Thomas Sizgorich
01/31/2011
We at Penn Press were shocked and saddened by the news of the death of Thomas Sizgorich, author of Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity: Militant Devotion in Christianity and… READ MORE
Category: Academic Life
Jewish Studies at the Crossroads of Anthropology and History–Now Available
01/25/2011
Jewish Studies at the Crossroads of Anthropology and History: Authority, Diaspora, Tradition Edited by Ra'anan S. Boustan, Oren Kosansky, and Marina Rustow 424 pages | 6 x 9 | 16… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Anne Trubek, author of A Skeptic’s Guide to Writers’ Houses
11/01/2010
In the latest Penn Press podcast, Anne Trubek of Oberlin College recounts her visits to America's many literary house museums. Trubek shares her insights on sites including Walt Whitman's home… READ MORE
Stanley Fish in Philadelphia Tomorrow
10/29/2010
As part of the homecoming weekend celebration, the Penn Bookstore will host reknown scholar Stanley Fish for a special discussion of The Fugitive, the classic TV show in which Dr…. READ MORE
Anne Trubek Comes to the Kelly Writers House
10/21/2010
It's only natural that Anne Trubek, author of A Skeptic's Guide to Writers' Houses, is coming to the Kelly Writers House tomorrow at noon for an Arts Crawl Lunch Talk…. READ MORE
Hobbins Talk on “Publishing Before Print” Tonight
10/04/2010
Today at 5:15 p.m., Daniel Hobbins will be offering a talk on "Publishing Before Print: How Jean Gerson Reached a Massive Market of Readers Before Gutenberg" in the Martin and… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Three Researchers from the Penn Museum on Sustainable Lifeways
10/01/2010
In the October Penn Press podcast, Naomi F. Miller, Katherine M. Moore, and Kathleen Ryan from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology discuss human strategies for coping… READ MORE
Late Modernism–Now Available
09/20/2010
Late Modernism: Art, Culture, and Politics in Cold War America Robert Genter 416 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4264-5 | $49.95 | £32.50 A volume in… READ MORE
Humanity, a New Journal, Available for Free
09/07/2010
In October Penn Press will release the first issue of Humanity, a semiannual publication dedicated to publishing original research and reflection on human rights, humanitarianism, and development in the modern… READ MORE
Peck and Newman Discover Audubon’s First Published Illustration
07/30/2010
The discovery of John James Audubon's first published illustration, a three dollar bank note featuring a running grouse, is nothing to gripe about. The find by Robert M. Peck and… READ MORE
