Susan Bielstein
Executive Editor
E-mail: sbielstein@press.uchicago.edu
Subjects: Art; architecture; ancient archeology; classics
Series: Cinema and Modernity, Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel, Project Tango: Artists and Writers Together
Because the fields I cover are methodologically diverse, I am willing to go in almost any direction to find the most original books. This includes a healthy respect for work that is cross-disciplinary. I enjoy working with scholars, artists, and writers in equal measure. My lists are calculated to combine novelty with depth; thus, in a given season one might find a specialized volume about the evolving discourse of brain science and the arts alongside a popular history of the Zippo lighter. Some recent acquisitions include The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame: Medievalism and the Monsters of Modernity; Collections of Nothing; Stoicism and Emotion; The Experimental Group: Ilya Kabakov, Moscow Conceptualism, Soviet Avant-Gardes; and Sprawl: A Compact History.
Right now I am involved in a series of fresh translations of the complete works of Seneca as well as a new edition of the Complete Greek Tragedies. In spare moments I edit a popular travel book series titled Culture Trails: Adventures in Travel. And I am always on the hunt for superb works of literary non-fiction, Rembrandt's Jews and Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight, being two examples.
Anthony Burton is my able assistant.
