Penny, the Press Robin
04/29/2011
Many of us at Penn Press recently noticed that a family of robins has built a home in the front doorway of our building. Business & Economics Editor Erin Graham… READ MORE
Category: Academic Life
Congratulations to Caroline Walker Bynum, winner of the MAA Haskins Medal
04/25/2011
On April 15, the Medieval Academy of America announced that the 2011 Haskins Medal for a distinguished book in the field of medieval studies goes to Caroline Walker Bynum for… READ MORE
Uganda Fund Accepting Donations in Honor of Richard Pierre Claude
04/22/2011
Penn Press staff were saddened to hear of the death of author, editor, and human rights education pioneer Richard Pierre Claude. Claude was Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics at… READ MORE
Founding the Fathers–Now Available
04/19/2011
Founding the Fathers: Early Church History and Protestant Professors in Nineteenth-Century America Elizabeth A. Clark 576 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth Apr 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4319-2 | $69.95 |… READ MORE
Beowulf “Hwaet!” Handknit Give-away
04/15/2011
This spring Penn Press will release "Beowulf" and Other Old English Poems, edited and translated by Craig Williamson with a foreword by noted medieval scholar and J. R. R. Tolkien… READ MORE
A Note from The Humanity Editorial Collective
04/13/2011
Here's a note from the Humanity Editorial Collective about the latest issue of their journal. Dear Readers: The journal's second issue is out! Please see the table of contents here,… READ MORE
Heather Murray Receives Levine Award from OAH
03/22/2011
On March 20, the Organization of American Historians presented Heather Murray with the 2011 Lawrence W. Levine Award for best book in cultural history. Murray earned the award for Not… READ MORE
A Democracy of Facts: Natural History in the Early Republic–Now Available
03/16/2011
A Democracy of Facts: Natural History in the Early Republic Andrew J. Lewis 216 pages | 6 x 9 | 15 illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4308-6 | $39.95 |… READ MORE
Beneke and Grenda’s The First Prejudice on the Religion and American History Blog
02/21/2011
The Religion and American History Blog recently posted an interview with Chris Beneke, co-editor with Christopher S. Grenda of The First Prejudice: Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Early America. In… READ MORE
James M. Powell
02/03/2011
University of Pennsylvania Press staff members were saddened by news of the death of .James M. Powell, Professor of History Emeritus at Syracuse University. Powell wrote Anatomy of a Crusade,… READ MORE
