Do Museums Still Need Objects?–Now Available
10/14/2009
Do Museums Still Need Objects? Steven Conn 272 pages | 6 x 9 | 34 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4190-7 | $39.95 | £26.00 A volume in the Arts… READ MORE
Category: Archaeology
The Crusades and the Christian World of the East–Now in Paperback
09/16/2009
The Crusades and the Christian World of the East: Rough Tolerance Christopher MacEvitt 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 3 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4050-4 | $49.95 |… READ MORE
DuVal’s NY Times Op-Ed on America before Democracy
07/06/2009
Just as Americans were preparing to celebrate Independence Day, historian Kathleen DuVal, author of The Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent, shared her perspective on… READ MORE
Major Review Weekend
04/20/2009
Two Penn Press authors were favorably reviewed in major publications this past weekend. Ross Douthat praised Steven P. Miller in yesterday's New York Times Sunday Book Review. Douthat wrote: …it’s… READ MORE
Darwin’s Birthday
02/12/2009
Today is the 200th anniversary of Charles Robert Darwin's birth. Here in Philadelphia, there are many ways to celebrate, including this year's Darwin Day Free Evolutionary Teach In at the… READ MORE
From Paris to Pompeii–Now Available
12/16/2008
From Paris to Pompeii: French Romanticism and the Cultural Politics of Archaeology Göran Blix 320 pages | 6 x 9 | 16 illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4136-5 | $59.95… READ MORE
Digging Up Joe’s House
10/28/2008
Richard F. Veit, associate professor of anthropology at Monmouth University, has been digging to unearth the foundations of Joseph Bonaparte's first house. Veit and his students have uncovered more than… READ MORE
London Review of Books Uses Sherman’s Used Books
10/13/2008
Marginalia and manicules were just a few of the subjects touched upon by Leah Price in When to Read Was to Write,” a recent London Review of Books piece on… READ MORE
Boyarin and Idel Comment on Ancient Hebrew Tablet
07/07/2008
"Ancient Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection," an article in yesterday’s New York Times, outlines the potential religious significance of a centuries-old stone tablet that "may speak of a… READ MORE
The Prehistory of the Silk Road–Now Available
12/05/2007
The Prehistory of the Silk Road E. E. Kuzmina Edited by Victor H. Mair 264 pages | 6 x 9 | 73 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4041-2 | $65.00… READ MORE
