Hobbins Talk on “Publishing Before Print” Tonight
10/04/2010
Today at 5:15 p.m., Daniel Hobbins will be offering a talk on "Publishing Before Print: How Jean Gerson Reached a Massive Market of Readers Before Gutenberg" in the Martin and… READ MORE
Category: Academic Life
A New Penn Press Podcast–Three Researchers from the Penn Museum on Sustainable Lifeways
10/01/2010
In the October Penn Press podcast, Naomi F. Miller, Katherine M. Moore, and Kathleen Ryan from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology discuss human strategies for coping… READ MORE
Late Modernism–Now Available
09/20/2010
Late Modernism: Art, Culture, and Politics in Cold War America Robert Genter 416 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4264-5 | $49.95 | £32.50 A volume in… READ MORE
Humanity, a New Journal, Available for Free
09/07/2010
In October Penn Press will release the first issue of Humanity, a semiannual publication dedicated to publishing original research and reflection on human rights, humanitarianism, and development in the modern… READ MORE
Peck and Newman Discover Audubon’s First Published Illustration
07/30/2010
The discovery of John James Audubon's first published illustration, a three dollar bank note featuring a running grouse, is nothing to gripe about. The find by Robert M. Peck and… READ MORE
Education is Translation–Now in Paperback
07/28/2010
Education Is Translation: A Metaphor for Change in Learning and Teaching Alison Cook-Sather 224 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2005 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3889-1 | $59.95 | £39.00 Paper 2010… READ MORE
JAMA reviews The Anatomy Murders
07/15/2010
Q: What recent Penn Press history book has captured the attention of the Journal of the American Medical Association? A: Lisa Rosner's The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Len Krisak Reads from his translation of Virgil’s Eclogues
07/01/2010
In the July 2010 Penn Press podcast, Len Krisak–winner of the Richard Wilbur Prize, the Robert Penn Warren Prize, and the Robert Frost Prize–talks about his new translation of Virgil's… READ MORE
Three “Essential” Penn Press Books in Choice Magazine
06/30/2010
Three very different Penn Press books were named "essential" in the June 2010 issue of Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries–Marisa Chappell's The War on Welfare: Family, Poverty, and Politics… READ MORE
National Post Op-Ed on Darnton’s Work
06/22/2010
An op-ed piece on Robert Darnton’s research on French libel recently appeared in the National Post. Columnist Robert Fulford writes: When we chronicle the struggle for literary freedom we too… READ MORE
