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Bethany Wasik
@bethanywasik.bsky.social
Assistant Editorial Director at Cornell University Press acquiring in classics, ancient history, military history, European history, and medieval studies. Has a biology PhD. Likes books, Criterion, rye, history, science, everything in between, and donuts.
On this Friday, essential winter storm prep with a Storm King. And as celebration for sending books into production before season deadlines, submitting grants before application deadlines, and snacks. Because snacks need celebrating.

Cheers, team, to restful and warm weekends that you so deserve.
January 24, 2026 at 2:57 AM
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Happy New Year, PIPsters!! Our next PAGES Book Club just dropped, and we are so excited! 🥳

Join us on Thursday, February 19 at noon EST to discuss our current book, Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore, by Char Adams.

Register here: pupress.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PAGES Book Club. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PAGES Book Club. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Sending emails fixes everything.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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It’s been an eventful day. Steve has seized Rome. He’s not sure how.
January 22, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Peer review can be a tricky part of the academic publishing process. ✍️ What’s the best way to decode reviewer comments, and how should you respond to critiques? Get answers during our February 10 webinar Navigating Peer Review on Your First Book.

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January 22, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The trick is... to answer the emails at the bottom of the inbox before more appear at the top...
January 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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Author's Corner with Nathan K. Finney, *Orchestrating Power: The American Associational State in the First World War*: thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/01/20/t... @cornellupress.bsky.social
The Author’s Corner with Nathan K. Finney
Nathan K. Finney is a U.S. Army strategist; a non-resident research fellow at The Duke Program in American Grand Strategy; a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Indo-Pacific Securi…
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January 21, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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We are #hiring!

PUP seeks a motivated, detail-oriented individual to support three acquisition editors as an Editorial Assistant (US, Remote or Hybrid). Applications will be accepted through Thursday, January 29th.

Learn more about this role and apply here: buff.ly/3yqOphh
January 21, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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The first paperback copy of my book Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology just arrived! Available on the 15th March from @cornellupress.bsky.social: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
January 21, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Recently I took a break from research, course prep, and *gestures around* to have a lovely conversation about my recently published book with Miranda Melcher at @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social You can now listen here! megaphone.link/NBNK8414335727
Amanda G. Madden, "Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy" (Cornell UP, 2025) by New Books in Italian Studies
megaphone.link
January 20, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Ok, January. I'm ready for you now.
January 20, 2026 at 12:04 AM
When life gives you lemons... bake lemon things with lots of glaze. #TooMuchOrNotEnough
January 19, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Friday.
Rye.
Just rye.
Only 250 emails this week.
Zero this weekend.
Just rye.
Cheers, team.
January 17, 2026 at 2:30 AM
I submitted three publishing grant applications today. Please clap.
January 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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We are looking for a Junior Editor. The Junior Editor will contribute to the acquisition, development, and funding requirements of an intellectually rich program of books to be published by UBC Press in defined subject areas.

Further information and apply at: https://ow.ly/b5Aw50XX2FQ.
Junior Editor
Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Editorial and Production Services , Level A Job Title Junior Editor Department Acquisitions | UBC Press Compensation Range $5,791.00 - $8,323.42 CAD Monthly The Compensation Range is the span between the minimum and maximum base salary for a position. The midpoint of the range is approximately halfway between the minimum and the maximum and represents an employee that possesses full job knowledge, qualifications and experience for the position. In the normal course, employees will be hired, transferred or promoted...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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THE FRENCH MÉDERSA by Samuel D. Anderson explores how the French state pursued a century-long project of bicultural Franco-Muslim education in its northwest African colonies, resulting in a new type of school, the médersa. #History #Africa

Learn more here: 📚✨
https://ow.ly/Y00C50XxJB5
The French Médersa by Samuel D. Anderson | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
The French Médersa explores how the French state pursued a century-long project of bicultural Franco-Muslim education in its northwest African colonies, resulting in a new type of school, the médersa,...
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December 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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‘The Sewards of New York’ Review: A Family for Abolition. Check out this review > @wsj.com
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
January 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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I interviewed Adelina Stefan for @peripheralhist.bsky.social about her book on international tourism in communist Romania and Franco's Spain. Take a look here! www.peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/vacatio...
Vacationing in Dictatorships: International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Franco’s Spain.
Adelina Stefan talks to Peripheral Histories about researching and writing a transnational history of tourism in two peripheral postwar European dictatorships (Romania and Spain).
www.peripheralhistories.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Ok, but we're close to Friday, right? It feels like we're close to Friday.
January 13, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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ICYMI: Andrew Demshuk's "The Filthiest Village in Europe
Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" is now shipping! What great news for a Friday!

Check it out and order yours at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501.... I'll wait...
January 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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@rmidura.bsky.social joins me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about her @cornellupress.bsky.social release #Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and #Communications Revolution in #EarlyModern Europe #skystorians #BookSky 📚💙

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January 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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Hegelians! Great news! "Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of World History" is no longer pre-order and for-real order now! Head to @cornellupress.bsky.social's book page to set your bookshelf up with this latest addition to the #AgoraEditions series!
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
January 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Friday.
Bastille.
I sent 300 emails this week.
Ready for the weekend.
And maybe no emails until next week.
Cheers, team.
We did it again.
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
ICYMI: Andrew Demshuk's "The Filthiest Village in Europe
Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" is now shipping! What great news for a Friday!

Check it out and order yours at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501.... I'll wait...
January 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM