01/17/2008
On January 9th, The Center for American Progress Action Fund and the University of Pennsylvania Press cosponsored a program called "Human Rights and the Presidential Campaign." William F. Schulz, coeditor… READ MORE
In honor of Benjamin Franklin on his birthday, here’s a quote from his song "Fair Venus Calls." In Power is Pleasure, no Tongue can tell.By Crouds tho’ you’re teased, your… READ MORE
01/16/2008
Reading, Not So Dead After All, from The Chronicle of Higher Education, gives a snapshot of the blog battles surrounding the NEA’s "To Read or Not to Read" report.
12/17/2007
Penn Press author and editor Steven Conn criticizes Mitt Romney’s recent speech on the place of religion in politics. According to Conn, Romney’s attack on "’the religion of secularlism’. …. READ MORE
11/27/2007
This month, print journalists quoted our authors on subjects ranging from faith-based initiatives to romance novels to terrorism. A recent Wall Street Journal article cited the work of Ram Cnaan,… READ MORE
10/31/2007
The Age of Apology: Facing Up to the Past Mark Gibney, Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann, and Jean-Marc Coicaud, and Niklaus Steiner, Editors 344 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 |… READ MORE
10/15/2007
The staff of the University of Pennsylvania Press is saddened by the news of the death of Roy Rosenzweig, historian, head of the Center for History and New Media, and… READ MORE
Political Violence and Trauma in Argentina Antonius C. G. M. Robben 480 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 5 illus. Cloth 2005 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3836-5 | $55.00 |… READ MORE
09/28/2007
Ko Htike, a Burmese blogger now living in the United Kingdom, has been cut off from his source of images from home. Today he wrote in his blog ko htike’s… READ MORE
09/12/2007
In Parrot Culture: Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World’s Most Talkative Bird, Bruce Thomas Boehrer quotes a short but telling conversation about nuts. Alex: Wanna nut.Irene: Want another one? How… READ MORE
