The What Penn Press Book are You? Facebook Quiz Contest
06/15/2009
Facebook users are familiar with the What _____ Are You? Quiz. If there's a What's Your NPR Personality? quiz, a What Work of Literature Are You? quiz, and a Which… READ MORE
Category: Academic Life
Martinez helps Washington Interns at the Intern Lobby every Tuesday
06/09/2009
Summer vacation means three months of non-stop leisure or a no-brainer job, right? Not for students who know that internships are crucial in today’s job market, and the public sector… READ MORE
Echard Wins the 2009 Labarge Prize for Printing the Middle Ages
05/29/2009
The Canadian Society of Medievalists has selected Siân Echard to receive the 2009 Margaret Wade Labarge Prize for her book, Printing the Middle Ages. The prize committee wrote: Siân Echard… READ MORE
Jo Ann McNamara
05/21/2009
Today we at the University of Pennsyvlania Press received news that Jo Ann McNamara, Professor Emerita of History at Hunter College, City University of New York, has died. McNamara wrote… READ MORE
Annual Open House This Saturday
05/14/2009
The Press is making final preparations for this year's Alumni Weekend Open House Event, this Saturday, May 16 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m in the Victorian mansion that houses… READ MORE
Business and Economics Editor Erin Graham’s First 10 Days at Penn Press
05/13/2009
With all the talk about Obama’s first 100 days, we figured it was only fair to ask our new editor Erin Graham about her first ten days here at Penn… READ MORE
Special Event: Elijah Anderson and Against the Wall Contributors at the Inn at Penn Wed. Night
05/12/2009
Join the authors of Against the Wall: Poor, Young, Black, and Male in the Living Room at the Inn at Penn (3600 Sansom Street) on Wednesday, May 13 from 5:00… READ MORE
Bynum Wins Otto Gründler Book Prize
05/08/2009
We've just learned via twitter.com/PennPress that Caroline Walker Bynum has received the Otto Gründler Book Prize for Wonderful Blood: Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond. The… READ MORE
Recent Awards for Newman and Ruggles
04/28/2009
Penn Press is pleased to share the great news about two recent awards for our authors. Barbara Newman received the Haskins Medal for 2009 from the Medieval Academy of America… READ MORE
Nominate a topic for the forthcoming Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
04/16/2009
Work on The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia project begins today with a Civil Partner and Planning Workshop at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The project invites everyone to nominate topics… READ MORE
