting that “this addition to a growing body of premodern popular Chinese literature in translation,…

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Cambria Press Publication Review – The Borderlands of Asia
ByCambria Press December 15, 2017December 18, 2017

Congratulations to Professor Mark Bender (The Ohio State University) on the great review of his book, The Borderlands of Asia: Culture, Place, Poetry. Mekong Review commends the book because “this is an anthology designed to get the poetry out there in an accessible and engagingly informative format.” The review notes…

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Cambria Press Publication Review – A New Strategy for Complex Warfare: Combined Effects in East Asia
ByCambria Press December 14, 2017December 14, 2017

Congratulations to Brigadier General Thomas Drohan on another outstanding journal review of his book, A New Strategy for Complex Warfare: Combined Effects in East Asia. The Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs commends the book because it “provides comprehensive and insightful analysis over a new strategy in complex warfare…

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Cambria Press Publication Review: The Sinophone Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien
ByCambria Press September 27, 2017September 26, 2017

Congratulations to Professor Christopher Lupke on the excellent review of his book, The Sinophone Cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien: Culture, Style, Voice, and Motion, by Film International, which praises it for being a well-informed book straddling between the disciplines of Chinese Studies and Film Studies and is highly relevant to film…

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Cambria Press Publication Excerpt by the Association of Asian Studies (AAS)
ByCambria Press June 19, 2017June 19, 2017

Read the #AsiaNow piece from the Association for Asian Studies, Inc. (AAS) about Professor Charlotte Furth’s new book Opening to China, which Ian Johnson, Beijing correspondent for The New York Times, and author of “The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao,” praises because “Charlotte Furth’s memoir provides…

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Cambria Press author Charlotte Furth (AAS 2017 speech)
ByCambria Press March 30, 2017March 30, 2017

Cambria Press author Charlotte Furth (University of Southern California) spoke about her new book Opening to China: A Memoir of Normalization, 1981–1982 at the Cambria Press reception. Watch Professor Charlotte Furth’s speech at the Cambria Press reception Below is a transcript of Professor Charlotte Furth’s speech: “Many of you here may not…

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Cambria Press Publication Excerpt from “Buddhist Transformations and Interactions”
ByCambria Press March 27, 2017March 26, 2017

The following is an excerpt from Buddhist Transformations and Interactions edited by Professor Victor Mair. This new book was released by Cambria Press at the 2017 AAS conference a week ago. According to Tansen Sen (professor at Baruch College), Antonino Forte had the well-earned reputation of being “a valued mentor, a…

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Cambria Press Publication Review – A New Strategy for Complex Warfare: Combined Effects in East Asia
ByCambria Press March 9, 2017March 9, 2017

Congratulations to Colonel Thomas Drohan (PhD, Princeton University), Head of the Department of Military & Strategic Studies at the United States Air Force (USAF) Academy, on the outstanding review by the journal Parameters of his book, A New Strategy for Complex Warfare: Combined Effects in East Asia. This book, which is part of the new Cambria Rapid Communications in Conflict…

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Forthcoming: Buddhist Transformations and Interactions
ByCambria Press July 22, 2016July 22, 2016

The following is an announcement from Dr. Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania and general editor of the Cambria Sinophone World Series. “It is with great pleasure that I announce the forthcoming publication of Buddhist Transformations and Interactions: Essays in Honor of…

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AAS 2016 Cambria Press Sinophone World Series Event
ByCambria Press April 14, 2016April 14, 2016

The AAS 2016 conference was one of our best conferences yet. It was great being right in the front of the exhibit hall and across from the AAS booth. We appreciated the compliments on our 8 ft long banners from both attendees and other exhibitors. Thanks to all who stopped…

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