Penn Press Log

Hot Off Penn Press: New for September

09/10/2020

Check out our latest batch of new titles below, including a crucial new study of gender and slavery, an exploration of how voting rights figure into Native Americans’ fight for… READ MORE

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

Announcing Penn Press’s Fall 2020 catalog!

09/02/2020

Exciting new titles this season include: • In Defense of Populism by Donald T. Critchlow, which argues, contrary to contemporary warnings about the dangers of populism, that grassroots activism is essential… READ MORE

Digging My Book Cover

08/24/2020

Today, we have a guest post from Frances E. Dolan, Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Davis and author of Digging the Past: How and Why to… READ MORE

The Bookmark

07/13/2020

Today, we have a guest post from Jesús R. Velasco, Professor of Spanish at Yale University and author of Dead Voice: Law, Philosophy, and Fiction in the Iberian Middle Ages…. READ MORE

Hot Off Penn Press: New for July

07/10/2020

Don’t miss our latest batch of new titles, including a fascinating history of paper money in the U.S., an exploration of indigenous rights in the Americas, a study of seventeenth-century… READ MORE

Reading List: Race, policing, and protest

06/05/2020

In the past two weeks, tragic police killings of African Americans have once again sent shockwaves through the nation and have prompted a widespread and ongoing surge of activism. These… READ MORE

Hot Off Penn Press: New for May

05/21/2020

Our latest titles span from an analysis of the cultural politics of cookbooks to an exploration of Jewish-Christian relations in nineteenth-century Europe, with much more in between. Browse through them… READ MORE