In Memorium: Thomas F. Mayer
01/30/2014
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death on January 20 of our valued author and friend Thomas F. Mayer.
Category: Penn Press News
A Visit to Midtown Scholar
06/10/2013
Last Friday, Penn Press Director Eric Halpern and Marketing Director Laura Waldron traveled out to Harrisburg, PA, to visit the Midtown Scholar bookstore. The owners, Cathy Lawrence and Eric Papenfuse,… READ MORE
This Week’s New Books: The Jet Sex, Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture, Stuyvesant Bound, and Owning William Shakespeare
04/05/2013
Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture Edited by Gary Hatfield and Holly Pittman 496 pages | 6 x 9 | 27 illus. Cloth 2013 | ISBN 978-1-934536-49-0 | $69.95 |… READ MORE
Awards and Acclaim
02/04/2013
Here's a look back at recent awards, reviews, and other Penn Press news items from January, 2013. Michael Witgen’s An Infinity of Nations: How the Native New World Shaped Early North… READ MORE
Fall 2012 Preview
06/05/2012
For a preview of our Fall 2012 books, take a look at the latest catalog in glorious PDF. Our forthcoming books cover an array of subjects, from medieval letters to… READ MORE
Penn Press First Incorporated 122 Years Ago Today
03/26/2012
On March 26, 1890, the University of Pennsylvania Press was incorporated with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.Within a decade, the University of Pennsylvania Press imprint began to appear on scholarly publications…. READ MORE
Announcing the Inaugural Mellon Distinguished Lecture Series
03/22/2012
Penn Press is pleased to announce the Inaugural Mellon Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored by the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania… READ MORE
Good News Comes in Threes from Foundation for Landscape Studies
02/16/2012
Hot on the heels of the Foundation for Landscape Studies announcement that a forthcoming Penn Press book will receive a David Coffin Publication Grant, we learned today two of our… READ MORE
Penn Press Authors Receive National Humanities Medals
02/14/2012
Congratulations to Robert Darnton and Teofilo F. Ruiz, Penn Press authors and 2011 National Humanities Medalists. The National Endowment for the Humanities created the National Humanities Medal to honor "individuals… READ MORE
The UPCC and Project MUSE eBook Collection for Libraries
02/13/2012
Project MUSE in partnership with the University Press Content Consortium (UPCC) has launched an ebook collection for libraries. This collection contains thousands of peer-reviewed digital books from more than 65… READ MORE
