Author Q&A: Leilah Danielson, American Gandhi
09/18/2014
Our author Q&A train chugs on with Leilah Danielson, whose new book is called American Gandhi: A. J. Muste and the History of Radicalism in the Twentieth Century. When Abraham… READ MORE
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Author Q&A: Martin Jacobs, Reorienting the East
09/16/2014
Next in our series of Fall 2014 Author Q&As is Martin Jacobs, whose book, Reorienting the East: Jewish Travelers to the Medieval Muslim World, explores the Islamic world as it… READ MORE
Economic inequality, philanthropy, and the New (and old) Gilded Age
09/11/2014
Today we have a guest post from Francesca Sawaya, author of The Difficult Art of Giving: Patronage, Philanthropy, and the American Literary Market. Called "A fresh, original, and important revisionist… READ MORE
Author Q&A: William Paul Simmons, Binational Human Rights
09/09/2014
We continue our series of Fall 2014 Author Q&As with William Paul Simmons, one of the editors, with Carol Mueller, of Binational Human Rights: The U.S.–Mexico Experience. The book brings… READ MORE
Cases and controversies: Rebecca Cook outlines Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective
09/03/2014
Today we have a guest post from Rebecca J. Cook, co-editor of Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective: Cases and Controversies. Read her Author Q&A here. In this post, Cook outlines… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Megan Threlkeld, Pan American Women
08/28/2014
The next author in our series of Fall 2014 Q&As is Megan Threlkeld. Her new book is Pan American Women: U.S. Internationalists and Revolutionary Mexico. In the years following World… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: August’s New Books
08/27/2014
Well, as the new school year begins, the Press's presses have slowed, just a touch. It's the calm before the storm, to be sure. Here are the books that have… READ MORE
In the media: Cathy Lisa Schneider, author of Police Power and Race Riots
Cathy Schneider has been all over of late, giving insightful commentary on the events in Ferguson, Missouri, following the fatal shooting by police of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. Schneider's book,… READ MORE
Author Q&A: Rebecca Cook, Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective
08/26/2014
We continue our ongoing series of Fall 2014 author Q&As with Rebecca Cook, one of the editors of Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective: Cases and Controversies. Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective… READ MORE
In Memoriam: Michael B. Katz
08/25/2014
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death on August 23 of our valued author and Penn colleague Michael B. Katz. A scholar of great conviction, Katz… READ MORE
