Announcements

Professor Lochlann Jain's new book, Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us, wins multiple awards

Jain’s new book, Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us (University of California Press, 2013), has won numerous awards since its release. More recently, it was awarded the 2014 Diana Forsythe Prize. Please see announcement here: http://blog.castac.org/2014/09/2014-diana-forsythe-prize-winner-s-lochla....

Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us also received the following awards:
- Edelstein Prize, Society for the History of Technology - (best book in three years);
- Victor Turner Prize, Association of American Anthropology;
- Foreword Book of the Year (silver medal);
- Independent Publisher Book Award (gold medal); and
- Finalist, Commonwealth Club of California Book Club.