The Conversion of Herman the Jew–Now Available
06/17/2010
The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century Jean-Claude Schmitt. Translated by Alex J. Novikoff 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 9 illus…. READ MORE
Category: European & World History
The TLS Reviews Noble’s Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians
06/16/2010
Times Literary Supplement reviewer Lucy Beckett calls Thomas F. X. Noble's Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians, "an immensely scholarly and interesting book on the Carolingian response to the drama of… READ MORE
Accessories to Modernity–Now Available
06/16/2010
Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the Feminine in Nineteenth-Century France Susan Hiner 288 pages | 6 x 9 | 30 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4259-1 | $47.50 | £31.00… READ MORE
Fictions of Well-Being–Now Available
06/15/2010
Fictions of Well-Being: Sickly Readers and Vernacular Medical Writing in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain Michael Solomon 200 pages | 6 x 9 | 7 illus. Cloth 2010 |… READ MORE
Vernacular Voices–Now Available
06/10/2010
Vernacular Voices: Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities Kirsten A. Fudeman 240 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4250-8 | $59.95 |… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Johan Elverskog on Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road
06/10/2010
There's more to the relationship between Islam and Buddhism than you might think based on the actions of contemporary groups like the Taliban. In the latest Penn Press podcast Johan… READ MORE
Forthcoming Fall 2010 Books
06/01/2010
The Penn Press catalog of books for fall 2010 is now available in print and online. In the coming season Penn Press will continue to publish scholarly and general interest… READ MORE
European Modernity and the Arab Mediterranean–Now Available
05/24/2010
European Modernity and the Arab Mediterranean: Toward a New Philology and a Counter-Orientalism Karla Mallette 328 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4241-6 | $65.00 | £42.50… READ MORE
Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts–Now Available
05/24/2010
Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts Edited by Marc Weller and Katherine Nobbs 360 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4230-0 |… READ MORE
Indivisible Human Rights–Now Available
05/24/2010
Indivisible Human Rights: A History Daniel J. Whelan 328 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4240-9 | $59.95 | £39.00 A volume in the Pennsylvania Studies in… READ MORE
