This weekend a few UNP authors will be presenting at book festivals around the country. David Davis will be at LitFest Pasadena in California. He is presenting on a panel titled “Writing the Sports Narrative: Going Beyond Box Scores and … Continue reading Author events this weekend
This week the American Indian Studies Center at University of California, Los Angeles and its Southern California co-hosts will welcome NAISA, the largest scholarly organization devoted to Indigenous issues and research. UNP will have new and notable titles on display at booth 212. Below is a sample of what you’ll find. Indigenous Cities: Urban Indian Fiction and the Histories of Relocation by Laura M. Furlan is a critical study of contemporary American Indian narratives set in urban spaces that reveals how these texts respond to diaspora, dislocation, citizenship, and reclamation. Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Indigenous Histories, Memories, and Reclamations edited by Jacqueline … Continue reading NAISA preview
The biannual Rabbinical Assembly Conference is back this year in Chicago from Sunday, April 22 to Wednesday, April 25. You can read a recap of the first day here. The Jewish Publication Society’s Barry Schwartz, along with UNP marketing manager Mark Heineke, will … Continue reading Rabbinical Assembly preview
The Vision Maker Film Festival begins today in Lincoln, Nebraska at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. “We Are All Related” is the theme of the seventh biennial festival. It is a conceptual translation from the Lakota language—Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ—a commonly … Continue reading Vision Maker Film Festival
The Great Plains Symposium begins tomorrow in Kearney, Nebraska. The Center for Great Plains Studies hosts this conference featuring sessions for business leaders, ranchers, and community partners as well as wider discussions about how to preserve the stunning bounty of Great … Continue reading Great Plains Symposium
It is not often that ordinary lives of men and women in American history end with an extraordinary story deserving of more attention. Lt. Benjamin Loring (1824–1902) lived the life of an everyman Civil War sailor. He commanded no armies … Continue reading How a Civil War sailor ends up at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865
Founded in 1907, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) is the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of American history. OAH’s annual conference this year is in Sacramento, California, on April 12-14. Editor-in-Chief Alisa Plant will be there representing … Continue reading OAH preview
Bridget Barry will be representing UNP at the American Association of Geographers annual meeting this year in New Orleans from April 10-14. The conference celebrates the latest in research and applications in geography, sustainability, and GIScience. Here are some of the books … Continue reading AAG preview
The Society for Military History annual begins tomorrow in Louisville, Kentucky. Visit booth 208 for our newest books! NEW in the Studies in War, Society, and … Continue reading SMH preview
The Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies annual meeting begins tomorrow in Reno, Nevada. Stop by our table to check out some of our newest books! San Miguel de Allende: Mexicans, Foreigners, and the Making of a World Heritage Site … Continue reading RMCLAS preview
