Catherine Allgor Speaking Dates
Catherine Allgor, editor of the new The Queen of America: Mary Cutts’s Life of Dolley Madison, has several speaking engagements scheduled for mid-November. We have the full schedule.
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Your Halloween Press
Whether you call it All Hallows’ Evening, Hallowe’en, or just plain old Halloween, we thought it would be a good time to suggest a few titles to those readers feeling the spirit.
Warehouse Sale
Attention, book lovers, bargain hunters, and history buffs! Don’t miss the great deals at the University of Virginia Press Warehouse Sale. October 26-27, thousands of first-quality books in Virginiana, history, literature, African American studies, founding fathers, the Civil War, and more will be on sale.
The Congressman’s Speech
Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin may be the VP candidate on the GOP ticket, but what especially interests a linguist like William Labov, author of the forthcoming Dialect Diversity in America: The Politics of Language Change, is the way the congressman pronounces a short “a” vowel.
Map of Influence
As part of its 75th anniversary, the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) invited member presses to construct a “map of influence,” an online geographic illustration of the reach of its own authors and subjects.
Gabriel Vahanian
We would like to pay tribute to Gabriel Vahanian, who passed away last week at the age of 85. Educated at the Lycée Français de Valence and the Princteon Theological Seminary, Vahanian had long tenures at Syrcause University and the University of Strasbourg and was a founding member of the American Academy of Religion. His book [...]