Category: PA & Philadelphia Region

Come to Our House This Saturday

05/10/2007

As part of  the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Weekend, the Press will open its doors to the world this Saturday. Visit the Victorian mansion that we call home to meet… READ MORE

Meet the Press at the Fest

04/20/2007

The University of Pennsylvania Press is pleased to be a part of the first annual Philadelphia Book Festival, April 21 and 22, 11 a.m – 7 p.m. at the Free… READ MORE

Jamieson Comments on Imus Firing

04/13/2007

In today’s Philadelphia Inquirer, political communications scholar and Penn Press author Kathleen Hall Jamieson expressed her views on the cancellation of Imus in the Morning: Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of… READ MORE

Dramatic Impressions–Now Available

03/28/2007

Dramatic Impressions: Japanese Theatre Prints from the Gilbert Luber Collection Frank L. Chance and Julie Nelson Davis. Edited by Dilys Winegrad 64 pages | 8 1/2 x 11 | 55… READ MORE

Doctor Franklin’s Medicine Excerpt Available

03/20/2007

In Doctor Franklin’s Medicine, Stanley Finger uncovers the instrumental role that Benjamin Franklin–scientist, inventor, publisher, and statesman–played in the development of the healing arts, giving preventive and bedside medicine, hospital… READ MORE

More than Talking Heads

02/16/2007

Two Penn Press authors and a series editor recently lent their expertize to news and documentary productions on a wide range of subjects. This Thursday, Eric Stover, author of The… READ MORE

More Praise for Up South

02/06/2007

In a recent article on scholarly books about Black Nationalism in the 60s and 70s, Multicultural Review commended Matthew Countryman’s Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia for… READ MORE

A Birthday Toast to Ben

01/17/2007

‘Twas Honest old Noah first planted the VineAnd mended his morals by drinking its Wine.—from a drinking song by Benjamin Franklin Here’s to Benjamin Frankin in honor of his 301st… READ MORE