John Davis — Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, DC — at Conn Ave

I'm hoping to do several events around DC to talk about my forthcoming book on DC punk fanzine history, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (via @georgetownup.bsky.social), but here's the first one I can announce: @politicsprose.bsky.social on October 29 at 7pm. Mark your calendars! #DCpunk #Zines

At @mybisa.bsky.social
annual conference it’s a nearly a wrap, so be sure head to the @georgetownup.bsky.social table before 16:45 to pick up your 30% conference discount details! #BISA2025

Alan Pinkerton: The Private Detective Who Saved Lincoln’s Life and Built America’s Contract Security State - History Unplugged Podcast - Scott Rank Alan Pinkerton is perhaps the most over-achieving barrel-maker who ever lived. After practicing his trade in rural Illinois for a few years in the 1850s, the...

Listen to Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones talking about his new book, Allan Pinkerton: America's Legendary Detective and the Birth of Private Security on the History Unplugged podcast
www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-unpl...

YouTube video by Isaiah Singer Indigenous America for Spanish Teachers

Interested in fostering an environment that is inclusive of Indigenous perspectives in your Spanish classroom? Check out this informational webinar with Anne Fountain, author of Indigenous America in the Spanish Language Classroom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL6x...
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Indigen...

Mohamed Choukri’s Unromantic Tangier | Ursula Lindsey The Moroccan writer's works are a bracing corrective to the myth of his city as a glamorous, bohemian playground.

Excited to see this fantastic piece by Ursula Lindsey on Mohamed Choukri in the latest @nybooks.com and featuring @georgetownup.bsky.social book Faces translated by Jonas Elbousty, MPhil, PhD, OPA (paywall, apologies). www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Check out the English translation of Faces, here: press.georgetown.edu/Book/Faces

Mohamed Choukri’s Unromantic Tangier | Ursula Lindsey The Moroccan writer's works are a bracing corrective to the myth of his city as a glamorous, bohemian playground.

A fantastic piece on the romanticization of the city of Tangier and Moroccan writer Mohamed Choukri's efforts to correct the myth, citing, in part, his novel FACES, translated by @jonaselbousty.bsky.social
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Just a few months until the publication date for "Keep Your Ear to the Ground," my history of D.C. punk fanzines for @georgetownup.bsky.social! 130+ zine images, dozens of interviews with zine creators & musicians, etc. Pre-orders are open now! #DCpunk #BookSky

press.georgetown.edu/Book/Keep-Yo...

Renowned IISS journal, Survival, reviews @georgetownup.bsky.social's "Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring" by Gregory Makoff.

Buy the book anywhere in Europe from your bookshop or @blackwells.bsky.social!

New Book - The Library of Congress by Jane Aikin

The Library of Congress: From Jefferson's Vision to the Digital Age by Jane Aikin is the first comprehensive history of a venerable American institution, published as the Library celebrates its 225th anniversary. press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-Lib...

Al Bertrand, Director of Georgetown University Press

We mourn the loss of Director Al Bertrand, who passed away Sunday, April 20, 2025, after a brief and sudden illness. He is deeply missed and remembered for the strong legacy he leaves for the Press as well as his kindness, good humour, and love of books.
press.georgetown.edu/In-Memoriam-...

Now available for preorders! My book, "Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, DC," comes out October 1 via @georgetownup.bsky.social. A 100k word history of the D.C. punk zine community with 130+ full color images.

press.georgetown.edu/Book/Keep-Yo...

What do music and leadership have in common? Pegram Harrison explores leadership lessons from the experience of music, taken from an extract from The Arts of Leading

This week in @cmi-managers.bsky.social newsletter! Read an excerpt from Pegram Harrison's chapter in THE ARTS OF LEADING, edited by Edward Brooks and Michael Lamb.

You can buy this @georgetownup.bsky.social book from @ipsuk.bsky.social or your local bookshop!

www.managers.org.uk/knowledge-an...

The Moral Vision of Pope Francis - a book by Conor Kelly and Kristin Heyer

We're marking 12 years of of Pope Francis's papacy by returning to our copy of The Moral Vision of Pope Francis by Conor Kelly and @kristinheyer.bsky.social—a thoughtful reflection on how the "Francis revolution" can address the practical concerns of Catholics today bit.ly/4bS8UsN

book cover and author photos with the heading "Member Publication"

Congratulations to SCE members Conor M. Kelly and Kristin E. Heyer on the publication of The Moral Vision of Pope Francis with Georgetown University Press! press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-Mor...

'Iran's Ministry of Intelligence': A CIA analyst's look at Iranian intelligence - review "Free of conflict, Tehran immediately struck up a friendship with Hamas – despite its being a Sunni organization rather than a Shi’ite one."

"An absorbing book...it gives outsiders a peek into a murky, subterranean world, removed from everyday life."

The Jerusalem Post reviews @georgetownup.bsky.social's IRAN'S MINISTRY OF INTELLIGENCE by Steve Ward. Available to buy in Europe @ipsuk.bsky.social!

www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

We're thrilled to see Default by Gregory Makoff included in this list of new economics books recommended by economists!
fivebooks.com/category/eco... @fivebooks.com @gmakoff.bsky.social

A very happy #WorldArabicLanguageDay! We're excited to celebrate with a reread of one of our #Arabic novels in translation.
press.georgetown.edu/Event/World-... #GeorgetownLanguages

NEW from @georgetownup.bsky.social, WATCHING THE JACKALS by @drichterova.bsky.social is the untold history of 1970s & 80s Prague, which became a favourite destination for the world's most prominent terrorists and revolutionaries.

Order in Europe from your local bookshop or @ipsuk.bsky.social!

We’re excited to be attending #ACTFL24! Stop by our booth to check out our new and forthcoming textbooks. #languagelearning #georgetownlanguages press.georgetown.edu/Books/catego...