Highlights from Our Women’s History Month Collection!
03/15/2023
March is Women’s History Month, and Penn Press is marking the occasion by offering 40% off all books in our collection of books in women’s history and studies that we have… READ MORE
Category: Human Rights & Law
In whose best interests? The detention of unaccompanied children in the U.S.
05/04/2021
Today we have a guest post from Lauren Heidbrink, an anthropologist and associate professor of human development at California State University, Long Beach. She is also author of Migrant Youth,… READ MORE
Announcing Penn Press’s Spring 2021 catalog!
03/04/2021
Exciting new titles this season include: • An Illustrated Business History of the United States by Richard Vague, a sweeping, lively, and highly approachable history of American business from the nation’s… READ MORE
Alicia Ely Yamin: Why I am donating my book’s royalties to Partners in Health
09/24/2020
Today, we have a guest post from Alicia Ely Yamin, author of Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity: Human Rights Frameworks for Health and Why They Matter. Yamin's book… 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
Reading List: Race, policing, and protest
06/05/2020
In the past two weeks, tragic police killings of African Americans have once again sent shockwaves through the nation and have prompted a widespread and ongoing surge of activism. These… READ MORE
Challenging Inaction, Sustaining Life: South African HIV/AIDS Activism and the COVID-19 Pandemic
04/17/2020
Today, we have a guest post from Theodore Powers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Global Health Studies Program at the University of Iowa and author of… 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
Israelis and Palestinians Cannot Negotiate a Two-State Solution
11/12/2019
Today, we have a guest post from Ian Lustick, Professor of Political Science and Bess W. Heyman Chair at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Paradigm Lost: From Two-State… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: New books for fall
09/26/2019
With fall weather slowly creeping in and the school year starting up, it's the perfect time to check out Penn Press's new releases in fields like literature, American history, legal… READ MORE
