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
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
The following is from the University of Nebraska Press Spring 2021 Newsletter, i.e. Pippa Biddle is a writer based in the Hudson Valley. Her work has been published by numerous publications, including the Atlantic, Guernica, AMC Outdoors, Maine Magazine, and Wired. She is the author of … Continue reading Behind the Book with Pippa Biddle
Books The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902 Review in the Jewish Voice and Opinion: “Scott Seligman, historian, and genealogist explores the Lower East Side of this great-grandmother in his book The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902.” Forty Years … Continue reading News & Reviews
In light of the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children at the site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School in Canada, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, has announced a new initiative … Continue reading Reading List: Indigenous Education Series
The following is from the University of Nebraska Press Spring 2021 newsletter, i.e. Ari Kohen is a professor of political science, Schlesinger Professor of Social Justice, and director of the Harris Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He … Continue reading UNL Professors Join Forces with Press to Publish Contemporary Holocaust Studies Series
Congratulations to the following authors who have recently been recognized for their work. In the Reader Views Literary Awards, The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902 by Scott D. Seligman won the Gold Award in the History category and Such … Continue reading Recent Award Winners & Finalists
Paul A. Johnsgard, an internationally respected naturalist, passed away on May 28, 2021 at the age of 89. Johnsgard was a professor emeritus of biological sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Alongside his teaching, his writing and photography also helped … Continue reading Remembering Paul A. Johnsgard
