University of Virginia professor Rachel Wahl's new book, "Keeping Our Enemies Closer: Political Dialogue in Polarized Democracies" explores how political dialogue can humanize disagreement.

When conversations about politics get tense, many people’s instinct is to shut them down. A UVA professor is urging people to resist that instinct, saying they might get more out of the conversation t...

From vast grids to winding suburbs, Americans have spent two centuries remaking the landscape around property.

Stephen McGovern's "Mobilization Politics" details how Philly activists employed bottom-up tactics to win major policy victories in criminal justice reform and protections for immigrants and workers.

In a year full of historical reflections for America's 250th anniversary, the time is ripe to consider an iconic Philadelphia soup that has nearly disappeared — and attempt to revive it.

From short stories to mysteries, or nature hikes and a deep dive into the city's history, we've got you covered.

The book, titled “Penn’s Sylvania” after the Latin word for woodland, centers around nearly fifty images of campus trees. 

Penn Press is pleased to announce Hussein Fancy, Associate Professor of History at Yale University, and Julie Orlemanski, Associate Professor of English

Announcing Penn Press’s 2026 Back to School Sale! From September 2 through September 22, customers will receive 50% off select paperbacks when you order right here from pennpress.org! Below, browse......

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September 14 to 18 is Peer Review Week and the team at Penn Press wishes to thank the many scholars who serve as peer reviewers for our books and

September 14 to 18 is Peer Review Week and the team at Penn Press wishes to thank the many scholars who serve as peer reviewers for our books and

September 14 to 18 is Peer Review Week and the team at Penn Press wishes to thank the many scholars who serve as peer reviewers for our books and

Announcing Penn Press’s 2026 Back to School Sale! From September 2 through September 22, customers will receive 50% off select paperbacks when you order right here from pennpress.org! Below, browse......

Disappointment emerges in today’s world in a variety of spaces and social registers. But what does it feel like, how do we know it… what does it ...

A handy primer for the best and most searching history, biography and current events you’ll read this season.

Announcing Penn Press’s 2026 Back to School Sale! From September 2 through September 22, customers will receive 50% off select paperbacks when you order right here from pennpress.org! Below, browse......

Rachel Pastan has a novel about a theater director who struggles to maintain her deceased mother's home and Lizzie Buehler has a story about a woman who becomes fixated on her boyfriend's ex.

A collection of essays exploring the meaning of work, capitalism, and democracy in the past to shed light on the same conflicts todayChanges to the meaning a...

Announcing Penn Press’s 2026 Back to School Sale! From September 2 through September 22, customers will receive 50% off select paperbacks when you order right here from pennpress.org! Below, browse......

A new book blends history, design, and environmental insight, inviting readers to see Penn’s campus—and campuses everywhere—in a new light.

In celebration of the publication of Penn’s Sylvania: The Campus as Landscape, The McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology welcomes the book's co-editors and two of its contributors for an exclusive pr...

The perfect match for the long days of summer is a book in hand. From a biography of Alexander the Great to a profile of one of the first collectors... READ MORE

The first book-length literary history of some of early modern Europe’s most influential carceral institutions, including England’s BridewellMore than 25...

My Top Five asks a Weitzman faculty member to curate a list of five cultural artifacts—in any medium, from any time period—to give insight into the latest thinking about visual culture and the built e...