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Congratulations to Laura K. Muñoz, who was awarded Honorable Mention (Book Award) by the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies for "Desert Dreams: Mexican Arizona and the Politics of Educational Equality"! The award recognizes an outstanding new book in the field of Chicana and Chicano Studies. Muñoz's accomplishment was celebrated in April at the organization's annual meeting. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, the book chronicles seventy-five years of Mexican American efforts to attain educational equality in Arizona, from its territorial period in the nineteenth century to the post–World War II era. @unlhistory @pennpress

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✨This special issue of Global Black Thought invites submissions that explore the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. with a particular focus on his many influences on Black intellectual thought in the United States and globally. @PennPress aaihs.org/cfp-reverend-j…

In his book 'Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America', @BostonCollege historian Michael Glass explores how debt and speculation financed the suburban American dream and led to today’s inequalities. bcbookmarks.com/2026/04/27/a-c…

✨The latest issue of Global Black Thought features an essay by Lacey Hunter & Hettie V. Williams on Mamie Phipps Clark and the Brown v. Board Decision. It highlights Mamie's historical contributions as a thinker and scholar in her own right. @PennPress muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

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Don't miss the new special issue of Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft on "Digital Magic, Digitized Magic"! Read the introduction (bit.ly/3QZbO8M) and an article on musician & artist Genesis P-Orridge (bit.ly/4ertF2b) for free now through July 22!

We're thrilled to announce that the Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies has published its first issue with Penn Press! Read it for free here: bit.ly/4cTkrJE

Congrats to Timothy Bowers Vasko, @BarnardCollege Assistant Professor and 2019 Mellon Foundation NASI Postdoc Fellow at the APS, on his new book "Making All the World America: Native Information and the Doctrine of Discovery" pub. April 14 by @PennPress: bit.ly/4tmDWBg

✨The latest issue of #GlobalBlackThought features an essay by historian Rachel Devlin on Malaika Favorite, one of a vastly disproportionate number of Black girls and young women who desegregated historically white schools in the US. @AAIHS @PennPress muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

I’m still processing last weekend @The_OAH in Philly, where I got to celebrate the launch of #BlackPowerInc Thanks to everyone who attended our book roundtable and party (w/ @dygottlieb). A special thanks to my editor, Bob Lockhart, for believing in me and the work @PennPress

✨The latest issue of Global Black Thought features an original essay entitled "'Rebel with a Cause': Ruby J. Gainer, Black Educators, and the Long-Brown Era" by Amato Nocera and Alexander Hyres. Follow the link below to learn more. @PennPress @AAIHS muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

Global Black Thought, the official journal of @AAIHS, is seeking submissions now for a special issue on Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and the Black intellectual tradition! Read the #CFP for more info: bit.ly/42kS6Xw

An ethnographic account of the political-economic afterlife of the Armenian genocide in present-day Turkey
. 🗓️ 21st April 2026, 18:00 CET 📍Leuphana University, Lüneburg 🔗 ow.ly/yHxk50Yy1RG @PennPress @leuphana

My book TROOP MOVEMENTS is coming soon. Check it out? It’s about political struggles over fascism & war, the imperial & the carceral, class & race & global freedom. pennpress.org/9781512829907/… If you may assign it, or review it, or preorder it — please stay tuned, or get in touch!

✨The latest issue of Global Black Thought, features an interview w/ Derrick P. Alridge, one of the nation's foremost scholars on Black education. He emphasized the significant role Black women and girls played in shaping the Brown decision. @PennPress muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

We're all set up at the @AAIHS's 2026 conference! Come visit us in the book exhibit if you're attending, or visit our #AAIHS2026 virtual exhibit store to save 40% on books with code AAIHS26 at checkout! pennpress.org/conferences/aa…

Thrilled to share cover art for my first sole-authored book, only took me 15 years! Please consider pre-ordering, I’m new to this but hear it makes a big difference pennpress.org/9781512829600/…

This month, we've got a VERY special episode: co-host @jessicaannlevy comes on to talk about her remarkable new @PennPress book, Black Power Inc., with @dygottlieb Double the hosts, double the fun! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jes…

DC - I’ll be @PoliticsProse (Conn. Ave) next Wed. March 11th at 7pm talking about Black Power Inc. w/ @DrMChatelain Come through! @PennPress politics-prose.com/jessica-ann-le…