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12/23/2024

❄️The PSU Press offices will be closed for winter break through January 1st. We'll see you in 2025!❄️

12/20/2024

David J. Collins, SJ, author of DISENCHANTING ALBERT THE GREAT, was interviewed by New Books Network Listen to the full interview here: https://newbooksnetwork.com/disenchanting-albert-the-great

12/19/2024

Barbara Biesecker, author of REINVENTING WORLD WAR II, was interviewed on New Books Network Listen to the full interview here: https://newbooksnetwork.com/reinventing-world-war-ii

12/19/2024

The December issue of our newsletter, PSU Press News, is here! Read on for awards and reviews, journals news, and more: https://www.psupress.org/emailassets/psupressnews-December_2024.html

12/18/2024

Association of University Presses has put together a list of selected books, journal articles, reading lists, and commentary from its member presses on the topic of democracy.

You can find the full list, including our selections, here: https://digitaldigest.up.hcommons.org/2024/12/09/on-democracy/

On Democracy December 9, 2024Books for Understanding, Books That MatterAnnette Windhorn Essential Reading from University Presses 2024 has been a big year for democratic elections around the world, as more than 3 billion people in 72 countries have gone to the polls. Robust elections definitely cont...

12/18/2024

"Beautifully illustrated and admirable for the original archival research and range of material."

Read Renaissance Quarterly's full review of Laura Fernández-González's PHILIP II OF SPAIN AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF EMPIRE here:

Philip II of Spain and the Architecture of Empire. Laura Fernández-González. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2021. xiv + 226 pp. $94.95. - Volume 76 Issue 2

12/18/2024

December's Unlocked Book of the Month is STRUGGLE FOR THE CITY by Derek G. Handley. Find more information and access the book here: https://pennstateuniversitypress.tumblr.com/post/768882618756481024/unlocked-book-of-the-month-struggle-for-the-city

Each month we’re highlighting a book available through PSU Press Unlocked, an open access initiative featuring scholarly digital books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. About our...

12/17/2024

Our Spring/Summer 2025 catalog is here! Browse the catalog and see what we're publishing next season:https://www.psupress.org/catalogs/PDFs/SS25_catalog_WEB.pdf

12/17/2024

Read French History's full review of Oliver Wunsch's A DELICATE MATTER: https://academic.oup.com/fh/advance-article/doi/10.1093/fh/crae032/7821507

12/16/2024

Membership to the Society for the Study of the American Gothic is now open! Become a member here: https://americangothicsociety.com/become-a-member/

Access to our journal, American Gothic Studies, is a benefit of membership. Find more information about the journal here: https://www.psupress.org/journals/jnls_AGS.html

Join us by signing up through Wild Apricot: https://ssag.wildapricot.org/ Restricted content will become available after you have become a member.

12/11/2024

Happy holidays! ❄️ We're celebrating by giving you 40% off SITEWIDE! Use discount code HOL24 at checkout through 12/20: https://bit.ly/3ONYpMH

12/03/2024

We're at 78% of our goal, and the day isn't over yet! You can still help us reach our goal and make more of our books available through our open access initiative. Donate here, and your donation will be matched 1:1 by the Libraries Development Board: https://give.psu.edu/schools/PennState/givingtuesday-2024/pages/university-libraries-penn-state-university-press/?a=1

12/03/2024

It's ! Your support will help us make more of our books open access and free for anyone to read. The Libraries Development Board will match your gift 1:1, so your contribution will be doubled! Donate here: https://give.psu.edu/schools/PennState/givingtuesday-2024/pages/university-libraries-penn-state-university-press/?a=1

11/26/2024

Christina Bradstreet, author of SCENTED VISIONS, has curated an exhibition for The Barber Institute of Fine Arts called "Scent & the Art of the Pre-Raphaelites." Stop by to see the exhibition through the end of January 2025, and then you can catch the exhibition on tour through November 2025!

Photo credit: Trevor Price

11/26/2024

The Museum of Modern Art has a new exhibition called "Lillie P. Bliss and the Birth of the Modern" running through March 29, 2025: https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5737

For related reading, sign up to be notified when Nancy Locke's CEZANNE'S SHADOWS is published next year: https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09879-1.html

Modernism has often been described as a rejection of the art of the past, but Cézanne’s Shadows makes an eloquent case for precisely the opposite artistic practice.

11/26/2024

"Its innovative methodology and astute analysis make A LAUGHABLE EMPIRE an important
addition to the study of American Humor, Pacięc Studies, and American Cultural
History." Read the full review from American Literary History here:

Teresa Prados-Torreira; Todd Nathan Thompson, A Laughable Empire: The US Imagines the Pacific World, 1840-1890, American Literary History, Volume 36, Issue

11/25/2024

"UNDER THE LITERARY MICROSCOPE encourages a multifaceted dialogue that engages various academic disciplines, fostering a richer comprehension of the cultural dynamics that shape public perceptions of scientific inquiry." Read the full review from The British Society for Literature and Science here:

Sina Farzin, Susan M. Gaines and Roslynn D. Haynes, Under the Literary Microscope: Science and Society in the Contemporary Novel (Pennsylvania: Penn State University Press, 2021) 220 pp. $99.95 Hb. $34.95 Pb. ISBN: 9780271089782

11/25/2024

Volume 33 of Nursing History Review, a forthcoming journal for us, will be published in 2025! Find more information about the journal here: