2019 AHA Preview
The American Historical Association is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1884 and incorporated by Congress in 1889 for the promotion of historical studies. This weekend … Continue reading 2019 AHA Preview
Excerpt: Not a Clue
The following is an excerpt from the introduction of Not a Clue (Nebraska, 2018) by Dawn M. Cornelio, the translator. Chloé Delaume is the author. After first reading Certainement pas, I wrote an article that started something like this: “How can you juggle … Continue reading Excerpt: Not a Clue
The Marketeers Club: Best of 2018
The following is an accumulation of 2018 publicity thoughts from Anna Weir, Jackson Adams, and Rosemary Sekora. The past year was exciting for UNP. We welcomed a new publicist to Team Publicity in April, we celebrated the two new additions … Continue reading The Marketeers Club: Best of 2018
Publicist Picks: Regenerative Farming, Journalism, and other January Books
Jackson Adams and Anna Weir are publicists at UNP. Today they share their thoughts about a few upcoming titles they’re particularly excited about as readers. The books in this discussion will be published in January. Anna Weir: Living so close to UNL’s campus, where agricultural research is … Continue reading Publicist Picks: Regenerative Farming, Journalism, and other January Books
FAQ with Philip Padgett
Philip Padgett spent forty years working in national security and preparedness analysis in the military, government, and the private sector. His book, Advocating Overlord: The D-Day Strategy and the Atomic Bomb (Potomac Books, 2018), was published earlier this year. The … Continue reading FAQ with Philip Padgett
Excerpt: Staging Family
The following is an excerpt from Staging Family: Domestic Deceptions of Mid-Nineteenth-Century American Actresses (December 2018) by Nan Mullenneaux. It is a new book in the Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality series, which promotes rigorous and … Continue reading Excerpt: Staging Family
What We’re Reading Over the Holidays
UNP staff members are always reading new books, both within our list and outside of what we publish. We’re especially excited to get some extra reading in over the holiday break. Some of these titles are related to winter and … Continue reading What We’re Reading Over the Holidays
UNP closed through Jan. 1
As you’re surely recovering from last night’s Festivus activities, you may realize that you’ve heard a little less from your friends at the University of Nebraska Press. That’s because we’re closed through January 1 and will reopen on January 2. … Continue reading UNP closed through Jan. 1
From the Desk of Stanley A. Goldman: The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Written
Stanley A. Goldman is a professor of law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and the founding director of the Loyola Center for the Study of Law and Genocide. He co-anchored a national program on CBS Network Radio during the … Continue reading From the Desk of Stanley A. Goldman: The Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Written
Series Update: Early Modern Cultural Studies
Early Modern Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary series that examines a wide range of aesthetic works and moments in their original cultural milieu. The series is interested in questions about a rapidly changing world where politics, religion, national identity, and gender … Continue reading Series Update: Early Modern Cultural Studies
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