Intern Reflections: Samantha Friskey
08/24/2017
Each summer, Penn Press welcomes interns to introduce them to the world of academic publishing, asking them to participate in and contribute to the ongoing work of academic publishing in… READ MORE
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Staying Afloat: Reflections on Anthropology and Everyday Life
08/22/2017
Today we have a guest post from Ann Grodzins Gold, Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University and author of Shiptown: Between Rural and Urban North… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: Back to school already?
08/17/2017
The first day of fall classes is rapidly approaching at colleges and universities all over, so what better time to check out Penn Press's latest slate of new titles? Indeed,… READ MORE
Inclusive Freedom: How to Protect Free Speech for Our Students
08/16/2017
Today, we have a guest post from Sigal Ben-Porath, Professor of Education, Political Science, and Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the exciting and timely new book… READ MORE
Archaeology and Ireland
08/08/2017
Today we have a guest post from Peter Bogucki, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University and co-editor with Pam J. Crabtree… READ MORE
Political Violence in History and Today
08/02/2017
Today we have a blog post from one of Penn Press's most esteemed and prolific authors. Sageman is a forensic psychiatrist and a government counterterrorism consultant. In his comprehensive new… READ MORE
Aping the Human: On Planet of the Apes and the Posthumanities
07/28/2017
Today we have a guest post from Mira Beth Wasserman, who teaches rabbinic literature at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and is the author of Jews, Gentiles, and Other Animals: The Talmud After… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: From gardens to stadiums
07/13/2017
In the mid-July heat, relax somewhere cool with one of our new titles, which include an illustrated and comprehensive look at Japanese gardens, an incisive ethnographic study of children caught… READ MORE
Disability and the Right to Digital Information
Today we have a guest post from Jonathan Lazar and Michael Ashley Stein, co-editors of Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology. Lazar is Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at Towson University… READ MORE
Secular vs. Scientific Apocalypticism
07/10/2017
Today we have a guest post from Lisa Vox, author of Existential Threats: American Apocalyptic Beliefs in the Technological Era. Seeking to address American's longstanding fascination with visions of the apocalypse,… READ MORE
