Anna S. Rogers and Mathieu Deflem What happens to women when they do something only men have traditionally been expected and accepted to do? What motivates these women to move beyond conventional mores and enter communities and subcultures that are…
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Columbia Strike
The guest author of this post is Blake Stricklin. He is a lecturer at the University of Houston – Victoria and the author of ‘American Paraliterature and Other Theories to Hijack Communication’. In April 1968 students at Columbia University overtook…
University Press Roundup: Mental Health Awareness Month, A Tribute to Theodore Margellos and Thomas Nail’s Theory of the Earth
Check out this collection of 8 of the most interesting university press blog posts for this month. We aim to keep you informed, engaged, and part of the ongoing scholarly conversations. 1. Mental Health Awareness Month The National Alliance on…
Women’s History Month: A Focus on Girls, Women and the Justice System
Lisa Pasko University of Denver GUEST ENTRY, Women and Criminal Justice series On International Women’s Day, I celebrated the occasion by attending a US law school panel about incarcerated women. Sharing the virtual room with law school students, legal…
Talk of the Town: 8 Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in March 2021
The world is now slowly gearing up to get back to the life we all were familiar with in our pre-corona days. However, with the new mutations, the battle is far from over. The tiniest creature proved how fragile humanity…
University Press Roundup: What Now for Feminism, Digital Burnout and the Unsung Heroes of the COVID-19 Vaccine Success
Check out this collection of 8 of the most interesting university press blog posts for this month. We aim to keep you informed, engaged, and part of the ongoing scholarly conversations. Digital Burnout – helping students take back control Teachers,…
Talk of the Town: 8 Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in February 2021
In February 2021, the vaccine rollout lends hope to the future and causes questions as to what, exactly, that future will look like? Much has changed since last March, and the industry wonders what changes, digital and otherwise, are here…
University Press Roundup: Publishing a Book in a Pandemic, Dating While Black and Free Speech Wars
Check out this collection of 8 of the most interesting university press blog posts for this month. We aim to keep you informed, engaged, and part of the ongoing scholarly conversations. Publishing (and promoting) a book during a pandemic Author…
Talk of the Town: 8 Things that Happened in the Publishing Industry in January 2021
In January 2021, the new year brought with it fresh hope for the possibility of a better year, alongside the expectation of challenges ahead. Will this year see the return of a sense of – albeit changed – normality? That’s…
Winter Roundup: A Quarterly Highlight of our Compelling New Titles
January brings the chills of winter, and marks the end of another busy season here at Anthem Press. We want to share a selection of our exciting new titles and authors that have been released in the past three months,…