Hot Off Penn Press: New for May
05/24/2019
With the academic year winding down and summer break beginning, it’s a great time to dive into a new book! Our new releases this month include a century-spanning international history… READ MORE
Penn Press Log
A Brief History of Doom
05/23/2019
Today we have a guest post form Richard Vague, a managing partner of Gabriel Investments, Chairman of The Governor’s Woods Foundation, and author of 2014’s The Next Economic Disaster: Why… READ MORE
To Laugh or Not to Laugh?
04/18/2019
Today's guest post marks an exciting return for Jody Enders, Distinguished Professor of French at the University of California, Santa Barbara and editor and translator of two of Penn Press's… 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
Hot Off Penn Press: March releases
03/15/2019
Don't miss our latest slate of titles, ranging from a compelling, novel history of black abolitionist violence in the lead-up to the Civil War to a cultural history of fruit… READ MORE
Exploring the Cultural History of Fruit
03/12/2019
Today we have a guest post from Liz Bellamy, who teaches English at City College Norwich and the Open University and is the author of The Language of Fruit Literature… READ MORE
Imagining the Future of Philadelphia in the 19th Century
03/07/2019
Today, we have a guest post from Andrew Heath, a lecturer in American history at the University of Sheffield and the author of In Union There Is Strength: Philadelphia in… READ MORE
In Memoriam: Thomas Allsen
02/22/2019
Thomas Allsen, a highly respected scholar of the history and culture of Medieval Eurasia and of the Mongol Empire in particular, passed away on February 18, 2019. He was Professor… 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
Three Lessons from the History of Foreign-Imposed Regime Change
02/12/2019
Today we have a guest post from Melissa Willard-Foster, who teaches political science at the University of Vermont and is author of Toppling Foreign Governments, new from Penn Press. Her… READ MORE
