Order and Disorder: England’s Troubled History
Award-winning teacher Ken MacMillan delves deeper into some of the stories found in his new book Death and Disorder and discusses what we can expect from the book.
October 19, 2020
Tag: humanities
Re-Envisioning Cell Theory (Part 3): Sublime Slime Molds
In the final part of her blog series, Sherrie L. Lyons discusses the fascinating world of slime molds, the unlikely superhero within the ecosystem.
September 15, 2020
Medieval History and Modern Hate
Amy S. Kaufman discusses what we can expect from her book, The Devil’s Historians, and tells us how the project came about.
August 27, 2020
Layers of Decline: Deindustrialization and Its Impacts in Post-Industrial Cape Breton
Lachlan MacKinnon writes for us on the blog and discusses what we can expect from his new book, Closing Sysco, a story of deindustrialization and working-class resistance in the Cape Breton steel industry.
July 21, 2020
Behind the Book: Exploring Illustrated Children’s Literature under Lenin and Stalin
Megan Swift talks about how her new book, Picturing the Page, and explores the vital and multifaceted function illustrated children’s literature plays in repurposing the past.
July 16, 2020
Pride Month: The Struggle for Gay Rights Before Pride
In our first post for Pride Month, Javier Samper Vendrell, author of The Seduction of Youth , looks at the history of gay rights and what lessons can be learned.
June 19, 2020
In Memory of Father Edouard Alphonse Jeauneau
UTP was sad to hear about the passing of Father Edouard Alphonse Jeauneau, author of Rethinking the School of Chartres. Here, translator of the book, Claude Paul Desmarais, shares his memories of working with Father Jeauneau.
June 16, 2020
Isolation Reading for the Week of June 8
Here at UTP, we are bringing you some great books chosen by our staff for your work-from-home reading. This week, Barbara Porter, an associate managing editor at the press, has given us her staff pick.
June 8, 2020
From the Editors: Congress 2020
Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, this year’s meeting at Congress will not go ahead. Instead, we reached out to some of our editors and asked them what Congress means to them as they share some of the projects they have been working on.
June 3, 2020
Marriage and What It Means Now
Rabbi Denise Handlarski, an intermarried rabbi and author of The A-Z of Intermarriage, offers us all some advice that can help us through these difficult times.
May 21, 2020