Jay Gitlin is a senior lecturer in history at Yale University. He is the author of The Bourgeois Frontier: French Towns, French Traders, and American Expansion. Robert Michael Morrissey is an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois. He is the author … Continue reading Excerpt: French St. Louis
Paul Ardoin is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His book, Not a Big Deal (Nebraska, 2021) is new this month. Like very many people, I’ve been confused, fascinated, … Continue reading From the Desk of Paul Ardoin: Why I Wrote Not a Big Deal
Books Hell with the Lid Off Review in the Manhattan Book Review: “Focusing on the larger-than-life personalities involved, Gurver and Campbell provide a thrilling account of a turbulent period in the history of football as well as the games, players, … Continue reading News & Reviews
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. Here are some of the titles where our noses have been buried. “I’m reading The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich. Just love … Continue reading July Staff Reading List
The Investigator, directed by Viktor Portel, is a Czech-Croatian co-production movie, produced by Frame Films, co-produced by Czech Television (Creative Production Group), Restart and Post Bellum. The feature documentary film is inspired by Vladimír Dzuro’s recent book, The Investigator: Demons of … Continue reading Forthcoming Feature Documentary: The Investigator
Paulette F. C. Steeves (Cree-Métis) is an associate professor of sociology and Canada Research Chair Tier II Indigenous History Healing and Reconciliation at Algoma University. She is also an adjunct faculty at Mount Allison University. Her new book, The Indigenous Paleolithic … Continue reading Excerpt: The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere
The University of Nebraska Press is pleased to announce the hire of Jane Ferreyra as its next Director effective September 7. Ferreyra has an extensive publishing background that includes fifteen years as director of Wayne State University Press. Most recently … Continue reading UNP hires Jane Ferreyra as new Director
Forthcoming UNP author, Patricia Marroquin Norby (Purépecha) was featured in a New York Times article last week for her work as the first full-time curator of Native American art at the Metropolitan Museum. Her credentials include a Ph.D. in American … Continue reading Forthcoming Author Feature: Patricia Marroquin Norby
Books Deer Season Starred review in Publishers Weekly: “Flanagan balances the mystery and its surprising resolution with her emotionally rich character explorations. This is a standout novel of small-town life, powered by the characters’ consequential determination to protect their loved … Continue reading News and Reviews
Jennifer J. Popiel is an associate professor of history at Saint Louis University. She is the author of Rousseau’s Daughters: Domesticity, Education, and Autonomy in Modern France and a coauthor of Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791: Reacting to the Past, 2nd ed. … Continue reading Excerpt: Heroic Hearts
