Anonymous Is Terrible, But We’re to Blame, says Shakespearean Scholar James Marino
11/01/2011
When we condone myths about Shakespeare, or actually promote them, we create the fertile ground where conspiracy theories grow.
Category: Academic Life
Who’s Afraid of Beowulf?
10/31/2011
My textbook’s translation from Old English seemed entirely cryptic, despite my painstaking efforts to parse out the intended meaning of the thousand-year-old work. As a result, I admit that I have since held a grudge against all things Beowulf.
The September Newsletter
09/02/2011
Newsletter lovers, the September Penn Press newsletter is online now. The newsletter includes upcoming book events, a summary of our editors' and authors' activities in the world, and a link… READ MORE
The Disaster Experts: Mastering Risk in Modern America–Now Available
08/18/2011
The Disaster Experts: Mastering Risk in Modern America Scott Gabriel Knowles 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 22 illus. Cloth Sep 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4350-5 | $45.00 | £29.50… READ MORE
Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages Author Named Cabot Fellow
08/16/2011
Stephen A. Mitchell, author of Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages, was named a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow for 2011. The Cabot award honors faculty at Harvard University… READ MORE
Penn Press Staff Members Dispel Darkness from a “Tower of Song”
08/12/2011
Penn Press staff practice many ways of dispelling darkness besides publishing books and journals. Some of us are accomplished musicians. If you want proof and you're looking for something to… READ MORE
A Penn Press Podcast Interview with The Disaster Experts Author Scott Gabriel Knowles
08/08/2011
The tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks is fast approaching. In the August podcast, historian Scott Gabriel Knowles, author of The Disaster Experts: Mastering Risk in Modern America, reflects… READ MORE
The Paradox of Relevance–Now Available
06/28/2011
The Paradox of Relevance: Ethnography and Citizenship in the United States Carol J. Greenhouse 360 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4312-3 | $59.95 | £39.00 As… READ MORE
Susan Hiner Wins Costume Society of America Award for Accessories to Modernity
06/28/2011
Congratulations to Susan Hiner. Earlier this month, the Costume Society of America awarded the 2011 Millia Davenport Publication Award to Hiner for her book Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the… READ MORE
Mapping Mongolia–Now Available
06/28/2011
Mapping Mongolia: Situating Mongolia in the World from Geologic Time to the Present Edited by Paula L.W. Sabloff 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 51 illus. Cloth Jun 2011… READ MORE
