Amplifying Local Voices with Local Partners
November 10, 2020
For Danny Caine, owner of the Raven Book Store in downtown Lawrence, Kansas, building community is just another part of the job. “What are we without a community?” Caine asks… READ MORE
Year: 2020
UPK Partners with The Raven for 2020 Election Event Series
October 8, 2020
The University Press of Kansas has partnered with Lawrence bookstore The Raven to present four virtual prescient political book discussions. The series will focus on four recently released books that… READ MORE
KU Libraries and University Press of Kansas Receive NEH-Mellon Humanities Kansas Open Book Program Grant
October 1, 2020
The University of Kansas Libraries and the University Press of Kansas have received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to… READ MORE
Republicans must choose: Are they the party of Ronald Reagan or Donald Trump?
August 25, 2020
Reagan’s sunny, inclusive vision and principles are the antithesis of what Trump preaches By Marcus M. Witcher, Ph.D. author of Getting Right with Reagan; The Struggle for True Conservatism, 1980-2016… READ MORE
Taylor’s Book Required Reading at West Point
August 21, 2020
Dr. William A. Taylor’s Military Service and American Democracy: From World War II to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars has been selected as required reading for every first-year cadet at… READ MORE
Newsome Wins 2020 Emerging Civil War Book Award
August 19, 2020
Emerging Civil War has chosen Hampton Newsome’s Fight for the Old North State: The Civil War in North Carolina, January–May 1864 as the recipient of this year’s Emerging Civil War… READ MORE
Do Running Mates Matter?
August 10, 2020
Authors Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko have focused their careers on studying the Vice Presidency, and have published the first detailed study on what, if any, impact a… READ MORE
UPK’s David M. Glantz Named 2020 Pritzker Award Recipient
July 22, 2020
CHICAGO, July 22, 2020— Military historian and author, Colonel David M. Glantz is the 14th recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military… READ MORE
Two UPK Titles Named 2020 Kansas Notable Books
July 16, 2020
State Librarian Eric Norris announced today the 15th annual selection of Kansas Notable Books. The fifteen books feature quality titles with wide public appeal, written either by a Kansan, set… READ MORE
Can Young Voters Save Us From The Trump Calamity?
July 7, 2020
by Sandy Horwitt, author of Conversations with Abner Mikva: Final Reflections on Chicago Politics, Democracy’s Future and a Life of Public Service When my old boss and friend Ab Mikva… READ MORE
