University of Pennsylvania Press

12/01/2025

EVENT: Author P. C. Saidalavi will discuss his new book SEEKING ALLAH'S HIERARCHY at the University of Calicut this Thursday, December 4, at 4 p.m. IST!

More info: https://bit.ly/4pExgw0

11/29/2025

On Monday, author Casey Schmitt will discuss her new book THE PREDATORY SEA in a virtual event hosted by The John Carter Brown Library! Learn more & register: https://bit.ly/4pqNSXO

11/28/2025

Want to learn more about how debt and speculation financed the suburban American dream and led to today’s inequalities? Join author Michael R. Glass for a virtual event hosted by The Gotham Center for New York City History about his new book CRACKED FOUNDATIONS on Monday December 1! https://bit.ly/4ixMBMv

A Book Talk with Michael R. Glass

11/26/2025

Author Cass Sunstein recently discussed his new book IMPERFECT ORACLE (out now from the American Philosophical Society Press!) at Harvard Law School. Read the event recap to learn more about how he views the promise and limits of artificial intelligence

Cass Sunstein’s new book, ‘Imperfect Oracle,’ explores the promising prospects and clear limits of AI.

11/25/2025

Greater Philadelphia has been a focal point in times of war and a hotbed for peace movements. It has been shaped by migration from across the globe, and its influence has extended far beyond its borders. In three volumes, GREATER PHILADELPHIA offers a sweeping, interconnected view of the region’s history and its continued importance for both the nation and the world.

Now available from Penn Press, a landmark book project celebrates Philadelphia’s role as the beating heart of the nation’s story, unearthing the hidden histories, points of pride, people, places, and... READ MORE

11/25/2025

scholars: Studying ritual, occultism, or esoteric traditions? Explore Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, a leading journal on the history and theory of magic and ritual practice.

Read more of MRW here:

A peer-reviewed scholarly journal, Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft draws from a broad spectrum of perspectives, methods, and disciplines, offering the widest possible geographical scope and chronological range, from prehistory to the modern era and from the Old World to the New. In addition to origina...

11/24/2025

attendees: interested in new and emerging religious movements? Check out one of Nova Religio’s most-read articles: “The Children of Noah: Has Messianic Zionism Created a New Religion?”

Today, nearly 2,000 Filipinos consider themselves members of the "Children of Noah," a new Judaic faith that is growing into the tens of thousands worldwide as ex-Christians encounter forms of Jewish learning online. Under the tutelage of Orthodox Jewish rabbis, Filipino "Noahides," as they call the...

11/24/2025

Don't forget to check out our 2025 Holiday Sale! Save 40% on books and 25% on individual journal subscriptions, from now through December 31.

Shopping for the readers, scholars, and students on your holiday gift list? Check out our wide range of books in topics from history, politics, and literature to religion, business, and... READ MORE

11/23/2025

Penn Press is excited to highlight our journals during American Academy of Religion & the Society of Biblical Literature's joint meeting! Our religious studies journals include:
Nova Religio
Jewish Quarterly Review
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Discover more at pennpress.org/journals

11/22/2025

We are all set up at this year's American Academy of Religion & Society of Biblical Literature joint meeting! Stop by our booth in the book exhibit to browse our latest religious studies titles, or visit our virtual exhibit store to save 40% on books & find special discounts on journals: https://site.pennpress.org/aarsbl-2025

11/21/2025

Congratulations to author Bruce O'Neill, whose book UNDERGROUND—which details public and private efforts to gentrify and expand Bucharest’s subterranean Metro stations—has recently won two awards announced in conjunction with the annual meeting! https://bit.ly/3LZQ4Hn

11/20/2025

So awesome to see coverage of GREATER PHILADELPHIA from The Daily Pennsylvanian! Read their article to learn more about the origins of the project, what kinds of information you'll find in the book, and how you can join us on campus on Dec. 4th for the book launch!

The three volumes — titled “The Greater Philadelphia Region,” “Greater Philadelphia and the Nation,” and “Greater Philadelphia and the World" — cover subjects from the American Revolution and abolition to urban development, immigration, and cultural life.