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By Michele Callaghan, Manuscript Editing What does science fiction have to do with postmodernism and its ilk? Apologies to friends and college sweethearts who make their living dissecting the writing of others, but when I edit a book on the topic of literary criticism, I pretend I am editing a science fiction novel. Since my…
Amish women have long been connoisseurs of fabric, skilled at assessing the differences in weight, hand, color, and texture. The Ordnung—or guidelines that govern church districts at the local level—has long limited Amish families’ fabric choices for clothing to solid colors. As a result, for much of the twentieth century Amish women typically executed quilts…
Amish women have long been connoisseurs of fabric, skilled at assessing the differences in weight, hand, color, and texture. The Ordnung—or guidelines that govern church districts at the local level—has long limited Amish families’ fabric choices for clothing to solid colors. As a result, for much of the twentieth century Amish women typically executed quilts…
By john
November 4, 2013
American History, American Studies, Baltimore, Biography, Conferences, Cultural Studies, Education, For Everyone, Health and Medicine, History, Journals, Literature, Popular Culture, Press Events, Social media, Sports, Uncategorized, University Press Week
With academic meetings, book launches, and the start of holiday signings, November is a hectic month for JHU Press authors, editors, and staff. Highlights include an all-day symposium to welcome the publication of The Story Within: Personal Essays on Genetics and Identity along with the annual celebration of University Press Week from November 11 to…
By john
November 4, 2013
American History, American Studies, Baltimore, Biography, Conferences, Cultural Studies, Education, For Everyone, Health and Medicine, History, Journals, Literature, Popular Culture, Press Events, Social media, Sports, Uncategorized, University Press Week
With academic meetings, book launches, and the start of holiday signings, November is a hectic month for JHU Press authors, editors, and staff. Highlights include an all-day symposium to welcome the publication of The Story Within: Personal Essays on Genetics and Identity along with the annual celebration of University Press Week from November 11 to…
We know there's tons to do at this year's meeting of the Southern Historical Association, and that many more of you would have liked to attend than were able. While we can't reproduce all the great sessions and formal and informal networking that is and will be going on in St. Louis throughout the weekend,…
Main events for the 2013 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting kicked off today and we're happy to join the Society in Los Angeles for its 73rd annual meeting. At the same time, we recognize both that not everyone who wanted to attend could and that many of the professionals and students attending will find it…
After a 17-year career teaching at Rutgers, Jonathan Kramnick has returned to Johns Hopkins University, where he received his Master's and Ph.D. in English and American Literature. In addition to his faculty duties, Kramnick has taken over as editor of ELH. which is housed in the JHU English Department. He joined us for a podcast to…
After a 17-year career teaching at Rutgers, Jonathan Kramnick has returned to Johns Hopkins University, where he received his Master's and Ph.D. in English and American Literature. In addition to his faculty duties, Kramnick has taken over as editor of ELH. which is housed in the JHU English Department. He joined us for a podcast to…
JHU Press author Michael Olesker delivered a terrific talk at Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library on October 21 about his new book, Front Stoops in the Fifties: Baltimore Legends Come of Age, which tells the stories of Jerry Leiber, Nancy Pelosi, Thurgood Marshall, Barry Levinson, and other famous Charm City personalities as they came of age during…