01/15/2012
Every month, Paul Chase in the Penn Press Journals department invites our blog readers to download a complimentary article from one of our many scholarly journals. Paul's Pick for January,… READ MORE
01/10/2012
The Jewish Book Council has chosen Talya Fishman's Becoming the People of the Talmud: Oral Torah as Written Tradition in Medieval Jewish Cultures to receive a 2011 National Jewish Book… READ MORE
12/23/2011
The Penn Campus is relatively quiet now that classes are over, but winter break doesn't mean that things cool down at Penn Press. Some of the biggest humanities and social… READ MORE
12/21/2011
Shakespeare's Schoolroom: Rhetoric, Discipline, Emotion Lynn Enterline 208 pages | 6 x 9 | 3 Illus. Cloth 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4378-9 | $45.00 | £29.50 "Lynn Enterline locates in the… READ MORE
11/01/2011
For the November podcast, we dip into the archives for a second listen to Naomi F. Miller, Katherine M. Moore, and Kathleen Ryan from University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology… READ MORE
When we condone myths about Shakespeare, or actually promote them, we create the fertile ground where conspiracy theories grow.
10/31/2011
My textbook’s translation from Old English seemed entirely cryptic, despite my painstaking efforts to parse out the intended meaning of the thousand-year-old work. As a result, I admit that I have since held a grudge against all things Beowulf.
09/02/2011
Newsletter lovers, the September Penn Press newsletter is online now. The newsletter includes upcoming book events, a summary of our editors' and authors' activities in the world, and a link… READ MORE
08/18/2011
The Disaster Experts: Mastering Risk in Modern America Scott Gabriel Knowles 280 pages | 6 x 9 | 22 illus. Cloth Sep 2011 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4350-5 | $45.00 | £29.50… READ MORE
08/16/2011
Stephen A. Mitchell, author of Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages, was named a Walter Channing Cabot Fellow for 2011. The Cabot award honors faculty at Harvard University… READ MORE
