Erik Hansson is a human geographer. He wrote The Begging Question (Nebraska, 2023) during his postdoctoral fellowship at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He has also been stationed at Uppsala University, University of Gothenburg, and Mid Sweden University. The Begging … Continue reading Excerpt: The Begging Question
Arnold Krupat is a professor emeritus of global studies and literature at Sarah Lawrence College. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Boarding School Voices: Carlisle Indian School Students Speak (Nebraska, 2021) and Companion to James Welch’s “The Heartsong of Charging … Continue reading Excerpt: From the Boarding Schools
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 Los Angeles, California, from March 30th-April 2nd. You can find Senior Acquisitions Editor Matt … Continue reading UNP at OAH 2023
William A. White III is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California–Berkeley. His new book, Segregation Made Them Neighbors: An Archeology of Racialization in Boise, Idaho (Nebraska, 2023), was published this month. Segregation Made Them Neighbors investigates the relationship … Continue reading Excerpt: Segregation Made Them Neighbors
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta—and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports (Nebraska, 2022) by Clayton Trutor. About … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Loserville
Brenden W. Rensink is Associate Director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies and Associate Professor of History at Brigham Young University. He is author of the award-winning book Native but Foreign: Indigenous Immigrants and Refugees in the North … Continue reading From the Desk of Brenden W. Rensink: Engaging the Present with the Past
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to Disruption: Inside the Largest Counterterrorism Investigation in History (Potomac, 2021) by Aki J. Peritz. About the Book: … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Disruption
Book Birthdays celebrate one year of a book’s life in tweets, reviews, and more. This month we’re saying Happy First Book Birthday to The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon’s Life of Science and Art (Bison Books, 2021) by Wynne Brown. … Continue reading Happy Book Birthday to Forgotten Botanist!
The critically acclaimed and widely popular Black Elk Speaks has now sold over one million copies. This cements the book as the number one bestseller on the University of Nebraska Press backlist. Since its original publication, there have been numerous … Continue reading Black Elk Speaks Sells Over One Million Copies
Geoffrey D. Kimball is an independent scholar. He is the author of Koasati Dictionary (Nebraska, 1994), Koasati Grammar (Nebraska, 1991), and translator of Kosati Traditional Narratives (Nebraska, 2010). His new book Yukhíti Kóy (Nebraska, 2022) is now available. Introduction The Atakapa language is attested … Continue reading Excerpt: Yukhíti Kóy
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