The 2022 AAG annual meeting will be held online from Friday, Feb. 25 – Tuesday, March 1. You can visit us at the AAG virtual exhibit hall as well as on our own virtual exhibit page here. To save 40% … Continue reading UNP at Virtual AAG
We’re excited to share Bison Books author B.J. Hollars‘ spring book tour schedule starting on March 22. His newest book, Go West, Young Man, recounts his effort to teach his son the difficult realities of our nation’s founding while also reaffirming … Continue reading Go West, Young Man: B.J. Hollars 2022 Book Tour
Carlos S. Dimas is an assistant professor of history at the University of Nevada–Las Vegas. His newest book, Poisoned Eden (Nebraska, 2022), was published this month. Introduction Biomedical Uncertainty and the Politics of Public Health In 1893 Jacobo GarcÃa, mayor of … Continue reading Excerpt: Poisoned Eden
On February 4 the Society for American Baseball Research announced the winner of its 2022 Seymour Medal. We not only published the winner of this year’s medal, but both of the finalists as well! Steven Treder’s Forty Years a Giant: … Continue reading Clean Sweep for the 2022 Seymour Medal
Sylvain Pattieu is a lecturer in history at University of Paris 8. He is the author of several books written and published in French. Emmanuelle Sibeud is a professor of contemporary history at the University of Paris 8. She is the author of … Continue reading Excerpt: The Black Populations of France
In celebration of Black History Month, we are sharing a wonderful selection of titles exploring Black spaces, ideas, communities, history, and voices. Here are twelve books exploring those important topics of which we can always strive to further our education … Continue reading Black History Month Reading List
The University of Nebraska Press is happy to announce that Christine Stewart-Nuñez, the 2019-2021 Poet Laureate of South Dakota, will be the judge for the 2022 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry competition. Submissions will be accepted April 1 through May 1. The … Continue reading Announcing the Judge for the 2022 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry
Join the Archaeological Institute of America-Milwaukee Society for an online public lecture, “Traveling Prehistoric Seas: Boats, the Oceans, and Archaeological Evidence for PreColumbian Voyages” by Alice Kehoe on Sunday, February 6, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. CST. Kehoe’s forthcoming book, Girl … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Traveling Prehistoric Seas with Alice Kehoe
Awards Patrick Madden’s Disparates won the 15 Bytes Book Award for Creative Nonfiction! The Rhinehart Frames by Cheswayo Mphanza is a finalist for the 2021 NBCC Awards! Neal Scheindlin’s The Jewish Family Ethics Textbook is a finalist in the 2021 … Continue reading News & Reviews
Dustin Tahmahkera (Comanche) is the Wick Cary Chair of Native American Cultural Studies in the Department of Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Tribal Television: Viewing Native People in Sitcoms. His newest book, Cinematic Comanches … Continue reading Excerpt: Cinematic Comanches
