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New Issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review: Winter 2026 JQR 116.1 is now available, online and in print.

Open access has arrived at JQR! You can now read our recent content on Project Muse and our archives on JSTOR for free.

Our inaugural OA issue, JQR 116.1, has something for everyone. Check it out!

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Financial History 156 Winter 2026 | Page 18 This issue features: "American Adolescence: Growth without Guardrails in the Gilded Age," "Cracked Foundations: Redlining in the Suburbs," "Thomas Willing: The Banker Who Made America," "The Rise and ...

Another excerpt of my @pennpress.bsky.social book was published today in the magazine FINANCIAL HISTORY. In this part I try to expand the redlining story to include the full range of unconventional and predatory mortgage lending.

Freely available here: fhmagazine.org/8HEd/p18/p18.

Black History Month - University of Pennsylvania Press February is Black History Month, which pays tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society. To mark this occasion, Penn......

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40% off "The Centrality of Slavery" - along with many other great books @pennpress.bsky.social for Black History Month. Plus, free shipping for orders over $40.

Global Black Thought University of Pennsylvania Press Edited by Keisha N. Blain

Plus, you can save $5 on an individual subscription to Global Black Thought, the official journal of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), when you use code GBT5 in the journals cart before the end of the month. www.pennpress.org/gbt

Black History Month - University of Pennsylvania Press February is Black History Month, which pays tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society. To mark this occasion,…

Announcing our 2026 Black History Month sale! Browse our collection of African American history and studies books from the past five years (including 25 new books or paperback releases from the past year), and save 40% with code PENN-BHM2026 at checkout! www.pennpress.org/black-histor...

ICYMI: Don't forget to check out our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring new releases in US history &politics, medieval & early modern studies, indigenous studies, world history, Jewish studies, anthropology & human rights, and more—plus paperbacks & journals! bit.ly/4k8Q3hr

TUNE IN: Today at 4 p.m. ET, C-SPAN's Book TV will air a recording of a recent event celebrating our new three-volume set GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY!

You can also watch it here after it airs: bit.ly/4q7ZoHK

Announcing our Spring 2026 catalog! Browse our exciting new and upcoming releases in US history and politics, medieval and early modern studies, indigenous studies, world history, Jewish studies, anthropology and human rights, and more! bit.ly/4k8Q3hr

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We've officially launched! With our new #DiamondOpenAccess investment campaign to help libraries build a sustainable, community‑led future for scholarly publishing & support journals flipping away from costly subscription models. Read the Press release here drive.google.com/file/d/10Hgf...

Such a great webinar! So lucky I was there to share our insights to illuminate a more engaged, invigorated, and truly open-inquiry future for witchcraft studies! I can’t wait to see what new, exciting research will continue to unfold. Thanks @pennpress.bsky.social and everyone who joined us today 🥰

Congratulations to Jennifer Rushworth, whose book PROUST'S SONGBOOK has been shortlisted for the R. Gapper Book Prize, granted by @frenchstudies.bsky.social! bit.ly/41gyQKM

We are so thrilled that @jds-disasters.bsky.social has received an honorable mention for Best New Journal from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals! Congratulations to the editors.

Learn more about this innovative open-access journal on our website: bit.ly/3Z62bpN

Tomorrow, Weds 1/28 at 4 p.m. ET, don't miss a virtual event featuring Michelle Craig McDonald discussing her book COFFEE NATION, which explores how coffee tied the economic future of the early United States to the wider Atlantic world.

Register now: bit.ly/4k3toTH

Don't miss Wednesday's webinar exploring feminist perspectives on the history of witchcraft! Head to bit.ly/Witchcraft2026 to register today, plus visit pennpress.org/magic and use code MRW5 to save $5 on an individual subscription to Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft!

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Congratulations to @randybrowne.bsky.social!!!

Museum gallery wall displaying a collection of historic Mexican flags and banners arranged in rows. One flag stands upright in a glass case at the center, while others hang flat against the wall under soft gallery lighting.

As a supplement to his #Fall2025 #EAS article, Andrew Konove examines a forgotten counterfeiting scandal in Veracruz that sparked diplomatic tensions & raised questions about Mexican sovereignty. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3NAlUvc
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The Driver’s Story – Penn Press The story of the driver is the story of Atlantic slavery. Starting in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, enslavers developed the driving system to solve thei...

Congratulations to author @randybrowne.bsky.social, whose book THE DRIVER'S STORY has been named a finalist for the Sterling Stuckey Book Prize, granted by The Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD)! bit.ly/3Qs4ZJs

From Civil Rights to Human Rights – Penn Press Martin Luther King, Jr., is widely celebrated as an American civil rights hero. Yet King's nonviolent opposition to racism, militarism, and economic injustic...

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! The Penn Press classic FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS by Thomas F. Jackson examines King's lifelong commitments to economic equality, racial justice, & international peace. Learn more about this award-winning book on our website bit.ly/45evV7u

Drinking the Revolution Series - The Invention of Rum in an Era of Revolution with Jordan Smith - UM Clements Library Planning a research visit?

This Thursday, January 22, at 4 p.m. ET, don't miss Jordan B. Smith discussing his new book THE INVENTION OF RUM in a hybrid virtual and in-person event hosted by @clementslibrary.bsky.social as part of the Drinking the Revolution series! Register now.

Thank you to @demolighthouse.bsky.social for featuring William E. Scheuerman's new book PROPERTY DISOBEDIENCE AS PROTEST on their list of latest books highlighting new research and thinking on democracy! bit.ly/4jHrzLU

Jessica Ann Levy presents "Black Power, Inc.: Corporate America and the Rise of Multinational Empowerment Politics" in conversation w/ N.D.B. Connolly A new book that traces the rise of Black empowerment politics in the United States and Africa.

Baltimore followers: RSVP now to reserve your spot to hear @jessicaannlevy.bsky.social discuss her brand-new book BLACK POWER, INC. at @redemmas.org next Tuesday, January 20, at 7 p.m. ET! bit.ly/49zAEBP

Toronto followers: Join author Seçil Daǧtaș (UNDER THE SAME SKY) for a joint book launch event this at the Bluebird Bar this Saturday, January 17 at 7 p.m. ET! Learn more & register now to reserve your spot: bit.ly/4sYjwPl

LISTEN: @kendradboyd.bsky.social discusses her award-winning 2025 book FREEDOM ENTERPRISE, which traces the rise and fall of the historic Black business community in Detroit, with @adamxmcneil.bsky.social on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social's podcast! bit.ly/4sWiqDJ

Discount flyer for purchase of Claiming Land, Claiming Water, with the discount code of 30% with code PENN-CLAIMING30 for orders in the United States, and code CSPENN30 for orders outside the Americas

The only thing better than having your publication date moved up? Having your publication date moved up to your birthday! Claiming Land, Claiming Water is now due out on March 17th, and the kind folks at @pennpress.bsky.social have gifted us this discount code at www.pennpress.org/978151282925...

A Three-Book Set Offers Philadelphia “a New History for the 21st Century” The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia teams up with the University of Pennsylvania Press to deliver a view of the city like no other

In case you missed it, a recent post from @hiddencityphila.bsky.social explores the story behind our new three-volume set GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, highlighting its relevance as the 2026 Semiquincentennial kicks off.

If you're attending #AHA26, stop by our booth in the book exhibit tomorrow, Sunday January 11, where we'll be giving away our display copies to graduate students and contingent scholars between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. (limit one book per person)!

If you're attending #MLA26, come visit us in the book exhibit tomorrow, Sunday January 11th, where we'll be giving away our display copies to graduate students and contingent scholars between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. (limit one book per person)!

Attending @historians.org's annual meeting in Chicago? Make sure to visit us in the book exhibit, or head to our #AHA26 virtual exhibit store for 40% off our latest history titles plus special discounts on journals! site.pennpress.org/aha-2026/

We're all set up at @modernlanguage.bsky.social's annual meeting in Toronto! Stop by our booth in the book exhibit to browse our latest literature titles, or visit our #MLA26 virtual exhibit store to save 40% with code MLA26 & get special discounts on journals: site.pennpress.org/mla-2026/