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...

09/11/2024

Come see us tomorrow at the Fall Conference! We’re so excited to meet you all and chat about our beautiful books 📚

09/06/2024

It’s and it looks like the BUP team is celebrating… on the clock? 🤫

08/29/2024

Thanks to The New York Sun for this review of ON JAMES BALDWIN:

"The great achievement of “On James Baldwin” is the same as what Baldwin hoped for himself: to write about the human condition without confinement to race, religion, and sexual orientation."

Available from BUP: https://tinyurl.com/3b6yjkmk

Toibin has an uncanny ability to situate himself as if he is beside Baldwin, raising questions about what Baldwin's characters will do next, what options…

08/27/2024

Our “Pawblisher” Rosie Berger-Ramin wishes you a very happy ! 🐶

08/22/2024

🚨 Book Delivery 🚨— THE GREEN AGES, by Annette Kehnel

We’re so excited for readers to dig into this fascinating and inspiring history of medieval sustainability! 🌳Available to preorder now from Brandeis University Press.
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08/19/2024

We were delighted to hear Colm Tóibín last week on PBS NewsHour! Visit the PBS News Hour website for the full interview — also featuring Eddie Glaude Jr., Raoul Peck, and Barry Jenkins.