Hot Off Penn Press: January’s New Books
02/04/2015
While the groundhog may have seen its shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter, we can keep our minds off the weather with the most recent books from Penn Press!… READ MORE
Category: European & World History
Download the Spring 2015 catalog now
01/09/2015
Penn Press is pleased to announce the release of our Spring 2015 catalog. This season, read about the rise and fall of the American department store in Vicki Howard's From… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: December’s New Books
01/07/2015
We here at Penn Press hope the festive period was both joyful and restful for all of you. Ours certainly was. With the hectic nature of the holidays, though, we… READ MORE
Shakespeare’s Sherlock, Zachary Lesser
12/16/2014
Zachary Lesser is the author of "Hamlet" After Q1: An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text. In 1823, Sir Henry Bunbury discovered a badly bound volume of twelve Shakespeare plays… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Colin Jager, Unquiet Things
12/11/2014
Colin Jager is the author of Unquiet Things: Secularism in the Romantic Age. In Great Britain during the Romantic period, governmental and social structures were becoming more secular as religion was… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Naoíse Mac Sweeney, Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies
12/04/2014
The Fall 2014 Author Q&As return today with Naoíse Mac Sweeney, editor of Foundation Myths in Ancient Societies, which looks at the many different ways that origin stories were told… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: November’s New Books
12/02/2014
We here at Penn Press hope your just completed holiday was as diverse and bountiful as these newly released titles! Jump to: American History | Anthropology | Economics | Nineteenth… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: October’s New Books
11/04/2014
Yes, it's technically November, but that's just because there were so many new releases last month we couldn't fit in time to post about it! If you'd like to receive… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Elisheva Baumgarten, Practicing Piety in Medieval Ashkenaz
10/23/2014
Elisheva Baumgarten is the author of Practicing Piety in Medieval Ashkenaz: Men, Women, and Everyday Religious Observance, which provides a social history of religious practice in context, particularly with regard… READ MORE
The letter is dead. Long live Facebook?
10/14/2014
Today we have a guest post from Lindsay O'Neill, author of The Opened Letter: Networking in the Early Modern British World. In it, O'Neill explores the importance and impact of… READ MORE
