The Birth of Orientalism–Now Available
09/17/2010
The Birth of Orientalism Urs App 568 pages | 6 x 9 | 20 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4261-4 | $79.95 | £52.00 A volume in the Encounters with… READ MORE
Category: Religious Studies
Medieval Italy–Now in Paperback
08/02/2010
Medieval Italy: Texts in Translation Edited by Katherine L. Jansen, Joanna Drell, and Frances Andrews 624 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 36 illus. Cloth 2009 | ISBN… READ MORE
The Conversion of Herman the Jew–Now Available
06/17/2010
The Conversion of Herman the Jew: Autobiography, History, and Fiction in the Twelfth Century Jean-Claude Schmitt. Translated by Alex J. Novikoff 312 pages | 6 x 9 | 9 illus…. READ MORE
The TLS Reviews Noble’s Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians
06/16/2010
Times Literary Supplement reviewer Lucy Beckett calls Thomas F. X. Noble's Images, Iconoclasm, and the Carolingians, "an immensely scholarly and interesting book on the Carolingian response to the drama of… READ MORE
Vernacular Voices–Now Available
06/10/2010
Vernacular Voices: Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities Kirsten A. Fudeman 240 pages | 6 x 9 | 8 illus. Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4250-8 | $59.95 |… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Johan Elverskog on Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road
06/10/2010
There's more to the relationship between Islam and Buddhism than you might think based on the actions of contemporary groups like the Taliban. In the latest Penn Press podcast Johan… READ MORE
Forthcoming Fall 2010 Books
06/01/2010
The Penn Press catalog of books for fall 2010 is now available in print and online. In the coming season Penn Press will continue to publish scholarly and general interest… READ MORE
Women Warriors for Allah–Now Available
05/25/2010
Women Warriors for Allah: An Islamist Network in the Netherlands Janny Groen and Annieke Kranenberg. Translated by Robert Naborn. Foreword by Marc Sageman 280 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth… READ MORE
Van Engen Wins 2010 Otto Gründler Book Prize
05/20/2010
Historian John Van Engen has received another prize for Sisters and Brothers of the Common Life: The Devotio Moderna and the World of the Later Middle Ages. Van Engen was… READ MORE
Miller and Chang on History, Religion, and American-ness
05/18/2010
Steven P. Miller, historian and author of Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South, recently commented on the work of historian Derek Chang for the blog Religion in… READ MORE
