Shakespeare’s Sherlock, Zachary Lesser
12/16/2014
Zachary Lesser is the author of "Hamlet" After Q1: An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text. In 1823, Sir Henry Bunbury discovered a badly bound volume of twelve Shakespeare plays… READ MORE
Category: Podcasts
New Books in Human Rights Podcast with Clan Cleansing in Somalia Author Lidwien Kapteijns
10/21/2013
Wellesley College historian Lidwien Kapteijns spoke with New Books in Human Rights about her recent book, Clan Cleansing in Somalia: The Ruinous Legacy of 1991. The book examines the bloodshed… READ MORE
New Books in American Studies Interviews New World of Labor Author Simon P. Newman
10/11/2013
Simon P. Newman, author of A New World of Labor: The Development of Plantation Slavery in the British Atlantic, spoke with New Books in American Studies podcast host Dan Kilbride… READ MORE
Penn Press Biographers Interviewed for New Books Network Podcasts
08/12/2013
Someone at New Books Network likes us. They've just posted two new interviews with Penn Press biography authors. Heath Brown interviewed Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics, and the Building of Modern… READ MORE
This Month’s Podcast: David R. Swartz and the Evangelical Left
11/02/2012
In the November Penn Press podcast, David R. Swartz, Assistant Professor at Asbury University and author of Moral Minority: The Evangelical Left in an Age of Conservatism, discusses the overlooked… READ MORE
This Month’s Podcast: Albert Churella and the Pennsylvania Railroad
09/04/2012
In the September Penn Press podcast, Albert J. Churella, Associate Professor in the Social and International Studies Department at Southern Polytechnic State University and author of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume… READ MORE
This Month’s Podcast: John P. Spencer on Marcus Foster and American Public School Reform
08/01/2012
In the August Penn Press podcast, John P. Spencer, Associate Professor of Education at Ursinus College and author of In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American… READ MORE
This Month’s Podcast: Victoria W. Wolcott on Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters
07/02/2012
“It’s not simply kids having fun at a roller skating rink. It’s that when you associate certain kinds of spaces with cleanliness, safety, and fun that exclude people of color, then that association has powerful cultural and political effects long after desegregation actually happens,” says Wolcott.
This Month’s Podcast: Ruth Mazo Karras on Medieval Marriages and Unmarriages
06/04/2012
In the June Penn Press podcast Ruth Mazo Karras, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Medieval Studies at the University of Minnesota, reminds us that traditional marriage… READ MORE
This Month’s Podcast: Saladin M. Ambar on Governors, Presidents, and Governors as Presidents
05/01/2012
In the May Penn Press podcast, Lehigh University political scientist Saladin M. Ambar, author of How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency, discusses the role that governorship played in shaping… READ MORE
