A New Mission Statement
01/11/2023
Penn Press recently adopted a new mission statement. In this post, excerpted from our 2022 Annual Report, the Press’s Director Mary Francis shares the new mission statement and reflects on… READ MORE
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Penn Press to take on distribution of Wharton School Press books
07/08/2021
Effective July 1, the University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press) will manage the distribution of Wharton School Press’s (WSP) frontlist and backlist titles, expanding the channels through which WSP sells… READ MORE
Announcing Penn Press’s Fall 2020 catalog!
09/02/2020
Exciting new titles this season include: • In Defense of Populism by Donald T. Critchlow, which argues, contrary to contemporary warnings about the dangers of populism, that grassroots activism is essential… READ MORE
Pandemics, packing, and Penn Press: A story about higher education right now
05/08/2020
Today we have a guest post from Sean P. Cunningham, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Texas Tech University. Here, he tells a story about how… READ MORE
Announcing Penn Press’s Spring 2020 catalog!
02/14/2020
Exciting new titles this season include: Bank Notes and Shinplasters by Joshua R. Greenberg, which shows how Americans accumulated and wielded monetary information in order to navigate the early republic's… READ MORE
Announcing Penn Press’s Fall 2019 catalog!
08/09/2019
Exciting new titles this season include: Her Neighbor’s Wife by Lauren Jae Gutterman, which traces the stories of hundreds of women who struggled to balance marriage and same-sex desire in… READ MORE
Announcing Penn Press’s Spring 2019 catalog!
02/14/2019
Exciting new titles this season include: Force and Freedom by Kellie Carter Jackson, which provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on the tactical use of violence among antebellum black… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: New year, new books
01/31/2019
We're starting off 2019 right with new titles in political science, American history, religious studies, literature, and more! Take a look below (and happy new year!). Jump to: Featured Titles… READ MORE
What Good Are Human Rights if We Don’t Know About Them?
12/08/2017
Today we have a guest post from Monisha Bajaj, Associate Professor of International and Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco and editor of Human Rights Education Theory, Research, Praxis. Bringing… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: Back to school already?
08/17/2017
The first day of fall classes is rapidly approaching at colleges and universities all over, so what better time to check out Penn Press's latest slate of new titles? Indeed,… READ MORE
