University of Pennsylvania Press

12/27/2025

The final volume of Jonathan Sumption’s epic and prize-winning history of the Hundred Years War is here! Buy your copy TRIUMPH AND ILLUSION before December 31 and save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 https://bit.ly/3J4VgIC

12/27/2025

WHY THE HINDENBURG HAD A SMOKING LOUNGE collects essays by international bestselling author Edward Tenner that explore both the negative and positive surprises of human ingenuity. Save 40% on your copy when you order with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 at checkout by December 31! https://bit.ly/3FxS0nX

12/27/2025

AMERICANA INSIGHTS 2025 is a comprehensive study of Pennsylvania German redware and a celebration of this vibrant folk art tradition. Order by December 31 with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 to save 40%! (Plus, get free shipping on orders over $40!) https://bit.ly/4sbrm7J

12/26/2025

Did you know that Noémie Ndiaye's SCRIPTS OF BLACKNESS and Urvashi Chakravarty's FICTIONS OF CONSENT—the first two books in our series RaceB4Race, which examines how race has been constructed from antiquity to the 18th century—are available as paperbacks? Save 40% when you order them with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 by December 31! https://bit.ly/4p94gM0

12/23/2025

There's just over a week left in our 2025 Holiday Sale!

Save 40% on available books with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 and save 25% on individual journal subscriptions when you use code HOLIDAYJOURNAL25 in the journals shopping cart.

Learn more & shop today: https://bit.ly/44LdVkS

12/22/2025

"Today's young people view health as something they can 'grow' and should already be working on."

Read author Susanna Trnka's new piece for The Conversation US about the fascinating research behind her new book HEALTHIZATION!

Young people are embracing the ‘healthization’ of all aspects of their lives, from the physical to the emotional and beyond. The trick is finding the right balance.

12/19/2025

New on our blog: Don't miss the story of a Philadelphia public high school opening a new library—and the small but important role that Penn Press and our new three-volume GREATER PHILADELPHIA set played!

Today's post comes from Penn Press's Senior Editor Bob Lockhart, who recently attended the opening of the new library at a local public school here in

12/17/2025

"Offers an indispensable, cautionary tale for our modern moment."

Don't miss Katherine J. Parkin's revealing investigation into the business of buying & selling abortion access before Roe. Order THE ABORTION MARKET now & save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 at checkout: https://www.pennpress.org/9781512828207/the-abortion-market/

12/16/2025

It was so much fun to catch up with some of our authors at the Association for Jewish Studies's 2025 annual conference ( )! Including:
- Roni Henig (ON REVIVAL)
- Marc Herman (AFTER REVELATION)
- Hannah Pollin-Galay (OCCUPIED WORDS)
- Beth S. Wenger (co-editor, THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN JEWISH PASTS)

12/16/2025

"Beautifully written and wonderfully insightful," BLACK EXCELLENCE by Danielle Wiggins offers a provocative new history of modern black liberalism.

Order today and save 40% with code PENN-HOLIDAY25 during our Holiday Sale! https://bit.ly/4rXzDfn

12/15/2025

With in full swing, one of The Jewish Quarterly Review most-read pieces—“The Origins of Ashkenazi Jews: Can Genetics Help Resolve an Enduring Historical Mystery?”—is now freely available: https://bit.ly/3YqXXsq

As the JQR transitions to in 2026, its full archive becomes even more valuable to scholars!

12/15/2025

New on the blog: learn more about how Penn Press, the Teachers Institute of Philadelphia, and Penn GSE are collaborating to bring knowledge from the new 3-volume GREATER PHILADELPHIA project into Philadelphia's public school classrooms!

Today's post comes from Edward Epstein, who is the Alan J. Lee Director of the Teachers Institute of Philadelphia (TIP) at the University of Pennsylvania.