Helen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Fab! @betsyphillips.bsky.social I'll drop you a line via your website's contact form to arrange a galley as well. 100
Helen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 14/10/2026@annkpowers.bsky.social an email from UNC Press is on its way! 120
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesScott Huffard @shuffard.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Excited to share that my new book is available for preorder via @uncpress.bsky.social (coming out March 2027). Use code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%! uncpress.org/979889088799... 3189
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesSonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Perfect. No notes. A GLORIOUS FATE by Kevin Levin (@civilwarmemory.bsky.social), reviewed by Harold Holzer in the @wsj.com today: “the most nuanced” and "riveting" biography of Robert Gould Shaw--the first in 25 years www.wsj.com/arts-culture... 2165
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesKevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I couldn't be more thrilled with this review of my new biography of Robert Gould Shaw from Harold Holzer, which appeared today in The Wall Street Journal. #CivilWarMemory cc: @uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️ www.wsj.com/arts-culture...wsj.com‘A Glorious Fate’ Review: Making a Union MartyrRobert Gould Shaw’s parents rejected offers to disinter his remains. Their son could have no better resting place than among his black troops. 118012
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesSonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 08/10/2026🚨Hot off the press‼️ THE POLITICAL SUPREME COURT by @rachelshelden.bsky.social dismantles the myth of an apolitical Court to reveal a much longer history of politics on the bench. Officially out October 27 from W. Hodding Carter III Books, an imprint of @uncpress.bsky.social ⚖️📚 12714
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesZinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hats off to high school students in France for protests to demand quality education. When sharing that news in class, pair it with stories from high school student organizing in U.S. (Gets little mention in textbooks/media which focus on college-aged youth.) ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/one-hun...zinnedproject.orgOne Hundred Years of High School Student OrganizingHistorians Aaron G. Fountain Jr. and Jon N. Hale discussed student organizing and state repression, and talked about their new books, High School Students Unite! and A New Kind of Youth. This class wa... 03715
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesDawn Durante @dawnd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This #BannedBooksWeek, #FeedingTheElephant acknowledges resources to #LetBooksBe as well as efforts to preserve and protect the larger data and information landscape, including ways to volunteer. networks.h-net.org/group/discus...networks.h-net.org 033
Helen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Really, really wishing I hadn't just finished the audiobook for Biological War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen right now... 🫣 010
Helen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We're hiring for a (paid) intern! Come join the publicity team at @uncpress.bsky.social. In person at our offices on the UNC-CH campus, $15/hr, 10-20 hrs/week. Apps close this Friday 10/9 & feel free to reach out with any q's either here or at the email in my bio. bit.ly/4xYdO0Vuncpress.orgNow Hiring: Publicity InternUNC Press Publicity Intern Position Summary: The University of North Carolina Press seeks a motivated and detail-oriented intern to support the work of 024
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Are you writing a book about food justice and race? Learn more about our Black Food Justice series with series editor Ashanté Reese and @lucaschurch.bsky.social next week at this online lunch and learn👇 utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 156
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesAmerican Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The new book edited by ASA members Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social and Golshan Golriz brings together work by leading scholars of social movements, religion, and gender and sexuality to better understand the activism of the queer faithful. @uncpress.bsky.social bit.lyLGBTQ Religious ActivismDespite the LGBTQ movement’s rapid growth and significant policy successes over the past few decades, many mainstream religions continue to discriminate ag... 044
Helen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Did you know Nina Simone and Langston Hughes first met in Asheville? Check out this excerpt from DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD: Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, and the Birth of Black Power by @wjasonmiller.bsky.social (out next week 9/29) in @indyweek.bsky.social 🎶 indyweek.com/news/culture...indyweek.comThe Day the Priestess and the Poet Met in AshevilleLangston Hughes first met Nina Simone in 1949, when he visited her high school NAACP chapter. Their friendship would go on to make history. 01210
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesZinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Why should educators teach the 100-year history of HS student activism? Learn the answer to this question & many more at our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle class on 9/28, 100 Years of HS Student Organizing, with @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social & Jon N. Hale: ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/one-hun...zinnedproject.orgOne Hundred Years of High School Student OrganizingRethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with historians Aaron G. Fountain Jr. and Jon N. Hale about student organizing and state repression. This class is part of the Zinn… 0106
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Authors, have you ever wondered how to turn a revised dissertation into a proposal? Or when the best time is to submit? Our acquisitions team has answers to these FAQs and more 👇 uncpress.substack.com/p/what-autho...uncpress.substack.comWhat Authors Ask MostAdvice from UNC Press acquisitions staff on proposals, timelines, and more 01011
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesDawn Durante @dawnd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Congratulations to Kathryn Benjamin Golden! THIS INSURGENT GROUND: Black Women, Marronage, and Rebellion in the Great Dismal Swamp is out in the world! This is a tremendously well-written and insightful history of Black women’s fugitive world making. 29633
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesSHARP News @sharpnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Reminder! We are looking for Book Reviewers! Check out the original post for more details/links. #BookHistory #BookReviews 👇 054
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesASAP/Review @asapjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It's true! We're looking for a new Reviews Editor! If interested, or if you know someone who'd be a great fit for the position, please send this their way :) 043
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I wrote about Dolly Parton in my latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com column. Thank you. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Greatest Story Dolly Parton Ever Wrote Was Herself (Gift Article)She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer. 662581649
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Scams targeting authors continue to rise so here's some useful tips to help you spot the scammers 🕵 uncpressblog.com/2026/08/27/p...uncpressblog.comProtecting Authors from Publishing Scams - UNC Press BlogUNC Press authors are receiving more scam emails and messages offering book promotion, reviews, book club appearances, podcast interviews, film and television opportunities, marketing services, and ot... 01517
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Hubert Harrison wrote a number of pieces for The Nation in the 1920s as their first regular Black book reviewer. Now an acclaimed new book by Brian Kwoba examines the life and thought of this unjustly neglected figure..." Read this Q&A in @thenation.com 👇 www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comHubert Harrison’s Brand of Black RadicalismIn this interview with Brian Kwoba, “The Nation” talks with the author about his new book on the legacy of a little-known but influential activist. 075
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7243893811283
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesNiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, got to chat with Will Wright about his new book, Borders of Biodiversity ( @uncpress.bsky.social). In this snippet, Wright recounts Brower's famous Blue Jay / milkweed experiment. www.youtube.com/shorts/nniHb... #envhist #histsci #scienceyoutube.comBrower's Blue Jay Experiment #historyofscience #milkweed #envhistYouTube video by Network in Canadian History & Environment - NiCHE 173
Helen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 13/08/2026“The octopus is a prime candidate for humans to anthropomorphise because it is so smart, so responsive, & yet so different as to be essentially unreadable.” Richard Schweid (LIFE ON THE OCTOPUS FARM, out now) weighs in on octo-farming in @theguardian.com 🐙 www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comToo smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problemAs a controversial Spanish plan for sustainable meat on an industrial scale is dropped, it has revived the ethical debate over farming these intelligent wild animals 001
Helen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 13/08/2026“Then to see your own people take [what the media says about you] and shred it and fight it in the streets — that’s freedom on a profound personal level.” Powerful remembrance from the NY Times for historian Johanna Fernández www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/u...nytimes.comJohanna Fernández, Historian of the Young Lords, Dies at 55She wrote an award-winning book about the leftist collective, a Latino counterpart to the Black Panthers. 021
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesAmerican Society of Church History @aschurchhistory.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Today's featured title: Jonathan S. Coley and Golshan Golriz, eds. "LGBTQ Religious Activism: Rethinking Identity, Faith, and Social Change," University of North Carolina Press, 2026 @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146969292... 053
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 11/08/2026We love a pub day 📚 These books are now available wherever books are sold 🙌 Check out what else comes out this month: uncpress.org/hot-off-the-... 064
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 07/08/2026A moving remembrance of Johanna Fernández from @democracynow.org reflecting on her life, scholarship, activism, and extraordinary work preserving the history and legacy of the Young Lords 💚 www.democracynow.org/2026/8/4/joh...democracynow.orgJohanna Fernández Dies at 55: Leading Scholar on the Young Lords & Latinx Freedom MovementWe look at the life and legacy of Dominican American historian, activist and prison abolitionist Dr. Johanna Fernández, who died on July 30 after a long battle with cancer. She was 55 years old. As a ... 12514
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 01/08/2026We’re so sad to hear this…rest in power, Johanna 💔 amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/08...amsterdamnews.comJohanna Fernández, Young Lords historian and prison abolitionist, makes her transitionDr. Johanna Fernández, the Dominican American historian, prison abolitionist, and movement scholar, died on July 30. 07430
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesRed Emma’s @redemmas.org · 01/08/2026Horrible news: the brilliant historian and anticarceral organizer Johanna Fernandez has passed. Her talk on her incredible book on the Young Lords is one of the all time best things we’ve had the honor to host: youtu.be/5820rfHv7Zo?...youtu.beJohanna Fernández presents "The Young Lords: A Radical History"YouTube video by Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse 0235
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesJoel Pinckney @jpinckney.bsky.social · 30/07/2026My god, this story is so devastating; the cruelty is unspeakable. Came to the US when he was three years old. Taken by ICE on June 19. Developed an aggressive form of leukemia while detained and did not receive medical attention. Died on July 22. 0199
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Did you know that we publish novels? Our Radical Souths series reclaims and reprints some of the most revolutionary works of southern literature from the twentieth century 📖 uncpress.org/series/radical-souths 0175
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesJonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · 09/06/2026It's release day! My and Golshan Golriz's new edited volume, LGBTQ Religious Activism: Rethinking Identity, Faith, and Social Change, is now out in the world. Order the book at the @uncpress.bsky.social website - uncpress.org/978146969292... - and use the discount code 01DAH40 to get 40% off.uncpress.orgLGBTQ Religious ActivismDespite the LGBTQ movement’s rapid growth and significant policy successes over the past few decades, many mainstream religions continue to discriminate ag... 1184
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 02/06/2026We're thrilled to see three UNC Press titles selected for inclusion in the 2026 @aupresses.bsky.social Book, Jacket, and Journal Show! Congrats to all the designers whose work was selected 👏 1134
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesUNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Such sad news. We're honored to have been able to work with Redhawk Publications to distribute Clarence’s memoir THE LAST OF THE LIONS. His legacy and impact will continue to resonate for generations and we extend our heartfelt sympathies to his family, friends, and community 💚 0112
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 16/05/2026BIG STORY: ICE arrested, shackled and separated Israel and Max Makoka as they were about to board their school bus in Diamondhead, Miss. While one brother endured confinement and pressure to self-deport in a Louisiana prison, the other was sent to a youth home in Texas. Now, they tell their story.mississippifreepress.orgShackled, Isolated and Pressured to Self-Deport: Makoka Brothers Recount ICE ArrestsAfter their arrests by ICE in Mississippi, brothers Israel and Max Makoka share their stories of detention and isolation. 3886485
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesJonathan S. Jones @jonathansjones.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I’m stoked to be live on Reddit @askhistorians.bsky.social today talking about my book, Opium Slavery, and answering questions about the history of drugs. Join us and ask me anything! 🗃️ www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...reddit.comFrom the AskHistorians community on RedditExplore this post and more from the AskHistorians community 03415
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesWarren Milteer @wemilteer.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Today is the official release date for my new book about free people of color in the Civil War era. My first book events are coming up next month in the Boston area. I’ll be at the Cambridge Public Library on 5/13 and the Museum of African American History on 5/14. Both events start at 6 pm. 414539
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesSonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Little sneak preview of @uncpress.bsky.social's gorgeous new seasonal catalog...isn't she lovely? 😍📚✍️ 1155
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesChris Cooper @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Triangle friends: come out tomorrow (April 21) to celebrate the publication of Bill Link's excellent new book on Jesse Helms at Flyleaf books. John Drescher and I will be on a panel with Link discussing the book and Helms' legacy. Should be fun. Will be even more fun if you're there. #ncpol 094
Helen Kyriakoudes @hkyria.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Did you know that the inventor of the birth control pill was Catholic? I didn't until I read @samirakmehta.bsky.social's fascinating new book GOD BLESS THE PILL, out this month. Check out this excerpt in @literaryhub.bsky.social ⤵️ lithub.com/god-bless-th...lithub.comGod Bless the Pill: Meet the Devout Catholic Who Invented Oral ContraceptionAmidst the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the first oral contraceptive in 1960, an ongoing—if surprising—conversation emerged within the Catholic Church about the morality of birth cont… 020
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesDr. Jessica Lepler @jlepler.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Hey Philly Folks! I will be talking about my new book Canal Dreamers at the Library Company on April 15 at 5 PM (night before the OAH). It's an in person event. Register here: support.librarycompany.org/event/canal-... 🗃️ #skystorians #history @uncpress.bsky.social @mcneilcenter.bsky.social @oah.org 1157
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesSonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Heading to Philly tonight for OAH 🙌 UNC Press and non-UNCP authors, scholars, friends, and soon-to-be friends: hope to see you there! I’ll be at the @uncpress.bsky.social booth (#411) all day tomorrow. Stop by, & join us for a drink at 4:30pm on Thurs to celebrate our new trade history imprint. 1163
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Disney is building an absolutely bonkers master planned development in my neck of the woods. New renderings imagines what I think 19th century poppy addicts saw when they looked into an impressionistic painting. www.storylivingbydisney.com/asteria/ 2019138
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesSamira K. Mehta @samirakmehta.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Happy birthday to my book!!!!! 093
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesChristopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Just confirming that Made by History will now be back up and running in the next few weeks with a new home and new partners at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Exciting! So, if you have pitches, now's the time to start sending them to madebyhistory@inquirer.com 🗃️ #MadebyHistory #HistoryMatters 824781
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesTisa Wenger @tisawenger.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I’m delighted to have my new book featured on The Way of Improvement Leads Home! @uncpress.bsky.social @emaisner.bsky.social @catehodorowicz.bsky.social thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/04/06/t... onthewayofimprovement.blogThe Author’s Corner with Tisa WengerTisa Wenger is Professor of American Religious History at Yale Divinity School. This interview is based on her new book, Spirits of Empire: How Settler Colonialism Made American Religion (Universit… 0136
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesJustin Randolph @randolphjustin.bsky.social · 30/03/2026a great time to get @uncpress.bsky.social's *Mississippi Law* for yourself or your library. In it I show how the history of policing under Jim Crow segregation is an American History uncpress.org/978146968948...uncpress.orgMississippi LawIn the segregated American South, policing was war. Rampant police violence came to the back roads and cattle pastures of America’s rural countryside as i... 064
Reposted by Helen KyriakoudesChristopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 23/03/2026If you are working on a book manuscript in international history during any part or the long 20th century, consider the Interconnections book series🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social - we're here for you! @juliairwin.bsky.social @renatakeller.bsky.social @drjsarkar.bsky.social uncpress.org/series/inter...uncpress.orgInterConnections: The Global 20th CenturyInterConnections: The Global 20th Century is home to innovative global, international, and transregional histories of the long twentieth century. We also publish cutting-edge histories of the US and t... 11413