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If you are heading to the Classics meeting in New Orleans from January 8 to 11, be sure to visit booth #201 to browse JHU Press books and journals. Press authors will be stopping by, and we’ll offer a 30% discount throughout the meeting. We’ll also be celebrating the publication of the first books in…
If you are heading to the Classics meeting in New Orleans from January 8 to 11, be sure to visit booth #201 to browse JHU Press books and journals. Press authors will be stopping by, and we’ll offer a 30% discount throughout the meeting. We’ll also be celebrating the publication of the first books in…
If you are heading to the Modern Language Association meeting in Vancouver, BC, from January 8 to 11, be sure to browse JHU Press books and journals at booth #117. Press authors will be stopping by, and we'll offer 30% discount throughout the meeting—and free shipping in the US and Canada for orders placed at…
If you are heading to the American Historical Association meeting in New York City from January 3 to 5, be sure to browse JHU Press books and journals at booth #225. Press authors will be stopping by, and we'll offer a 30% discount throughout the meeting. Read more about the conference on the AHA annual…
If you are heading to the American Historical Association meeting in New York City from January 3 to 5, be sure to browse JHU Press books and journals at booth #225. Press authors will be stopping by, and we'll offer a 30% discount throughout the meeting. Read more about the conference on the AHA annual…
Guest post by Susan J. Noonan The transition to a new year often brings mixed emotions. For example, some past years are just not worth celebrating or hanging onto. These are the ones with unpleasant, sour experiences that override the good stuff in our lives and do not merit our remembering. The chain of events…
Guest post by Susan J. Noonan The transition to a new year often brings mixed emotions. For example, some past years are just not worth celebrating or hanging onto. These are the ones with unpleasant, sour experiences that override the good stuff in our lives and do not merit our remembering. The chain of events…
Guest post by Christopher Darnton The United States and Cuba have reached a historic agreement, putting an end to a half-century of frozen relations. Reciprocal speeches by Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro, and gestures like the exchange of high-profile prisoners convicted of espionage, suggest that the two countries will open not only embassies but…
By Janet Gilbert, JHUP Staff “Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.” – Henry James Frankly, I wondered how I could possibly write this post about civility without coming off as the Purveyor of Politeness, the Diplomat…
Guest post by Jerry Griswold "'Twas the night before Christmas" begins Clement Moore’s "A Visit from St. Nicholas," that immortal poem generally credited with popularizing Dutch customs (Santa and gift-giving) and shaping the American holiday as we know it. But, as I suggest in my study of American childhood classics called Audacious Kids, a case…