Brandeis University Press

01/13/2025

Thanks to all who came to Nicholas Nugent’s talk and book signing. We were thrilled to have such an engaged audience!
You’ll have another opportunity to hear Nicholas Nugent speak about his brilliant new book, The Spice Ports, on Tuesday Jan. 14 (tomorrow!) at 6pm eastern. This is a free, virtual webinar, hosted in partnership with and . Link to register is in our bio.

01/09/2025

You’ll have plenty of opportunities to catch author Nicholas Nugent at one of these exciting events celebrating his fascinating and gorgeously illustrated book The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of Global Sea Trade. Links to register are in our bio! (Argosy Books event does not require advance registration)

The Spice Ports is available at your local bookseller or on our website.

12/19/2024

If you enjoyed watching Escape at Dannemora on , we recommend you pick up a copy of Michael Benson’s book Escape From Dannemora: Richard Matt, David Sweat, and the Great Adirondack Manhunt for an even deeper dive into this 2015 prison break.

12/16/2024

Check out our upcoming titles! From a cultural history of the Atlantic told through coquilla nut artifacts, to a New York City birding guide, to a new edition of a seminal work of sociology and literary criticism (and much more in between), there’s something for everyone in our Spring 2025 catalog... Let us know in the comments what you’re most excited to read!

12/13/2024

In honor of our spectacular intern’s last day, we sampled some cookies. And of course we had to match them to some of our books. Here is our definitive ranking of the cookies (but we’re not ranking the books — we love all of our books equally 😌):

1- Cinnamon Crunch
2- Raspberry Butter Cake
3- Semisweet Chocolate Chunk
4- Cowboy Cookie
5- Cookies & Cream
That is all. Thank you, Vanessa, for an incredible semester.

12/09/2024

Calling all Swifties mourning the end of tour — don’t these Windermere peaks look like a perfect place to cry...?

This gorgeous new edition of William Wordsworth’s THE PRELUDE, edited by James Engell and Michael D. Raymond, is the perfect holiday gift for the poetry lover in your life. Filled with contemporaneous illustrations from the Yale Center for British Art and other prestigious collections, this poetic masterwork is revived for readers in this immersive edition.

But hey... what are our words worth? 😉 Check out these illustrations from THE PRELUDE and decide for yourself!

11/21/2024

Just published 💬 https://bit.ly/3AFCHHn
Author Susan Eaton discusses her latest book, The Other Boston Busing Story, which gives voices to graduates of METCO, America’s longest-running voluntary school desegregation program with Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University - Brandeis University Press

11/13/2024

University Press Week is here! We're proud to share that Annette Kehnel's THE GREEN AGES is featured in the gallery on Science & Environment, spotlighting how university presses advance and promote innovative ideas and scholarship. Association of University Presses

This week, THE GREEN AGES is 20% off on our website. Use code GREENAGES at checkout.

11/04/2024

📣 Registration info at the link in our bio!
On November 7th at 6pm, join Brandeis University Press, the Ford Hall Forum at & Forum Network at the Modern Theatre for a special two-part program on historical approaches to solving inequality in the Boston school system.

The program will begin with a screening of documentary, “Never Cried: Boston’s Busing Legacy,” followed by a talkback with filmmaker Emily Judem. The second part of the evening’s program will feature Professor Susan E. Eaton who will discuss her book, “The Other Boston Busing Story: What’s Won and Lost Across the Boundary Line,” about the long-running voluntary school desegregation program known as METCO.
This event is free to the public!

10/18/2024

Keep an eye out for BUP author events in the second half of October! We’re so lucky to have authors doing such amazing work out in the world 😊📚✍️
Check out our website’s calendar for more details!

10/10/2024

Join us this evening at 6pm for a Ford Hall Forum conversation with Diane Dimond, author of We're Here to Help: When Guardianship Goes Wrong (https://lnkd.in/eJn4jBry), and Sarah Boonin, Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and Director of Clinical Programs at Suffolk Law School.

The state-run guardianship system, called conservatorship in some states, is largely unregulated, ill-understood, and increasingly populated by financially motivated predators. Just how guardianship works and its real-life effects remained a mystery to most until the very public case of pop star Britney Spears. It suddenly became clear that those conscripted into the system lose all their civil rights in the process.

Explosive and compelling, We’re Here to Help tells the human stories behind the headlines and shows how to avoid the risks of voluntary or involuntary guardianship.

This event is free to the public. More details can be found below.
No registration is required for in person attendance.
Register to join us via Zoom at this link: https://t.co/T3afsCDYUj

10/04/2024

THE SPICE PORTS: Mapping the Origins of Global Sea Trade, by Nicholas Nugent is out now!

Lessons from both history and geography combine in this fascinating study of the spice ports, lavishly illustrated with antique maps and city views.

We may think of ‘globalism’ as a recent development, but in fact its origins date back to the fifteenth century and beyond, when seafarers pioneered routes across the oceans with the objectives of exploration, trade, and profit.

This wide-ranging account of a fascinating period of global history uses original maps and contemporary artists’ views to tell the story of how each port developed individually; while also encouraging us to consider contrasting points of view of the benefits and the damages of the maritime spice trade.

10/02/2024

"Beginning to End the Climate Crisis" is Luisa Neubauer's only book available in English!
Learn more here: https://brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/beginning-to-end-the-climate-crisis-a-history-of-our-future/

09/30/2024

Just published! 👉 https://bit.ly/3ZM93tY
Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University and Brandeis University Press present a conversation with Luisa , Extinction Rebellion Boston Jule Manitz, Brandeis University Sabine Von Mering, and The Conversation US Beth Daley on climate activism today.

09/26/2024

09/20/2024

kicks off this weekend, but we wanted to get a head start and share this deal with you!

WHEN FREEDOM SPEAKS by Lynn Greenky is 30% off all week with the code "BANNEDBOOKS" (case sensitive).

WHEN FREEDOM SPEAKS is an amazing, accessible book about our First Amendment rights. Greenky uses contemporary, real-world examples and court cases to help us understand how these principles are applicable to our daily lives. Pick up a discounted copy on our website!

09/18/2024

Ducks On Parade! Check out this Boston.com article featuring Nancy Schön, creator of Boston's famous duck sculptures, and author of DUCKS ON PARADE (available from BUP) — https://brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/ducks-on-parade/

https://boston.com/news/wickedpedia/2024/09/17/who-dresses-the-make-way-for-ducklings-ducks/

Inspired by Robert McCloskey's beloved children's book of the same name, the iconic bronze Make Way for Ducklings sculpture in Boston's Public Garden has come...