I acquire books for the Press’s distinguished lists in anthropology and world history. I am interested in a broad range of works, from general interest titles to innovative specialist works and classroom staples.

Our innovative anthropology list (including works in African studies and Asian studies) is known for its sharp combination of ethnography and theory. I would especially welcome interdisciplinary books that engage with material culture, media, finance, politics, the environment, and science and technology. We are delighted to have published, in recent years, authors such as Laurence Ralph, Stefano Bloch, Ilana Gershon, Nayanika Mathur, Ghassan Hage, and Claire Wendland. A recent title meant for general audiences is Chip Colwell’s s So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything.

In history, I seek to build on Chicago’s long-standing strengths in European and Asian history, the history of ideas, and the history of sexuality. I also encourage new work in world history, large-scale environmental history, ambitious narrative works, and biographies. Recent and forthcoming titles include Sinem Arcak Casale’s account of gift-giving between the Ottoman and Safavid empires, Viren Murthy’s panoramic portrait of pan-Asianist thought, and Nicholas Popper’s work on information management and political power in early modern Britain. Representative trade books include Toby Green’s A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution, Lucy Delap’s Feminisms: A Global History, Sujit Sivasundaram’s Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire, and Ana Lucia Araujo’s forthcoming Humans in Shackles.

I also sponsor several series: The Life of Ideas aims to nourish the resurgent field of intellectual history; Silk Roads, supported by the Luce Foundation, seeks to cultivate transregional work ranging from history and religious studies to current events; and Animal Lives explores the shared histories of humans and other animals.

I joined the Press in 2016 after studying at the University of Chicago and Stanford University. I am fortunate to work with Editorial Associate Fabiola Enríquez Flores.

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