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LISTEN: Author Jordan B. Smith discusses his new book THE INVENTION OF RUM, which offers a history of rum from its origins in the Caribbean to its impact on the Atlantic world, on the Unsung History podcast with @feministkelly.bsky.social!
The History of Rum
Global rum sales are expected to reach nearly $28 billion USD by the year 2033, making it one of the ten most popular alcoholic beverages in the world. In this epis…
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November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
LISTEN: Author Jordan B. Smith discusses his new book THE INVENTION OF RUM, which offers a history of rum from its origins in the Caribbean to its impact on the Atlantic world, on the Unsung History podcast with @feministkelly.bsky.social!
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Copyedits are done and my book has a webpage and a pub. date.
NECESSARY INVENTIONS: Roger Bacon, the Middle Ages, and the Making of Modern Science will be out next September!
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NECESSARY INVENTIONS: Roger Bacon, the Middle Ages, and the Making of Modern Science will be out next September!
@pennpress.bsky.social @byjennytan.bsky.social
www.pennpress.org/978151282988...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Copyedits are done and my book has a webpage and a pub. date.
NECESSARY INVENTIONS: Roger Bacon, the Middle Ages, and the Making of Modern Science will be out next September!
@pennpress.bsky.social @byjennytan.bsky.social
www.pennpress.org/978151282988...
NECESSARY INVENTIONS: Roger Bacon, the Middle Ages, and the Making of Modern Science will be out next September!
@pennpress.bsky.social @byjennytan.bsky.social
www.pennpress.org/978151282988...
Don't miss author Fuad Masallam discussing his new book A BREAK IN THE FUTURE in a hybrid event hosted by the University of Birmingham this Wednesday November 19 at 1 p.m. GMT (8 a.m. EST).
More info: bit.ly/4paLqod
More info: bit.ly/4paLqod
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Don't miss author Fuad Masallam discussing his new book A BREAK IN THE FUTURE in a hybrid event hosted by the University of Birmingham this Wednesday November 19 at 1 p.m. GMT (8 a.m. EST).
More info: bit.ly/4paLqod
More info: bit.ly/4paLqod
Last week, we presented GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY to the @freelibrary.bsky.social, where each library location will receive a copy of the three-volume set.
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Last week, we presented GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY to the @freelibrary.bsky.social, where each library location will receive a copy of the three-volume set.
Congratulations to two Penn Press authors whose books have won the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award from the Association for Jewish Studies (@jewishstudies.bsky.social):
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Congratulations to two Penn Press authors whose books have won the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award from the Association for Jewish Studies (@jewishstudies.bsky.social):
Congratulations to author Sarah L. H. Gronningsater, whose book THE RISING GENERATION has won the Cromwell Book Prize from the American Society for Legal History!
The Rising Generation – Penn Press
Chronicles the history of emancipation through the cradle-to-grave experiences of a remarkable generation of black northernersThe Rising Generation chronicle...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Congratulations to author Sarah L. H. Gronningsater, whose book THE RISING GENERATION has won the Cromwell Book Prize from the American Society for Legal History!
We had an amazing time celebrating the launch of the new three-volume project GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY last night at the Independence Visitor Center, including the presentation of a citation from Mayor Cherelle Parker!
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
We had an amazing time celebrating the launch of the new three-volume project GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY last night at the Independence Visitor Center, including the presentation of a citation from Mayor Cherelle Parker!
So excited to see GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY highlighted today on @nbcphiladelphia.com's Philly Live, featuring a conversation with one of the project's editors Howard Gillette Jr. and our Director Mary Francis!
Watch now: bit.ly/4i1MNn9
Watch now: bit.ly/4i1MNn9
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So excited to see GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY highlighted today on @nbcphiladelphia.com's Philly Live, featuring a conversation with one of the project's editors Howard Gillette Jr. and our Director Mary Francis!
Watch now: bit.ly/4i1MNn9
Watch now: bit.ly/4i1MNn9
#UPWeek 2025 celebrates the essential work of university presses to amplify scholarship & ideas. See how we #TeamUP to shape conversations globally.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#UPWeek 2025 celebrates the essential work of university presses to amplify scholarship & ideas. See how we #TeamUP to shape conversations globally.
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TOMORROW: We're celebrating the launch of the new three-volume GREATER PHILADELPHIA project at the Philadelphia Visitor Center, featuring a discussion with two of the project's co-editors & books available for purchase!
Register now: www.tinyurl.com/PHLBook250
Register now: www.tinyurl.com/PHLBook250
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
TOMORROW: We're celebrating the launch of the new three-volume GREATER PHILADELPHIA project at the Philadelphia Visitor Center, featuring a discussion with two of the project's co-editors & books available for purchase!
Register now: www.tinyurl.com/PHLBook250
Register now: www.tinyurl.com/PHLBook250
How does Penn Press #TeamUP to shape conversations globally? Some highlights from this year about our efforts to:
• Work with organizations & our journals to expand #OpenAccess: bit.ly/41zH2GE
• Work with organizations & our journals to expand #OpenAccess: bit.ly/41zH2GE
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
How does Penn Press #TeamUP to shape conversations globally? Some highlights from this year about our efforts to:
• Work with organizations & our journals to expand #OpenAccess: bit.ly/41zH2GE
• Work with organizations & our journals to expand #OpenAccess: bit.ly/41zH2GE
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I'm pleased that my essay on Islam is included in the Greater Philadelphia and the World volume!
Philly followers: Don't miss this our launch event for the new three-volume publication GREATER PHILADELPHIA this Thursday at the Philadelphia Visitor Center, featuring a discussion with two of the project's co-editors & books available for purchase!
Register now: www.tinyurl.com/PHLBook250
Register now: www.tinyurl.com/PHLBook250
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I'm pleased that my essay on Islam is included in the Greater Philadelphia and the World volume!
Curious what one page of @georginaemw.bsky.social's PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE says about the book as a whole? Check out her post on The Page 99 Test! bit.ly/3XnvXFz
Georgina Wilson's "Paper and the Making of Early Modern Literature"
Georgina Wilson is an early modern literary scholar specialising in material texts. Her work has been published in Criticism , The Oxford H...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Curious what one page of @georginaemw.bsky.social's PAPER AND THE MAKING OF EARLY MODERN LITERATURE says about the book as a whole? Check out her post on The Page 99 Test! bit.ly/3XnvXFz
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So many university presses #TeamUP with history scholars, including @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social, @ceu-press.bsky.social & @umissouripress.bsky.social. Learn more in the University Press Week Gallery: https://bit.ly/47sJm3P
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So many university presses #TeamUP with history scholars, including @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social, @ceu-press.bsky.social & @umissouripress.bsky.social. Learn more in the University Press Week Gallery: https://bit.ly/47sJm3P
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#ReadUP in history with outstanding works from @templeunivpress.bsky.social, @pennpress.bsky.social, @siupress.bsky.social, @univpressofkansas.bsky.social, @universitypress.cambridge.org, American School of Classical Studies at Athens & City University of Hong Kong Press. https://bit.ly/47sJm3P
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#ReadUP in history with outstanding works from @templeunivpress.bsky.social, @pennpress.bsky.social, @siupress.bsky.social, @univpressofkansas.bsky.social, @universitypress.cambridge.org, American School of Classical Studies at Athens & City University of Hong Kong Press. https://bit.ly/47sJm3P
Philly followers: Don't miss this our launch event for the new three-volume publication GREATER PHILADELPHIA this Thursday at the Philadelphia Visitor Center, featuring a discussion with two of the project's co-editors & books available for purchase!
Register now: www.tinyurl.com/PHLBook250
Register now: www.tinyurl.com/PHLBook250
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Philly followers: Don't miss this our launch event for the new three-volume publication GREATER PHILADELPHIA this Thursday at the Philadelphia Visitor Center, featuring a discussion with two of the project's co-editors & books available for purchase!
Register now: www.tinyurl.com/PHLBook250
Register now: www.tinyurl.com/PHLBook250
"Rum represented a distinctly new kind of commodity that was quintessentially modern in that it thrived on the disposability of nearly everything it touched."
Jordan B. Smith talks THE INVENTION OF RUM in a Q&A on @johnfea1.bsky.social's blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home!
Jordan B. Smith talks THE INVENTION OF RUM in a Q&A on @johnfea1.bsky.social's blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home!
The Author’s Corner with Jordan B. Smith
Jordan B. Smith is Associate Professor of History and Pre-Law Advisor at Widener University. This interview is based on his new book, The Invention of Rum: Creating the Quintessential Atlantic Comm…
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November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"Rum represented a distinctly new kind of commodity that was quintessentially modern in that it thrived on the disposability of nearly everything it touched."
Jordan B. Smith talks THE INVENTION OF RUM in a Q&A on @johnfea1.bsky.social's blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home!
Jordan B. Smith talks THE INVENTION OF RUM in a Q&A on @johnfea1.bsky.social's blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home!
Don't miss Zachary Albert's interview on ROROTOKO, in which he explores how his new book PARTISAN POLICY NETWORKS illuminates the world of think tanks and other policy groups, including their role in creating blueprints like Project 2025.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Don't miss Zachary Albert's interview on ROROTOKO, in which he explores how his new book PARTISAN POLICY NETWORKS illuminates the world of think tanks and other policy groups, including their role in creating blueprints like Project 2025.
bit.ly/4p26zAY
bit.ly/4p26zAY
Thrilled to see a shout-out in Penn Today for the new three-volume project GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY!
Connecting with America’s 250th anniversary | Penn Today
Ahead of the main event on July 4, 2026, marking the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Penn students, faculty, and staff will have multiple early opportunities to engage with America’s…
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November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Thrilled to see a shout-out in Penn Today for the new three-volume project GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY!
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Thrilled to see my former student @m-r-glass.bsky.social's brilliant first book reviewed in @theatlantic.com.
American Suburbs Have a Financial Secret
Municipal bonds have become an unavoidable part of local governance—and their costs divide rich towns from poor ones.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Thrilled to see my former student @m-r-glass.bsky.social's brilliant first book reviewed in @theatlantic.com.
ICYMI: In a recent Q&A for @johnfea1.bsky.social's blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home, Michael Leja discussed how his book A FLOOD OF PICTURES "presents a narrative account of the operations by which pictures first became mass-produced & mass-marketed in the US." bit.ly/4nL2Vui
The Author’s Corner with Michael Leja
Michael Leja is James and Nan Wagner Farquhar Professor Emeritus of History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. This interview is based on his new book, A Flood of Pictures: The Formation of …
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November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ICYMI: In a recent Q&A for @johnfea1.bsky.social's blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home, Michael Leja discussed how his book A FLOOD OF PICTURES "presents a narrative account of the operations by which pictures first became mass-produced & mass-marketed in the US." bit.ly/4nL2Vui
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An excerpt of my @pennpress.bsky.social book -- on school bonds in Levittown -- was just published in FINANCIAL HISTORY MAGAZINE. 🤑
Freely available here: fhmagazine.org/tRDd/p18/p18.
Freely available here: fhmagazine.org/tRDd/p18/p18.
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
An excerpt of my @pennpress.bsky.social book -- on school bonds in Levittown -- was just published in FINANCIAL HISTORY MAGAZINE. 🤑
Freely available here: fhmagazine.org/tRDd/p18/p18.
Freely available here: fhmagazine.org/tRDd/p18/p18.
The second issue of our journal @histsocialscience.bsky.social is here! Read now via Project MUSE: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55727
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The second issue of our journal @histsocialscience.bsky.social is here! Read now via Project MUSE: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55727
TOMOROW: Authors Jordan Smith (THE INVENTION OF RUM) and Michelle McDonald (COFFEE NATION) will discuss their books in a special event at The Library Company of Philadelphia, with rum & coffee-based refreshments! The event begins at 5:30 p.m. ET and is free. Register now: bit.ly/4qAwPEo
November 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
TOMOROW: Authors Jordan Smith (THE INVENTION OF RUM) and Michelle McDonald (COFFEE NATION) will discuss their books in a special event at The Library Company of Philadelphia, with rum & coffee-based refreshments! The event begins at 5:30 p.m. ET and is free. Register now: bit.ly/4qAwPEo
Philly-area followers: Don't miss a special free event celebrating the launch of GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY! Join us next Thursday 11/13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Independence Visitor Center. RSVP now: bit.ly/4nAW1aY #PhillyIsGreater
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Philly-area followers: Don't miss a special free event celebrating the launch of GREATER PHILADELPHIA: A NEW HISTORY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY! Join us next Thursday 11/13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Independence Visitor Center. RSVP now: bit.ly/4nAW1aY #PhillyIsGreater