Intern Reflections: Rachel Swym
09/03/2020
Each summer, Penn Press welcomes interns to introduce them to the world of academic publishing, asking them to participate in the ongoing work of two of our four departments: Acquisitions,… READ MORE
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A Silent Embrace of “The Middle Ages” Under COVID-19
03/24/2020
Today, we have a guest post from G. Geltner, Professor of History at the University of Amsterdam and author of Roads to Health: Infrastructure and Urban Wellbeing in Later Medieval… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: New for April
04/12/2019
Our new releases this month include a sweeping cultural history of the politics of privacy in 20th-century America, a fascinating biography of a Reformation-era woman alchemist, an edited volume focusing… READ MORE
Announcing Penn Press’s Spring 2019 catalog!
02/14/2019
Exciting new titles this season include: Force and Freedom by Kellie Carter Jackson, which provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on the tactical use of violence among antebellum black… READ MORE
Afternoon Coffee Break: Divine Art, Infernal Machine by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
03/20/2018
This blog post comes from Penn Press's Direct Mail and Advertising Manager, Tracy Kellmer, continuing the Afternoon Coffee Break series, in which Tracy shares her reflections and observations about a… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: A scholarly summer
06/08/2017
It doesn't feel like summer here on the East Coast, but wherever you are, you're probably beginning to put together a summer reading list. Well, Penn Press humbly submits for… 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
Announcing Penn Press’s Fall 2016 catalog
05/27/2016
Penn Press is pleased to announce the release of our Fall 2016 catalog. This season's offerings include Nicole Hemmer's Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American… READ MORE
On Human Nature and Genetically Engineered Human Intelligence
05/20/2016
Today we have a guest post from Benjamin Gregg, author of The Human Rights State: Justice Within and Beyond Sovereign Nations. Gregg's book challenges the conviction that the nation state… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: May’s New Books
06/03/2015
The Press's presses slowed just a touch in May, with only six new titles released, but the reduction was in volume alone. The quality remains as high as ever! Did… READ MORE
