07/27/2009
Yesterday, Maureen Dowd of The New York Times weighed in on the controversial arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and quoted former Philadelphia Police Commissioner John Timoney in her column…. READ MORE
05/14/2009
The Press is making final preparations for this year's Alumni Weekend Open House Event, this Saturday, May 16 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m in the Victorian mansion that houses… READ MORE
04/16/2009
Work on The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia project begins today with a Civil Partner and Planning Workshop at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The project invites everyone to nominate topics… READ MORE
03/23/2009
For a chance to see book history in the making, reserve a seat at this year's Rosenbach Lectures. The A.S.W. Rosenbach Lectures in Bibliography have been the basis for many… READ MORE
03/11/2009
In today's Philadelphia Inquirer, William C. Kashatus chose to give local baseball fans a little pre-season reality check. . . .here in the City of Brotherly Love, fans ruminate about… READ MORE
02/23/2009
Tune in or log on to WAMU's The Kojo Nnamdi Show tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. E.S.T. to hear Maurice Jackson, author of Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father… READ MORE
02/12/2009
Today is the 200th anniversary of Charles Robert Darwin's birth. Here in Philadelphia, there are many ways to celebrate, including this year's Darwin Day Free Evolutionary Teach In at the… READ MORE
02/06/2009
Maurice Jackson, author of Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism, spoke at the Library Company of Philadelphia yesterday evening. Jackson discussed how eighteenth-century Philadelphian… READ MORE
01/12/2009
An article on William C. Kashatus appears in the current issue Pennsylvania Heritage magazine. The magazine outlines the career and contributions of the historian and author of a dozen books,… READ MORE
01/05/2009
Philadelphia Inquirer book critic Carlin Romano had this to say about Bruce Kuklick's new biography of William Fontaine, a ground breaking African American scholar: Black Philosopher, White Academy does credit… READ MORE
