Hot Off Penn Press: June’s New Books
07/08/2015
It may not be harvest time yet, but June yielded a bumper crop of new books. Check them out below, and to receive subject-specific email announcements about new books, sign… READ MORE
Category: National Security
“Gender policies in Afghanistan are part of the post 9/11 humanitarian carnival” – Julie Billaud discusses her book with Heath Cabot
04/02/2015
This post originally appeared on AllegraLaboratory.net, and features two Penn authors, Heath Cabot and Julie Billaud, discussing Billaud's book, Kabul Carnival: Gender Politics in Postwar Afghanistan. Cabot is the author… READ MORE
Farkhunda did not die because of “Afghan culture”
03/30/2015
Today we have a guest post from Julie Billaud, author of Kabul Carnival: Gender Politics in Postwar Afghanistan, out now. The recent killing by a mob of Farkhunda, a 20-year-old… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: February’s New Books
03/04/2015
While hibernating animals sleep snug in their burrows, the rest of us wait with bated breath for winter to end. We here at Penn Press occupy our minds by publishing… READ MORE
Hot Off Penn Press: October’s New Books
11/04/2014
Yes, it's technically November, but that's just because there were so many new releases last month we couldn't fit in time to post about it! If you'd like to receive… READ MORE
Tom Nichols on Bill O’Reilly (and Colbert)
10/01/2014
Bill O'Reilly, pundit on Fox News, believes that the terrorist threat posed by ISIS should be met with a hired mercenary army, rather than risking American lives. Penn author Tom… 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
Hot Off Penn Press: In Light of Another’s Word, No Use, Slavery in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia, and Ethnography in Today’s World
12/13/2013
Here are the latest arrivals in the Penn Press warehouse. These books are available for purchase now at www.pennpress.org. Look for them at your favorite bookseller. In Light of Another's… READ MORE
No Use Author Thomas M. Nichols Links the Posibility of Action in Syria to U.S. Nuclear Deterent Policy
08/27/2013
As foreign policy watchers consider the implications of Secretary of State John Kerry's latest statements on the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons, many people are questioning America's readiness for… READ MORE
Takedown Author Philip Mudd Hits the Airwaves Again
06/25/2013
This week, Philip Mudd, author of Takedown: Inside the Hunt for Al Qaeda, hit the airwaves again to discuss current national security and intelligence events. As former CIA deputy director… READ MORE
