This Sunday, November 25, marks the fiftieth anniversary of Upton Sinclair’s death. Below Lauren Coodley reminds readers of the importance of Sinclair’s work. Coodley is a historian … Continue reading Upton Sinclair’s Cry for Justice
Chris Dubbs is a military historian living in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, and has worked as a newspaper journalist, editor, and publisher. He is the author of America’s U-Boats: Terror Trophies of World War I (Nebraska, 2014) and American Journalists in the Great … Continue reading From the Desk of Chris Dubbs: Storytelling and Myth Making in WWI
Happy University Press Week! Today the UP Week Blog Tour’s theme is history and makes a stop at our blog with a post from Jon K. Lauck, adjunct professor of history and political science at the University of South Dakota and … Continue reading University Press Week: History
This Sunday, communities around the country will set aside time to remember those who’ve served on Veterans Day. Marian Eide, one of the editors of After Combat: True War Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan (Potomac Books, 2018) examines some of the complicated … Continue reading From the Desk of Marian Eide: On veterans and giving thanks
Marjorie Worthington is a professor of English and in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Eastern Illinois University. Worthington is the author of The Story of “Me”: Contemporary American Autofiction (November 2018). I define an autofiction* as a novel that … Continue reading From the Desk of Marjorie Worthington: Real People Are Boring
Roger Welsch is an adjunct professor of anthropology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is a former essayist for CBS News Sunday Morning and the author of more than forty books, and wrote the introduction to Dance Lodges of the Omaha People: Building … Continue reading From the Desk of Roger Welsch: The Importance of the Omaha Language
Dr. Katherine Ellinghaus is a Hansen Lecturer in the department of history at the University of Melbourne and Barry Judd is a professor of Indigenous Social Research at Charles Darwin University, based on the Alice Springs campus. Ellinghaus is also … Continue reading Elizabeth Warren and Indigeneity: An Australian Perspective
Jack Gilden is a past winner of the Simon Rockower journalism award. His work has appeared in Orioles Magazine, the Baltimore Sun and Evening Sun, and the Baltimore Jewish Times. He also … Continue reading From the Desk of Jack Gilden: Sports in Context
Timothy B. Spears is the vice president for academic development and a professor of American studies at Middlebury College. He is the author of 100 Years on the Road: The Traveling Salesman in American Culture and Chicago Dreaming: Midwesterners and the City, 1871–1929. … Continue reading From the Desk of Tim Spears: Finding the “I” in Team
Peter J. Longo is a professor of political science at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He is coauthor of The Nebraska State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Second Edition (Nebraska, 2009) and Great Plains Politics (Bison Books, 2018) in the Discover the Great Plains Series. … Continue reading From the Desk of Peter Longo: Community Life on the Great Plains
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