The Joy of Aging
03/01/2017
Today we have an exciting guest post from the author of the just-published new book Aging in America: A Cultural History. Lawrence R. Samuel is founder of Boomers 3.0, a… READ MORE
Category: Popular Culture
Hot Off Penn Press: New year, new books
02/13/2017
Welcome to 2017! With the new year in full swing, we've begun releasing our Spring 2017 books (with a few late arrivals from Fall 2016 in the mix as well). Take a look below… READ MORE
Announcing Penn Press’s Spring 2017 catalog
12/22/2016
Penn Press is pleased to announce the release of our Spring 2017 catalog. Exciting new titles this season include Gregory Nobles' revelatory biography John James Audubon: The Nature of the… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: November’s new books
11/11/2016
Don't miss your chance to stock up on our latest titles, which span from American History to Medieval Studies to Urban Studies. Take a look below! Jump to: Featured Titles… READ MORE
“The Silence of the Cloister”: Nuns and Worldly Engagement
08/31/2016
Today we have an exciting guest post from Jenna Lay, Associate Professor of English at Lehigh University and author of Beyond the Cloister. Lay's book explores the writings of Catholic Englishwomen in post-Reformation England, whether… READ MORE
“Public Health Crisis”? The GOP Platform, Pornography, and Political History
08/04/2016
Today we have a fascinating and topical guest post from Sarah L. Leonard, Associate Professor of History at Simmons College and author of Fragile Minds and Vulnerable Souls: The Matter of… READ MORE
The Nature of Workplace Rights
06/08/2016
Katherine Turk, author of Equality on Trial: Gender and Rights in the Modern American Workplace, joins us for a guest post today. The first history to foreground Title VII's sex provision,… READ MORE
What’s in a Name? More than You’d Think
05/18/2016
Today we have a guest post from Mitchell Nathanson, who is Professor of Law at Villanova University School of Law and author of God Almighty Hisself: The Life and Legacy… READ MORE
Transparent: Healing the American Family through the German Discovery of Sex
01/04/2016
Today we have a guest post from Robert Deam Tobin, who teaches comparative literature at Clark University. His research in Peripheral Desires: The German Discovery of Sex has given him… READ MORE
Penn Press Spring 2016 Catalog
12/17/2015
As 2015 draws to a close, we look ahead to the springtime, in more ways than one. We are pleased to share our Spring 2016 catalog. Spring brings the first… READ MORE
