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Southeast Asian Studies Praises Sinophone Malaysian Literature for Being “Laudable” – Read the Outstanding Book Review
ByCambria Press March 10, 2015

Cambria Press congratulates Professor Alison Groppe (University of Oregon) on the outstanding review of her book Sinophone Malaysian Literature: Not Made in China in the journal Southeast Asian Studies, which states that “this laudable book-length study has laid a solid foundation upon which scholars can investigate further to yield fresher…

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#ISA2015 Essential Titles
ByCambria Press February 25, 2015

NEW TITLE: International Relations and the Arctic Increased global interest in the Arctic poses challenges to contemporary international relations, and many questions surround exactly why and how Arctic countries are asserting their influence and claims over their northern reaches and why and how non-Arctic states are turning their attention to…

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Happy Chinese New Year! It’s the the Year of the Ovicaprid!
ByCambria Press February 18, 2015February 18, 2015

Happy Chinese New Year from Cambria Press! Confusion has arisen over whether it’s the year of the goat, sheep, or ram. Which is it? According to renowned Sinologist Victor Mair, it’s the Year of the Ovicaprid! Regardless of whether it is sheep, goat, or ram, it is undeniable that…

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#Humanities Scholarship – Important and Growing
ByCambria Press January 20, 2015January 21, 2015

An excellent article from Inside Higher Ed regarding scholarship in the humanities, in which William (Bro) Adams, the head of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), said on Thursday that he wants to push humanities scholarship to become more directly connected to helping address the nation’s contemporary problems. There…

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#MLA15 Complimentary Latest Issue of Chinese Literature Today (CLT) at the Cambria Press booth
ByCambria Press January 7, 2015January 7, 2015

Come to the #MLA15 book exhibit hall and get a free copy* of the latest issue of Chinese Literature Today (CLT), which features the most important modern literature of China and is published by the University of Oklahoma, at the Cambria Press booth (#402)! *while supplies last

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#MLA15 Sinophone Scholars! Must-have book praised by world’s top Sinologists!
ByCambria Press January 6, 2015January 6, 2015

When a book is included in the series of the world-renowned Sinologist Victor Mair (University of Pennsylvania) and praised by top Sinophone scholars David Der-wei Wang (Harvard University), Shu-mei Shih (UCLA), and Quah Sy Ren (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), it is not surprising (but still very gratifying!) when it is…

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Cambria Press Book Reviews: Sinophone Malaysian Literature is “laudable” and “exceptionally well-researched”!
ByCambria Press January 6, 2015January 6, 2015

Cambria Press congratulates Alison Groppe, assistant professor of Chinese literature at the University of Oregon, on the excellent reviews of her book, Sinophone Malaysian Literature: Not Made in China. The premier library academic journal CHOICE praises the book because it is “exceptionally well-researched.” The journal Southeast Asian Studies also commends the…

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#MLA15 Mo Yan fans! Here’s the perfect complement to the Nobel laureate’s novels!
ByCambria Press January 6, 2015January 6, 2015

There couldn’t be a better endorsement than from Dr. Howard Goldblatt, the translator of Mo Yan’s novels: “I recommend this first full-length study in English to anyone who wants the perfect complement to their reading of Mo Yan’s novels.” Browse A Subversive Voice in China: The Fictional World of Mo Yan…

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#MLA15 Modern Poetry in China: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic
ByCambria Press January 5, 2015January 6, 2015

Cambria Press congratulates Paul Manfredi, professor of Chinese studies at Pacific Lutheran University, on the outstanding reviews of his book, Modern Poetry in China: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic. The Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art lauds the book for being “a very well-written, researched, illustrated and convincingly argued book that will no doubt…

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