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How the Election Can Impact LGBT Rights and the Supreme Court

October 14, 2024

By Joseph Mello The Courts, the Ballot Box, and Gay Rights (recently released in paperback) explores how religious liberty and parental rights talk were used to oppose marriage equality. Now…

UPK’s Latest in the American Political Thought Series

October 10, 2024

Rylie Oswald In the eleventh week of Election Season with UPK, learn more about America’s major thinkers and political thought movements. The series encompasses everything from figures like Thomas Jefferson…

Author Kathy Rose-Mockry on her new book and LGBTQ activism

October 9, 2024

By Rylie Oswald Katherine Rose-Mockry talks about her new book, Liberating Lawrence, which delves into LGBTQ activism at KU in the 1970s. Rose-Mockry also talks about the recent DEI centers…

Upcoming Events

Western Historical Association conference

Wednesday. October 23, 2024 | 8:00 am

The University Press of Kansas will be exhibiting at the Western History Association conference in Kansas City, October 23-26. Stop by our booth to speak with our staff and see our latest books on Western...

No Place Like Home film screening and roundtable discussion at WHA/SHA conference

Thursday. October 24, 2024 | 1:30 pm

The film No Place Like Home: The Struggle against Hate in Kansas will be shown at the joint conference of the Western History Association and Southern History Association in Kansas City. The hour-long documentary film,...

Southern Historical Association conference

Friday. October 25, 2024 | 9:00 am

The University Press of Kansas will have an exhibit booth at the Southern Historical Association Conference in Kansas City, October 25-27. Stop by our booth to speak with our staff...

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