University of Pennsylvania Press

08/21/2025

Congratulations to author Jennifer Rushworth, whose book PROUST'S SONGBOOK has been shortlisted for the Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize, which honors scholarly contributions to our understanding of literature originally in another language!

In Proust’s Songbook, Jennifer Rushworth analyzes and theorizes the presence and role of songs in Marcel Proust’s novel À la recherche du temps perdu (I...

08/19/2025

Congratulations to Katherine J. Parkin, who recently won the award for Best Scholarly Article in Canadian Business History from the Canadian Business History Association for a co-authored article on subject matter related to her forthcoming book THE ABORTION MARKET (out next month)!

Katherine Parkin, Ph.D., Jules Plangere, Jr., Endowed Chair in American Social History and professor in the Department of History and Anthropology, was awarded Best Scholarly Article in Canadian Business History for her article, “The Business of Abortion: Referral Services, Advertising, and Canadi...

08/15/2025

Congratulations to author Adam Lovett, whose book Democratic Failures and the Ethics of Democracy has been longlisted for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy, granted by The Royal Institute of Philosophy!

In Democratic Failures and the Ethics of Democracy, political philosopher Adam Lovett argues that when it comes to democratic ideals, the United States is a ...

08/14/2025

The second issue of our open-access journal Pasados is here! An initiative of Arte Público Press's Recovery program, Pasados is a peer-reviewed publication with a focus on Latinx cultural pasts. Check out the issue on JSTOR today: https://bit.ly/419A3Ue

08/13/2025

LISTEN: Author Randy M. Browne discusses his award-winning book THE DRIVER'S STORY—a compelling account of drivers, who were at the very center of enslaved people’s working lives, social relationships, and struggles against slavery—on the Ben Franklin's World podcast!

Randy Browne, an award-winning historian and Professor of History at Xavier University, joins us to investigate slavery's driving system.

08/11/2025

New on the American Philosophical Society blog, Penn Press Acquisitions Assistant Jon Repetti dives deep into the 1964 American Philosophical Society Press title Fish-Shape Paumanok, in which author Robert Cushman Murphy contemplates the relationship between man & nature on his native Long Island: https://bit.ly/4oxy9Xg

08/09/2025

Penn Press's Fall 2025 catalog is here! Learn more about the great books we have coming this season in subjects like American history, medieval & early modern studies, Jewish studies, anthropology, human rights, African American studies, and beyond!

• Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century, a landmark book project celebrating Philadelphia’s role as the beating heart of the nation’s story. Volume 1, The Greater Philadelphia Region, digs into the interdependence between the city and its periphery across parts of t...

08/08/2025

The issue is now openly accessible on Project MUSE!
https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55317
McNeil Center for Early American Studies University of Pennsylvania Press

08/07/2025

Our Fall 2025 catalog is here! Check out this season's new releases, from a new three-volume popular history of the Philadelphia area to books about hybrid work, the early modern rum trade, black politics in Atlanta, debt's role in suburban growth & inequality, and more!

Browse the PDF: https://bit.ly/4m8rvW4

08/06/2025

Did you know that the fifth and final volume of Jonathan Sumption's epic history of the Hundred Years' War is finally here? Order your copy today! https://bit.ly/3J4VgIC

The final volume of Jonathan Sumption’s epic and prize-winning history of the Hundred Years WarTriumph and Illusion is the final volume of Jonathan Sumptio...

08/02/2025

Michael Leja's new book A FLOOD OF PICTURES, featuring 140+ color illustrations, explores how the new and widespread circulation of pictures reshaped a 19th-century US culture that was accustomed to printed and spoken words.

Learn more & order your copy: https://bit.ly/4l3Noo1

07/31/2025

LISTEN: On New Books Network's History podcast, Michael Stauch discusses his book WILDCAT OF THE STREETS (available for pre-order!), which explores how Black youth in 1970s-80s Detroit made claims for political equality amid the rise of community policing.