Beowulf “Hwaet!” Handknit Give-away
04/15/2011
This spring Penn Press will release "Beowulf" and Other Old English Poems, edited and translated by Craig Williamson with a foreword by noted medieval scholar and J. R. R. Tolkien… READ MORE
Category: Academic Life
A Note from The Humanity Editorial Collective
04/13/2011
Here's a note from the Humanity Editorial Collective about the latest issue of their journal. Dear Readers: The journal's second issue is out! Please see the table of contents here,… READ MORE
Heather Murray Receives Levine Award from OAH
03/22/2011
On March 20, the Organization of American Historians presented Heather Murray with the 2011 Lawrence W. Levine Award for best book in cultural history. Murray earned the award for Not… READ MORE
A Democracy of Facts: Natural History in the Early Republic–Now Available
03/16/2011
A Democracy of Facts: Natural History in the Early Republic Andrew J. Lewis 216 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4308-6 | $39.95 |… READ MORE
Beneke and Grenda’s The First Prejudice on the Religion and American History Blog
02/21/2011
The Religion and American History Blog recently posted an interview with Chris Beneke, co-editor with Christopher S. Grenda of The First Prejudice: Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America. In… READ MORE
James M. Powell
02/03/2011
University of Pennsylvania Press staff members were saddened by news of the death of .James M. Powell, Professor of History Emeritus at Syracuse University. Powell wrote Anatomy of a Crusade,… READ MORE
Thomas Sizgorich
01/31/2011
We at Penn Press were shocked and saddened by the news of the death of Thomas Sizgorich, author of Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity: Militant Devotion in Christianity and… READ MORE
Jewish Studies at the Crossroads of Anthropology and History–Now Available
01/25/2011
Jewish Studies at the Crossroads of Anthropology and History: Authority, Diaspora, Tradition Edited by Ra'anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, and Marina Rustow 424 pages | 6 x 9 | 16… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Anne Trubek, author of A Skeptic’s Guide to Writers’ Houses
11/01/2010
In the latest Penn Press podcast, Anne Trubek of Oberlin College recounts her visits to America's many literary house museums. Trubek shares her insights on sites including Walt Whitman's home… READ MORE
Stanley Fish in Philadelphia Tomorrow
10/29/2010
As part of the homecoming weekend celebration, the Penn Bookstore will host reknown scholar Stanley Fish for a special discussion of The Fugitive, the classic TV show in which Dr…. READ MORE
