A Pride Month Reading List
June 29, 2021
The University Press of Kansas is proud to help celebrate Pride Month with a curated list of books studying the legal battle for gay rights… No Place Like Home: Lessons… READ MORE
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UPK to Celebrate 75th Anniversary
June 16, 2021
On January 9, 1940, the Committee on Publication and Printing recommended to the Faculty Senate “that the Administration be invited to consider establishing a University of Kansas Press.” It took… READ MORE
Diehl Ends 35-Year UPK Career
May 14, 2021
Few things are more interconnected with the University Press of Kansas than Direct Mail and Exhibits Manager Debra Diehl and, after 35 years, May 14 marks her final day with… READ MORE
From Fear, Anger, and Grievance to Boring Competence: The Rhetorical Journey from Trump to Biden
May 13, 2021
by Robert C. Rowland, professor of communication studies, University of Kansas and author of The Rhetoric of Donald Trump: Nationalist Populism and American Democracy Presidential elections often lead to a… READ MORE
Goldstein on Mondale: “Truly consequential”
May 3, 2021
The death of Walter F. Mondale on April 19, 2021, brought an outpouring of tributes recognizing that the United States had lost an exceptional public servant and exemplary person. I… READ MORE
Kevin L. Smith Named Director of University Press of Kansas
April 5, 2021
The University Press of Kansas Board of Trustees, which is composed of the provosts from each of the six Kansas Regents institutions, has confirmed University of Kansas Dean of Libraries… READ MORE
University Press of Kansas to continue its work under leadership of KU Libraries dean
March 19, 2021
LAWRENCE — The University Press of Kansas Board of Trustees, which is composed of the provosts from each of the six Kansas Regents institutions, has confirmed University of Kansas Dean… READ MORE
Staff Picks: What We’re Reading – March, 2021
March 4, 2021
An Introduction to the Gospel of John – Don’t let the “Introduction to” title fool you. This is an engagingly written but deeply scholarly book (with a bibliography at the… READ MORE
Child Poverty and Richard Nixon’s Family Security Act
February 25, 2021
by John Roy Price, author of The Last Liberal Republican: An Insider’s Perspective on Nixon’s Surprising Social Policy It has taken a brutal pandemic for the country to confront the… READ MORE
You May Also Enjoy: More Binge-Worthy Books.
February 12, 2021
The majority of the country is stuck inside weathering a deep arctic freeze (oh, and a global pandemic). The staff here at UPK is no different. As an opportunity to… READ MORE
