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11/16/2025

Congratulations to two Penn Press authors whose books have won the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award from the Association for Jewish Studies:

Iris Idelson-Shein, whose book BETWEEN THE BRIDGE AND THE BARRICADE (https://bit.ly/47Jizlf) has won in the category of Medieval & Early Modern Jewish History & Culture!
..and Hannah Pollin-Galay, whose book OCCUPIED WORDS (https://bit.ly/4oFY9zt) has won in the category of Jewish Literature & Linguistics!

11/15/2025

Congratulations to author Sarah L. H. Gronningsater, whose book THE RISING GENERATION has won the Cromwell Book Prize from the American Society for Legal History!

Chronicles the history of emancipation through the cradle-to-grave experiences of a remarkable generation of black northernersThe Rising Generation chronicle...

11/14/2025

We had an amazing time celebrating the launch of the new three-volume project GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY last night at the Independence Visitor Center, including the presentation of a citation from Mayor Cherelle Parker! Thank you to everyone who attended, and for those who didn't, it's not too late to learn more about the project and order your copies today at pennpress.org/greater-philadelphia!

11/13/2025

So excited to see GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY highlighted today on NBC10 Philadelphia's Philly Live, featuring a conversation with one of the project's editors Howard Gillette Jr. and our Director Mary Francis!

Watch now: https://bit.ly/4i1MNn9

11/13/2025

2025 celebrates the essential work of university presses to amplify scholarship & ideas. See how we to shape conversations globally.

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11/12/2025

TOMORROW: We're celebrating the launch of the new three-volume GREATER PHILADELPHIA project at the Philadelphia Visitor Center, featuring a discussion with two of the project's co-editors & books available for purchase!

Register now: www.tinyurl.com/PHLBook250

11/12/2025

How does Penn Press to shape conversations globally? Some highlights from this year about our efforts to:

• Work with organizations & our journals to expand : https://bit.ly/41zH2GE
• Partner with established journals: https://bit.ly/44rA5HJ & launch new ones: https://bit.ly/4jXcVPW
• Collaborate with scholars & research centers to bring an exciting new project to the public that celebrates the history & culture of our home city and its connections to the nation & the world: https://bit.ly/47XNQzT
• ...& beyond! You can always stay up to date on our recent activities & much more to come at pennpress.org

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11/11/2025

Curious what one page of Georgina Wilson's PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE says about the book as a whole? Check out her post on The Page 99 Test!

Georgina Wilson is an early modern literary scholar specialising in material texts. Her work has been published in Criticism , The Oxford H...

11/11/2025

Philly followers: Don't miss this our launch event with Independence Historical Trust for the new three-volume publication GREATER PHILADELPHIA this Thursday at the Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation, featuring a discussion with two of the project's co-editors & books for purchase!

Register now: https://www.tinyurl.com/PHLBook250

11/10/2025

"Rum represented a distinctly new kind of commodity that was quintessentially modern in that it thrived on the disposability of nearly everything it touched."

Jordan B. Smith talks THE INVENTION OF RUM in a Q&A on the blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home!

Jordan B. Smith is Associate Professor of History and Pre-Law Advisor at Widener University. This interview is based on his new book, The Invention of Rum: Creating the Quintessential Atlantic Comm…

11/10/2025

Don't miss Zachary Albert's interview on Roro.toko, in which he explores how his new book PARTISAN POLICY NETWORKS illuminates the world of think tanks and other policy groups, including their role in creating blueprints like Project 2025.

https://bit.ly/4p26zAY

Zachary Albert Partisan Policy Networks: How Research Organizations Became Party Allies and Political Advocates University of Pennsylvania Press 357 pages, ISBN: 9781512828016

11/06/2025

Thrilled to see a shout-out in Penn Today for the new three-volume project GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY!

Ahead of the main event on July 4, 2026, marking the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Penn students, faculty, and staff will have multiple early opportunities to engage with America’s 250th anniversary.