Philly followers: Tomorrow, April 1, author Jordan B. Smith will discuss his book THE INVENTION OF RUM in the event "Fish and Rum in the Atlantic World" hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Department of History! More info: https://www.history.upenn.edu/node/16039

Today on @askhistorians.bsky.social we have an Ask Me Anything with @singingarchives.bsky.social for Speaking, Stammering, Singing, Shouting: A Social History of the Modern Voice. Come check it out! @pennpress.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

It was fun chatting about my @pennpress.bsky.social book with @ryanreft.bsky.social for the @urbanhistorya.bsky.social blog. We talked about everything from Leave It To Beaver to critical race theory and Trump's crazy proposal for 50-year mortgages. Great conversation!

It's your last chance to save 50% on all available books on pennpress.org with our Founder's Day flash sale! Use code FOUNDERSDAY26 at checkout by midnight tonight in your time zone to receive the discount

Ends today! Go forth and buy some books!

Check out the Founders Day sale at @pennpress.bsky.social!!! 50% off all books, including this one! 🗃️ www.pennpress.org/978151282814...

We're all set up at the African American Intellectual History Society'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! https://www.pennpress.org/conferences/aaihs/

speaking of which - work by many friends and colleagues including @meganlcook.bsky.social & Tim Stewart-Winter and more and my own book Thinking in Public: Strauss, Levinas, Arendt all at 50% of the $ and 100% of the scholarship!

@pennpress.bsky.social has a 50% off flash sale right now!

FOUNDER'S DAY FLASH SALE! Today and tomorrow, save 50% on all available titles on pennpress.org with code FOUNDERSDAY26 as we celebrate the anniversary of our incorporation on March 26, 1890.

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EVENT: Don't miss author Matthew L. Keegan discussing his new book BEFORE WORLD LITERATURE in a virtual talk hosted by the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University on Tuesday, March 24 at 6:15 p.m. ET https://bit.ly/4bn8xYR

We are all set up at @medievalacademy.bsky.social's 2026 annual meeting! Come visit us in the book exhibit if you're attending, or visit our #MAA2026 virtual exhibit store to save 40% on relevant titles with code MAA26 (code expires April 21). https://bit.ly/4bnU7rx

Our Friday the 13th sale ENDS TOMORROW! Browse our selection of books that examine all things eerie and macabre: witches, demons, supernatural creatures, ghosts, and beyond! Order now & save 40% with code PENN-FRIDAY at checkout https://www.pennpress.org/friday-the-13th/

Don't forget to check out our 2026 Women's History Month sale, featuring 20+ new titles & new paperback releases since last year's collection! Save 40% with code PENN-WHM2026 at checkout from now through March 31. https://www.pennpress.org/womens-history-month/

New #book #review! Henrique Espada Lima has written about @randybrowne.bsky.social's THE DRIVER'S STORY: #LABOR AND POWER IN THE WORLD OF #ATLANTIC #SLAVERY @pennpress.bsky.social brill.com/view/journal...

New #book #review! James J. Gigantino II has reviewed THE RISING GENERATION: GRADUAL #ABOLITION, BLACK LEGAL CULTURE, AND THE MAKING OF NATIONAL #FREEDOM, by Sarah L.H. Gronningsater @pennpress.bsky.social brill.com/view/journal...

Philly followers: This Thursday March 19, Laurian Bowles, author of HEADSTRONG, will be one of the speakers at africanaupenn.bsky.social's 2026 Graduate Student Colloquium. Learn more & register: https://bit.ly/47qPTwX

Congratulations to Benjamin VanWagoner, whose book IMPERIAL VENTURES has won the RSA First Book Prize, granted by @rsaorg.bsky.social! https://bit.ly/4bbPSiI

With Philadelphia celebrating the Semiquincentennial, don't miss Charlene Mires—co-editor of GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY—discussing how Philly held past celebrations including the Centennial & Bicentennial. Learn more & register: bit.ly/GreaterPhillyLibrary2026

Congratulations to author Mary Ellen Curtin, whose book SHE CHANGED THE NATION has won the Liz Carpenter Award, granted by the Texas State Historical Association! https://bit.ly/47ubOmG

In honor of Friday the 13th, we’re highlighting a selection of books that examine all things eerie and macabre: witches, demons, supernatural creatures, ghosts, and beyond! Browse the collection & save 40% with code PENN-FRIDAY from now through March 20! https://www.pennpress.org/friday-the-13th/

WATCH: At a recent event hosted by The Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities at Brooklyn College, students who contributed to the recent book UNITL WE'RE SEEN shared stories of how the COVID-19 impact their lives https://bit.ly/40tI31v

Don't forget to check out our Women's History Month sale! 40% off women's history and studies titles from the past five years with code PENN-WHM2026 now through 3/31! https://www.pennpress.org/womens-history-month/

Today on AskHistorians (@askhistorians.bsky.social), "The Invention of Rum" author Jordan Smith answers all your pressing questions on where rum comes from! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Our 2026 Women's History Month sale is here! Browse our collection of women's history and studies books from the past five years, and use code PENN-WHM2026 to save 40% at checkout (plus orders over $40 ship for free). Now through March 31! https://bit.ly/4d2JVFT

Claiming Land, Claiming Water: Borders and the People Who Crossed Them in the Early Modern Atlantic arrived at the houses of Pretzel and Paz Purrmann this week, and their humans (Jessica Roney, and me) were pretty jazzed @pennpress.bsky.social

In case you missed it, @m-r-glass.bsky.social answered questions about his book CRACKED FOUNDATIONS in an AMA on the @askhistorians.bsky.social subreddit yesterday! Read through the thread to learn more about how the suburban American Dream was unstable from the beginning https://bit.ly/4aNj2o0

Our 2026 Women's History Month sale is here! Browse our collection of women's history and studies books from the past five years, and use code PENN-WHM2026 to save 40% at checkout (plus orders over $40 ship for free). Now through March 31! https://bit.ly/4d2JVFT

DC - I’ll be @politicsprose.bsky.social (Conn. Ave) next Wed. March 11th at 7pm talking about Black Power Inc. w/ Marcia Chatelain. Come through! @pennpress.bsky.social politics-prose.com/jessica-ann-...

After 6 years of hosting @whomakescents.bsky.social and may more as a fan, it was an honor to be interviewed by my wonderful and esteemed co-host @dygottlieb.bsky.social about Black Power, Inc.

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

In an op-ed for @financialtimes.com, author Peter Kurie (IN CHOCOLATE WE TRUST) explores the parallels between OpenAI and the Hershey company (yes, as in the chocolate!) https://on.ft.com/4rTte4u

A fantastic new #AMA is happening RIGHT NOW #Skystorians! @m-r-glass.bsky.social , author of Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America, is here to answer all questions about the suburbs, housing policy, redlining or the history of the American Dream! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Today on @askhistorians.bsky.social we have @m-r-glass.bsky.social joining us to talk about his new book Cracked Foundations: Debt and Inequality in Suburban America @pennpress.bsky.social Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Early American Studies‬ ‪@easmisc.bsky.social‬ · 1h Read our #Winter2026 #EAS journal issue, now on @projectmuse.bsky.social! Read it here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/5... @mcneilcenter.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social

Today is the LAST DAY of our Black History Month sale! Use code PENN-BHM2026 for 40% off African American history and studies books from the last five years (including 20 new books and 7 new paperbacks added since last year's sale!). Browse the collection & save today! https://bit.ly/4sdkO7w

When did pictures begin to permeate everyday lives in the US? And what happened to those lives when they did? Join Penn Press & Penn Alumni for a virtual conversation with Michael Leja about his book A FLOOD OF PICTURES on March 4 at 12 p.m. Register now to reserve your spot! https://bit.ly/404v5Hl

Don't forget: Our Black History Month sale ends this weekend! Save 40% on books in our collection (featuring 20 new releases and 7 new paperbacks added this year) when you use code PENN-BHM2026 at checkout https://www.pennpress.org/black-history-month/

Don't miss @jessicaannlevy.bsky.social discussing her new book BLACK POWER, INC., which traces the rise of Black empowerment politics in the United States and Africa, in a hybrid event hosted by Charis Books & More tomorrow, Weds Feb 25. Register now to reserve your spot! https://bit.ly/4tVjhoi

Today at 6pm ET, join @americanancestors.bsky.social and author Gloria McCahon Whiting for a virtual discussion of BELONGING, an award-winning book exploring how Black New Englanders maintained family relationships in the face of slavery during the early colonial period https://bit.ly/4kSanUB

It's time for @rsaorg.bsky.social's 2026 annual meeting! Check out our #RenSA26 virtual exhibit to browse relevant titles and save 40% with code RSA26—and if you're attending, visit us in the book exhibit and say hi to our editor Jenny Tan. https://bit.ly/4aDcdnC

"I admit it: I picked this book because of the cover." Learn more about Thomas F. Hedin's THE FOUNTAIN OF LATONA and what drew Tracy Kellmer to it in her new post on our blog—plus, save 75% when you buy the book with code FRANKLINSFAVES at checkout. https://bit.ly/3OrkQu2

On Mon Feb. 23, Fuad Musallam will discuss his new book A BREAK IN THE FUTURE, about how Lebanese activists work through failure to keep the possibility of political change alive, in a hybrid event at the Central European University in Vienna. RSVP today! https://bit.ly/4arKmYQ

In case you missed it: Lindsay Van Horn, who recently completed a fellowship with the Penn Press marketing department, reflected on her time with us and her roots in the Philadelphia area in a post for our blog https://bit.ly/4aq59dP

Don't forget to check out our Black History Month sale! The collection features 20 new titles and 7 new paperback releases added since last year. Use code PENN-BHM2026 to save 40% from now through Feb. 28 https://www.pennpress.org/black-history-month/

ICYMI: Global Black Thought, the official journal of the African American Intellectual History Society, has issued a call for papers on transnational Black feminist thought, deadline Jan. 1, 2027! https://bit.ly/4rPW454

Does Jordan B. Smith's new book THE INVENTION OF RUM pass the Page 99 Test? Find out what a single page reveals about Smith's research and analysis: https://page99test.blogspot.com/2026/02/jordan-b-smiths-invention-of-rum.html

Happy Valentine's Day! If you've got love for the city of Brother Love, today is the perfect day to check out our new three-volume history of our beloved home city, GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY! Visit pennpress.org/greater-philadelphia for more info.

Some exciting news: three of our journals will be participating in the @ojcollective.bsky.social in 2026! Learn more on our blog https://bit.ly/403rkBU