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Happy #pubday to "Words Colliding: The Debate over Slavery and Black Exclusion in Nineteenth-Century America" by Andrew F. Hammann!

The long history and lasting impact of the rhetoric of Black exclusion in American politics and culture

#skystorians #readUP

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10143/
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
November 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA) conference begins today! @navsa2025.bsky.social #NAVSA2025

Visit our virtual exhibit and use promo code <10NAVSA25> for 40% off through the end of the month!

www.upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/nav...
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The History of Science Society (HSS) conference is underway!

Visit our virtual exhibit and use promo code <10HSS25> for 40% off through the end of the month!

www.upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/hss...
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy #pubday to "The Star-Spangled Republic: Political Astronomy and the Rise of the American Constellation" by Eran Shalev!

Examining the cosmic conceit at the heart of early American political rhetoric

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10148/

#skystorians #booksky
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Happy #pubday to "Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice" by Gregory S. Gordon!

The remarkable life of one of the twentieth century’s great warriors for justice.

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10088/
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Check out this interview with author Peter D. Blackmer by Michael Stauch of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"If students read only one book about the long shadow of enslavement on southern universities, 'After Emancipation' should be it."
—@joursouhist.bsky.social

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5925/

#skystorians #booksky #readUP
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's Halloween, a perfect time to revisit the life and work of the "master of the macabre" Edgar Allan Poe!

"It is well that a writer of such canonical importance should have a definitive biography, and Kopley certainly seems the man to write it."
—@wsj.com

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10034/
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Always great to see authors and their books!

Hannah Spahn, author of “Black Reason, White Feeling” and @stevesarson.bsky.social, author of “The Course of Human Events” stopped by our table at @oieahc.bsky.social

Give them a read today!
October 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We’re here! Come say hi, pitch us your projects, and get 50% off display copies!
October 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The @oieahc.bsky.social "For 2026: Wartime Transformations" conference starts tomorrow at William & Mary!

If you can't make it in person, check out our virtual exhibit and take advantage of the 40% conference discount!

Enter <10WMBURG25> at checkout

www.upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/wmb...
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Happy #pubday to "Seeking the High Ground: Slavery and Political Conflict in the British Atlantic World" by Matthew Mason!

How American slavery engendered a new political vocabulary used on both sides of the Atlantic.

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10097/

#skystorians #booksky #readUP
October 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Happy #pubday to "Grievous Entanglement: Consumption, Connection, and Slavery in the Atlantic World" by Erin Pearson!

How abolitionists persuaded people of their personal complicity with slavery to advance the cause of freedom.

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10149/

#booksky
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy #pubday to "Maxims and the Mind: Unknowing in the Early Novel from Bacon to Austen" by Kelly Swartz @kellmswartz.bsky.social!

Correcting the misunderstood role of maxims at the intersection of early science and literature.

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10157/

#booksky
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
October 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The 43rd Annual West Indian Literature Conference is going on now! If you can't be there in person, visit our virtual exhibit here: upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/JWI...

Use promo code <10JWIL25> for 40% off through the end of the month!
October 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Happy #pubday to "Vignettes of Colonial Virginia: Remarkable Stories from the Founding of America" by Brent Tarter!

Illuminating stories of colonial life from the dean of Virginia history

upress.virginia.edu/title/10150/

#booksky #skystorians
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Happy #pubday to "The Dean Disordered: Jonathan Swift and Humoral Medicine" by Paul William Child!

Understanding Jonathan Swift’s medical and literary life

upress.virginia.edu/title/10133/

#swiftie #readUP #booksky
October 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Happy #pubday to "Napoleon in America: Bonaparte and the Rhetoric of US Empire" by Mark F. Ehlers!

How Napoleon’s legacy infused American debates over empire in the nineteenth century

upress.virginia.edu/title/10137/

#skystorians #booksky
September 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Happy #pubday to "Unleashing Black Power: Grassroots Organizing in Harlem and the Advent of the Long, Hot Summers" by Peter D. Blackmer!

Reappraising the rise of the civil rights movement in the iconic center of Northern Black life

upress.virginia.edu/title/10145/

#booksky #skystorians
September 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Visit our ASALH virtual exhibit: upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/ASA...

Use code <10ASALH25> for 40% off books below through October 15!
September 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy #pubday to "Devout and Defiant: How Pilgrims Shaped the Franco-German Borderlands in the Age of Revolutions" by Kilian Harrer!

How Catholic pilgrims in an era of revolution challenged state authority and redefined the practice of their faith

upress.virginia.edu/title/10138/

#skystorians
September 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM