Frankenstein and the Rights of the Child
11/07/2017
Today we have an exciting guest post from Eileen Hunt Botting, Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and author of Mary Shelley and the Rights of… READ MORE
Category: New Titles
Hot Off Penn Press: Post-Halloween highlights
11/02/2017
Need some reading material this November? Be sure to peruse the latest batch of Penn Press titles, which cover topics spanning from law and legal studies to religious studies to… READ MORE
Family & Fantasy: How Early Christians Imagined Jesus, Mary, and Joseph at Home
09/28/2017
Today, we have a blog post from Christopher A. Frilingos, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Michigan State University and author of the Jesus, Mary, and Joseph: Family Trouble in… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: Welcome to fall
09/27/2017
In our location of Philadelphia, it sure doesn't feel like fall quite yet with temperatures in the high '80s, but the calendar doesn't lie: last Friday marked the official start… READ MORE
Children and Families in Trump-Era Immigration Policy and Discourse
08/29/2017
Today we have a guest post from Naomi Glenn-Levin Rodriguez, who teaches anthropology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and is the author of Fragile Families: Foster Care, Immigration, and Citizenship. Based… READ MORE
Staying Afloat: Reflections on Anthropology and Everyday Life
08/22/2017
Today we have a guest post from Ann Grodzins Gold, Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University and author of Shiptown: Between Rural and Urban North… 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
Hot Off Penn Press: From gardens to stadiums
07/13/2017
In the mid-July heat, relax somewhere cool with one of our new titles, which include an illustrated and comprehensive look at Japanese gardens, an incisive ethnographic study of children caught… READ MORE
Multilingual Subjects and the “Global Future of English Studies”
06/14/2017
Today we have a guest post from Daniel DeWispelare, author of Mutilingual Subjects and Assistant Professor of English at George Washington University. Multilingual Subjects at once documents how different varieties of… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: A scholarly summer
06/08/2017
It doesn't feel like summer here on the East Coast, but wherever you are, you're probably beginning to put together a summer reading list. Well, Penn Press humbly submits for… READ MORE
