The Vision Maker Film Festival begins today in Lincoln, Nebraska at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. “We Are All Related” is the theme of the seventh biennial festival. It is a conceptual translation from the Lakota language—Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ—a commonly … Continue reading Vision Maker Film Festival
Anna Weir is a publicist at UNP. In “Staff Stories,” she interviews her newest coworkers to introduce them to the rest of the university press world. Mikala Kolander is a crazy crafting gal who likes collecting journals she plans on … Continue reading Staff Stories: An Interview with Mikala Kolander
Published in cooperation with the Center for Great Plains Studies, the Discover the Great Plains is a series of concise introductions to the natural wonders, diverse cultures, history, and contemporary life of the Great Plains, written for a general … Continue reading Discover the Great Plains book launch
A reception and book signing for the new educational comic Carnival of Contagion, the latest entry in the World of Viruses series, will be held tomorrow from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on the second floor of Love Library South at the University … Continue reading Carnival of Contagion Book Launch
Bob Hall is a professional artist who has worked for Marvel Comics and DC Comics and drawn some of the most famous comic heroes of all time, including Batman, Spiderman, Thor, Captain America, and the Avengers. “National Comic Book Day!” I … Continue reading From the Desk of Bob Hall: National Comic Book Day
Harvey Perlman is currently a Professor of Law at the University of Nebraska College of Law, having stepped down after sixteen years of service as Chancellor of the University. Mythology and literature are replete with giants—characters that are physically larger … Continue reading Harvey Perlman on Warren K. Urbom
As we honor our 75th anniversary this year, we recall and celebrate some of the most influential people in the Press’s history. WILLIS REGIER Willis “Bill” Regier’s career seemed destined for a professorship in the English or Classics Department of a … Continue reading Remembering Bill Regier’s Years at Nebraska
As we honor our 75th anniversary this year, we recall and celebrate some of the most influential people in the Press’s history. DIKA LAGERCRANTZ ECKERSLEY (1939–2015) Generous. Kind. Quirky. Teacher. Designer. Traveler. Humane. A proponent of joy. Dika Eckersley’s colleagues and … Continue reading Remembering Dika Lagercrantz Eckersley
Please join UNP at Indigo Bridge Books today from 5:30-7:00 p.m. for food and conversation over the release of Abolishing Freedom, co-edited by Marco Abel and Roland Végső. In this brisk and witty interrogation of freedom, author Frank Ruda argues … Continue reading Book Launch at Indigo Bridge Books
The following letter was written for UNP’s spring and summer 2016 catalog. What an honor it is to be the director of the University of Nebraska Press as it celebrates its 75th anniversary and diamond jubilee. Reference to a diamond … Continue reading The Director Dish: Our 75th Anniversary
