Farkhunda did not die because of “Afghan culture”
03/30/2015
Today we have a guest post from Julie Billaud, author of Kabul Carnival: Gender Politics in Postwar Afghanistan, out now. The recent killing by a mob of Farkhunda, a 20-year-old… READ MORE
Penn Press Log
Author Q&A: Lakeyta M. Bonnette, Pulse of the People
03/26/2015
Today’s Q&A is with Lakeyta M. Bonnette, author of Pulse of the People: Political Rap Music and Black Politics, which lays a foundation for the study of political rap music… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Douglas Biow, On the Importance of Being an Individual in Renaissance Italy
03/24/2015
Today sees the return of the Penn Press Author Q&A, with Douglas Biow, whose book, On the Importance of Being an Individual in Renaissance Italy, explores the individual in light… READ MORE
Who made capitalism in nineteenth-century America, and how was it made?
03/12/2015
Today we have a guest post from authors Brian P. Luskey and Wendy A. Woloson, about their book, Capitalism by Gaslight: Illuminating the Economy of Nineteenth-Century America. The cover art… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: February’s New Books
03/04/2015
While hibernating animals sleep snug in their burrows, the rest of us wait with bated breath for winter to end. We here at Penn Press occupy our minds by publishing… READ MORE
The garden literature of The Artist’s Garden
02/13/2015
Today we have a guest post from Anna Marley, author of The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, sharing the story behind the catalog and its accompanying exhibition,… READ MORE
Watch Andrew O’Shaughnessy, author of An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean
02/11/2015
Recently, our author Alexander Jackson O'Shaughnessy was featured in two videos, discussing his book, An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean, from 2000. The first was an… READ MORE
Women & sex in Christian–Muslim relations: The medieval perspective
02/05/2015
Today we have a guest post from Simon Barton, author of Conquerors, Brides, and Concubines: Interfaith Relations and Social Power in Medieval Iberia. This post originally appeared on the blog… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: January’s New Books
02/04/2015
While the groundhog may have seen its shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter, we can keep our minds off the weather with the most recent books from Penn Press!… READ MORE
Interview with C. Peter Timmer, author of Food Security and Scarcity
02/03/2015
In the fall, Penn published a book by C. Peter Timmer, Food Security and Scarcity: Why Ending Hunger Is So Hard. Timmer's book, as the title suggests, examines the challenges… READ MORE
