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The article "Opium use in ancient Egypt: Alabaster vase residue points to widespread use" from Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is open access! Read the article here:
Opium use in ancient Egypt: Alabaster vase residue points to widespread use
Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum's Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The article "Opium use in ancient Egypt: Alabaster vase residue points to widespread use" from Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is open access! Read the article here:
THE STOLEN BONES OF ST. JOHN OF MATHA by A. Katie Harris was named one of Church History's Books of the Month for October 2025!
Recent Books in Church History - October 2025 - American Society of Church History
Church History: Books of the Month October 2025 Monthly Updates on Recent Books in the History of Christianity To raise awareness of recent books in the history of Christianity, the editorial staff…
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November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
THE STOLEN BONES OF ST. JOHN OF MATHA by A. Katie Harris was named one of Church History's Books of the Month for October 2025!
We're at the MESA annual meeting this weekend! You can shop our books through our virtual exhibit, and save 40% when you use promo code MESA25 at checkout. Sale ends 12/26: bit.ly/3XgcQNI
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're at the MESA annual meeting this weekend! You can shop our books through our virtual exhibit, and save 40% when you use promo code MESA25 at checkout. Sale ends 12/26: bit.ly/3XgcQNI
We're at the annual AAR/SBL meeting this weekend! You can find us at booth 125. If you're not at the conference, don't worry! You can still shop our books and take advantage of our 40% conference discount through our virtual exhibit. Sale ends 12/25: bit.ly/4oao4OA
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We're at the annual AAR/SBL meeting this weekend! You can find us at booth 125. If you're not at the conference, don't worry! You can still shop our books and take advantage of our 40% conference discount through our virtual exhibit. Sale ends 12/25: bit.ly/4oao4OA
Tomorrow! Join Mayu Fujikawa, author of ENVISIONING DIPLOMACY, for a talk at a symposium on the Keichō Embassy. More information can be found in the photo below!
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Tomorrow! Join Mayu Fujikawa, author of ENVISIONING DIPLOMACY, for a talk at a symposium on the Keichō Embassy. More information can be found in the photo below!
The 2025 African Studies Association meeting is this week! Our Acquisitions Editor Archna Patel is at the conference. You can shop related books through our Virtual Exhbit and save 40% when you use discount code ASA25. Sale ends 12/22:
African Studies Association Virtual Exhibit
Enter promo code ASA25 at checkout for 40% off the titles below. Sale ends 12/22.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The 2025 African Studies Association meeting is this week! Our Acquisitions Editor Archna Patel is at the conference. You can shop related books through our Virtual Exhbit and save 40% when you use discount code ASA25. Sale ends 12/22:
"After reading the book, I can’t wait to return to the park — I will have a newfound appreciation for what’s there today and for the legacy built by those who made it happen."
Read Coaster 101's full review of THRILL RIDE here:
Read Coaster 101's full review of THRILL RIDE here:
Hersheypark Book Review — Thrill Ride: The Transformation of Hersheypark - Coaster101
The Thrill Ride: The Transformation of Hersheypark book is now available for purchase online here and at other retailers.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"After reading the book, I can’t wait to return to the park — I will have a newfound appreciation for what’s there today and for the legacy built by those who made it happen."
Read Coaster 101's full review of THRILL RIDE here:
Read Coaster 101's full review of THRILL RIDE here:
The very first issue of American Gothic Studies just published, and the article "Carrie at 50" is free to read through the end of the year!
Carrie at 50
Abstract. Fifty years after its publication as a novel, Carrie still manages to remind us of not only Stephen King’s importance as a novelist but also the value of reading the text and the film it…
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November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The very first issue of American Gothic Studies just published, and the article "Carrie at 50" is free to read through the end of the year!
Now published! Take 30% off FACING DECAY with discount code NR25: buff.ly/57tTi7D
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Now published! Take 30% off FACING DECAY with discount code NR25: buff.ly/57tTi7D
We are pleased to announce that the inaugural RSA
Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric book proposal workshop will be taking place at RSA in April 2026! You can find more information and apply here: buff.ly/8498Mj7. Applications are due 12/15.
Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric book proposal workshop will be taking place at RSA in April 2026! You can find more information and apply here: buff.ly/8498Mj7. Applications are due 12/15.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We are pleased to announce that the inaugural RSA
Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric book proposal workshop will be taking place at RSA in April 2026! You can find more information and apply here: buff.ly/8498Mj7. Applications are due 12/15.
Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric book proposal workshop will be taking place at RSA in April 2026! You can find more information and apply here: buff.ly/8498Mj7. Applications are due 12/15.
Samantha Baskind, author of MOSES JACOB EZEKIEL, is giving a lecture and signing books this Wednesday (11/19) starting at 4pm. Learn more and register here:
Lecture and Book Signing with Samantha Baskind - HUC
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November 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Samantha Baskind, author of MOSES JACOB EZEKIEL, is giving a lecture and signing books this Wednesday (11/19) starting at 4pm. Learn more and register here:
Last week was UP Week, which celebrated the theme #TeamUP. Our Executive Director, David Aycock, spoke with the University of Michigan Press on how we've teamed up with Big Ten Open Books to reimagine how we circulate scholarship:
Big Ten Open Books Publishers #TeamUP to Unlock Vital Subject Collections
Publishes award-winning books that advance humanities and social science fields, as well as English language teaching and regional resources.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Last week was UP Week, which celebrated the theme #TeamUP. Our Executive Director, David Aycock, spoke with the University of Michigan Press on how we've teamed up with Big Ten Open Books to reimagine how we circulate scholarship:
It's that time of year again! ❄️ Our holiday book sale has begun, and you can save 40% SITEWIDE. If you're shopping through our website, use code HOL25. EU/UK customers, use code HBS25. Sale ends 12/19: bit.ly/449ilS0
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It's that time of year again! ❄️ Our holiday book sale has begun, and you can save 40% SITEWIDE. If you're shopping through our website, use code HOL25. EU/UK customers, use code HBS25. Sale ends 12/19: bit.ly/449ilS0
THRILL RIDE author John R. Haddad will be signing copies of his book this Saturday, 11/15, from 1:15-3:15 at Book Bar! Find more information here: buff.ly/rjJe5Kp
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
THRILL RIDE author John R. Haddad will be signing copies of his book this Saturday, 11/15, from 1:15-3:15 at Book Bar! Find more information here: buff.ly/rjJe5Kp
Congratulations to Loretta Victoria Ramirez, whose book THE WOUND AND THE STITCH has won the bronze medal for the 2025 International Latino Book Awards Best Academic Themed Book, College Level!
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Congratulations to Loretta Victoria Ramirez, whose book THE WOUND AND THE STITCH has won the bronze medal for the 2025 International Latino Book Awards Best Academic Themed Book, College Level!
Matt Poland's article "Eliot at Yale" in George Eliot - George Henry Lewes Studies won the Donald Gray Prize for best journal essay from the North American Victorian Studies Association! The article is free to access until 1/31:
Eliot at Yale
Abstract. This article locates the origins of George Eliot scholarship in the archival collecting practices and editorial priorities of Chauncey Brewster Tinker and Gordon Haight at Yale University…
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November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Matt Poland's article "Eliot at Yale" in George Eliot - George Henry Lewes Studies won the Donald Gray Prize for best journal essay from the North American Victorian Studies Association! The article is free to access until 1/31:
"This book shows us how remembering the people persecuted by the Nazi regime is once again essential for defending LGBTQ+ rights in a new age of growing fascism and anti-queer/trans oppression."
@Queerty.com has published an excerpt of THE PINK SCAR, and you can find it here:
@Queerty.com has published an excerpt of THE PINK SCAR, and you can find it here:
When the American media turned the Nazis persecution of homosexuals into tabloid fodder - Queerty
The following is an excerpt from "The Pink Scar: How Nazi Persecution Shaped the Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights" by Thomas R. Dunn and available now from Penn State University Press.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"This book shows us how remembering the people persecuted by the Nazi regime is once again essential for defending LGBTQ+ rights in a new age of growing fascism and anti-queer/trans oppression."
@Queerty.com has published an excerpt of THE PINK SCAR, and you can find it here:
@Queerty.com has published an excerpt of THE PINK SCAR, and you can find it here:
Thursday! Join Nicholas R. Jones, author of CERVANTINE BLACKNESS, for a book talk at Hofstra at 2:40pm. Find more information here:
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November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thursday! Join Nicholas R. Jones, author of CERVANTINE BLACKNESS, for a book talk at Hofstra at 2:40pm. Find more information here:
The article "The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels: A Transdisciplinary Approach with Legacy Artifacts" from Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is open access!
The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels: A Transdisciplinary Approach with Legacy Artifacts
ABSTRACT. Two decades ago, the first organic residue samples ever extracted by ARCHEM came from legacy objects excavated by Flinders Petrie at Sedment, Egypt, which are now in the Penn Museum. They…
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October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The article "The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels: A Transdisciplinary Approach with Legacy Artifacts" from Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is open access!
Last chance to shop our LGBTQ History Month sale! Take 40% off select titles when you use discount code LQHM25 at checkout. Sale ends 10/31: bit.ly/3KT9jll
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Last chance to shop our LGBTQ History Month sale! Take 40% off select titles when you use discount code LQHM25 at checkout. Sale ends 10/31: bit.ly/3KT9jll
The Fall 2025 issue of PSU Press News is here! Read on for new books, awards and reviews, journals news, and more: buff.ly/JddI3Nv
October 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Fall 2025 issue of PSU Press News is here! Read on for new books, awards and reviews, journals news, and more: buff.ly/JddI3Nv
The article "Reconstructing Historical Soundscapes: Famagusta and Its Bells" in Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is open access!
Reconstructing Historical Soundscapes: Famagusta and Its Bells
ABSTRACT. In the medieval/Renaissance city both sound and silence were important facets of the urban experience, and so careful attention was paid to how they were produced, patrolled, coordinated,…
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October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The article "Reconstructing Historical Soundscapes: Famagusta and Its Bells" in Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is open access!
The article "A Corrupt Cycladic Corpus of Marble Figures" from Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is free to read until 1/16!
A Corrupt Cycladic Corpus of Marble Figures
ABSTRACT. The urgent seeking for Cycladic figures since the nineteenth century has caused significant destruction of the archaeological record and serious corruption of the corpus of knowledge.…
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October 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The article "A Corrupt Cycladic Corpus of Marble Figures" from Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies is free to read until 1/16!
Emma Stebbins, the artist behind the Bethesda Fountain in New York, is the subject of the Heckscher Museum of Art's latest exhibition. Read more about Stebbins and the exhibition here: buff.ly/lq84WAA
For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX
For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX
New York museum celebrates boundary-pushing artist behind Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain
Long Island’s Heckscher Museum of Art dedicates a long-overdue exhibition to Emma Stebbins
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October 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Emma Stebbins, the artist behind the Bethesda Fountain in New York, is the subject of the Heckscher Museum of Art's latest exhibition. Read more about Stebbins and the exhibition here: buff.ly/lq84WAA
For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX
For further reading, preorder EMMA STEBBINS here: buff.ly/G4cqsfX
"An admirably well-written, astute, and learned contribution to the field of Dutch art history and material culture studies."
Read more from Sehepunkte's review of THE MOVING STATUES OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM:
Read more from Sehepunkte's review of THE MOVING STATUES OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM:
SEHEPUNKTE - Rezension von: The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam - Ausgabe 25 (2025), Nr. 10
Rezension über Angela Vanhaelen: The Moving Statues of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam. Automata, Waxworks, Fountains, Labyrinths, University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press 2022, X +…
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October 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"An admirably well-written, astute, and learned contribution to the field of Dutch art history and material culture studies."
Read more from Sehepunkte's review of THE MOVING STATUES OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM:
Read more from Sehepunkte's review of THE MOVING STATUES OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY AMSTERDAM: