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Editorial Director @UPittPress | (she/her) | HPSTM, history of architecture & the built environment
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Miautics
10 months ago
A Territory in Conflict Eras of Development and Urban Architecture in Gaza By Fatina Abreek-Zubiedat. The urban and architectural history of Gaza’s cities and the varied perspectives and identities of the people who shaped them
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Not to be missed: this episode of
@randywilburn.bsky.social
's podcast on the ever-inspiring Mal Goode.
#blackhistorymonth
iamnorthwestarkansas.com/captivate-po...
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Mal Goode: Breaking Barriers in Broadcast Journalism
About the Show: As we celebrate Black History Month, we take this opportunity to revisit the inspiring legacy of Mal Goode—the first Black network new...
https://iamnorthwestarkansas.com/captivate-podcast/ianwa-mal-goode-breaking-barriers-in-broadcast-journalism/
about 1 year ago
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University of Pittsburgh Press
about 1 year ago
COVER REVEAL! We’re thrilled to announce: Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital by Amber N. Wiley (on sale 3/25/25 Details/pre-order here:
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger
about 1 year ago
This beauty from
@upittpress.bsky.social
arrived today. Happy I could help a little to get this terrific book published.
#HistNatHist
#museums
#collections
#papertechnologies
Anne Greenwood MacKinney: Nature on Paper. Documenting Science in Prussia, 1770-1850.
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Anna-Luna Post
about 1 year ago
I received the *best* news just before the holidays: my book is now in copyediting! Galileo’s Fame: Science, Credibility, and Memory in the Seventeenth Century will appear in the Fall of 2025 with
@upittpress.bsky.social
. To celebrate, I bought myself something I've had my eye on for ages...
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University of Pittsburgh Press
about 1 year ago
Terrific interview with Amy Kaminski, author of The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement after Apollo now available on
GovFresh.com
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Direct messaging: Amy Paige Kaminski
Author, catalyst, & champion for public engagement with space, science, & technology
https://govfresh.com/dm/amy-paige-kaminski
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University of Pittsburgh Press
about 1 year ago
"The first scholar with a deep knowledge of Carpatho-Rusyn culture to write about Warhol, Rusinko’s engaging book will no doubt prove to be the definitive study of Julia’s profound influence on her son." Terrific review of Andy Warhol's Mother
@hyperallergic.com
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Julia Warhola Was an Artist in Her Own Right
The calligrapher, illustrator, and mother to Andy Warhol lived with her son in New York City for decades, supporting and even collaborating with him on artistic projects.
https://hyperallergic.com/985368/julia-warhola-was-an-artist-in-her-own-right/
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abbysmcallister.bsky.social
University of Pittsburgh Press
about 1 year ago
Rather than reduce the Gaza Strip to an arena of war and violence, Abreek-Zubiedat resurrects the urban and architectural history of Gaza’s cities and the varied perspectives and identities of the people who shaped them. A Territory in Conflict is out next month
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Hearty congrats to
@kendalljoy.bsky.social
, acquiring editor Josh Shanholtzer, and our CLC series editors Aja Y. Martinez and Stacey Waite. 🙌
upittpress.org/series/compo...
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about 1 year ago
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"A blueprint for what it means to treat other people right." —
@randywilburn.bsky.social
on Mal Goode Reporting: The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer, by Liann Tsoukas and Rob Ruck.
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Mal Goode Reporting - University of Pittsburgh Press
|9780822967453|The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer|Mal Goode (1908–1995) became network news’s first African American correspondent when ABC News hired him in 1962. Raised in Homestead ...
https://upittpress.org/books/9780822967453/
about 1 year ago
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"Today,
@aupresses.bsky.social
joins in repudiating the recent presidential Executive Order that grossly mischaracterizes current primary and secondary history education across the US as 'radical indoctrination.'"👇
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AUPresses Responds to the 1776 Report - Association of University Presses
We note that this report is plagued by procedural deficiencies that would render it unpublishable as a serious work of scholarship.
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about 1 year ago
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Our spring catalog has dropped!
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Spring & Summer 2025 Catalog - University of Pittsburgh Press
https://upittpress.org/spring-summer-2025-catalog/
about 1 year ago
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Edwin Rose
over 1 year ago
And it is now possible to pre-order from
@upittpress.bsky.social
upittpress.org/books/978082...
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University of Pittsburgh Press
over 1 year ago
Cover Reveal! We’re thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of Imperial Weather: Meteorology, Science, and the Environment in Colonial Malaya by Fiona Williamson. Imperial Weather joins our Intersections series on 2/18/25. Details and preorders here:
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Marci Baranski
over 1 year ago
I heard we're talking about the politicization of science today? It just happens to be my book's 2nd birthday! 🎂🎂 The Globalization of Wheat is about how a controversial scientific concept, "wide adaptation," became the basis of today's international agricultural development.
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Another stellar addition to CPBE.
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about 1 year ago
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NiCHE Canada
about 1 year ago
Today on our site we are highlighting
@mattholmes.bsky.social
's new book, The Graft Hybrid: Challenging Twentieth-Century Genetics (
@upittpress.bsky.social
, 2024)
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New Book - The Graft Hybrid: Challenging Twentieth-Century Genetics
For environmental historians, The Graft Hybrid offers new insights into what it meant to think about the “environment” in the twentieth century and how we now perceive and define biotechnology.
https://niche-canada.org/2024/11/26/new-book-the-graft-hybrid-challenging-twentieth-century-genetics/
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University of Pittsburgh Press
about 1 year ago
The Art of Freedom: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay and the Making of Modern India by Nico Slate is one of History Today’s Best Books of 2024!
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/books-year-2024-part-1
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Forthcoming in our Culture, Politics, and Built Environment series, ed. Dianne Harris.
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about 1 year ago
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We’re a bit tucked away near Studio 4, but I hope you’ll stop by to check out the sale
@upittpress.bsky.social
for
#PSA24
. 30% off + free domestic shipping through 12/2. Use code 29PSA24.
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over 1 year ago
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I was sorry to miss
#hss24
this year, but please take advantage of our conference sale
@upittpress.bsky.social
. Through Dec. 10th, take 30% off select titles + free domestic shipping with code 29HSS24.
@historyscience.bsky.social
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HSS 2024 Conference Sale - University of Pittsburgh Press
https://upittpress.org/hss-2024-conference-sale/
over 1 year ago
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I finally deactivated my X account—looking forward to connecting with
@upittpress.bsky.social
authors, past, present, and future, on
@bsky.app
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over 1 year ago
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University of Pittsburgh Press
over 1 year ago
We’re thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of World Observation: Empire, Architecture, and the Global Archive of Itō Chūta by Matthew Mullane, an incisive study of a towering figure in modern Japanese architecture. World Observation will be published on April 22, 2025.
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Amy Sherman
over 1 year ago
we're hiring a Design & Production Assistant at the University of Pittsburgh Press (
@upittpress.bsky.social
)! help us make beautiful books!
#publishing
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Design %26 Production Assistant
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
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University of Pittsburgh Press
over 1 year ago
The friendly faces of
@upittpress.bsky.social
! If I’ve missed anyone, please let me know and I’ll add!
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University of Pittsburgh Press
over 1 year ago
We’re thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of Reading the World: British Practices of Natural History, 1760-1820 by
@edwinrose.bsky.social
• Reading the World joins our Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century series on 3/18/25.
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University of Pittsburgh Press
over 1 year ago
We’re honored to announce the forthcoming publication of A TERRITORY IN CONFLICT: ERAS OF DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN ARCHITECTURE IN GAZA by Fatina Abreek-Zubiedat, a ground-breaking study of urban and architectural history in Gaza. On sale 3/18/25
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✨ Stumbled across a familiar book while out & about 👀✨@uchicagopress.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
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New name, new email, same great editor 👌✨. . .
[email protected]
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Abby McAllister - University of Pittsburgh Press
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over 1 year ago
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University of Pittsburgh Press
over 1 year ago
Our Fall ‘24 catalog is live! Poetry, history of science, architecture, Latin American Studies. Take a look, there’s something for everyone.
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This is not a sale that you want to miss. 50% off sitewide!
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over 1 year ago
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University of Pittsburgh Press
over 1 year ago
Giving a shout out to a few of our Pitt Press family: Editorial Director
@abbyscollier.bsky.social
Senior Acquisitions Editor
@umewmasa.bsky.social
Acquisitions Editor
@andcleverness.bsky.social
Managing Editor
@kellylynnthomas.bsky.social
& Publicity Manager
@lesleyrains.bsky.social
(me)
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We have proofs on deck at
#SAH2024
for an exciting new book forthcoming in our Histories of the Urban Environment series. The Lung Block: Plagues, Parks, and Power in Progressive-Era New York, by Adrienne deNoyelles, is available for preorder, pub. date June 2024.
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The Lung Block - University of Pittsburgh Press
|9780822947868|Plagues, Parks, and Power in Progressive-Era New York|Public health, housing, poverty, and immigration dominated social and political discourse in early twentieth-century New York, much...
https://upittpress.org/books/9780822947868/
almost 2 years ago
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Very happy to revisit this Q&A with
@diannesharris.bsky.social
, editor of our Culture, Politics, and Built Environment series, when we celebrated 10 years of publishing great books
@upittpress.bsky.social
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#SAH2024
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Celebrating Ten Years of the Culture, Politics, and Built Environment Series: A Conversation with Series Editor Dianne Harris - University of Pittsburgh Press
Books in the Culture, Politics, and the Built Environment series address the intersecting relationships between the built environment and a range of cultural forces, exploring the ways buildings, citi...
https://upittpress.org/celebrating-ten-years-of-the-culture-politics-and-built-environment-series-a-conversation-with-series-editor-dianne-harris/
almost 2 years ago
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Swing by the
@upittpress.bsky.social
booth at
#SAH2024
for 30% off, & use promo code SAH24 on our website now through May 21st. Sale includes new & recent titles in our CPBE & HUE series & beyond.
upittpress.org/sah-2024-con...
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SAH 2024 Conference Sale - University of Pittsburgh Press
https://upittpress.org/sah-2024-conference-sale/
almost 2 years ago
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A quick cappuccino check-in from Ohio. ☕️
almost 2 years ago
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Rebecca Harrison of Pittsburgh's Old Flame Mending on fracking, repair work, and slow fashion.👇https://www.instagram.com/p/C2sc8NsuF4H/?igsh=czhkNmEwbHp2eHYz
about 2 years ago
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I can't think of a better first post than to congratulate my talented colleague
@andcleverness.bsky.social
as she embarks on this new journey to acquire books for the Press in environmental history/studies, food studies, and regional interest. Take a bow, my friend.
upittpress.org/amy-sherman-...
about 2 years ago
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