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August 6, 2021

2021 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting

We hope you’ll visit our virtual booth for the 2021 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting! A Message from Senior Editor Lucas Church: Welcome to our virtual exhibit! Normally, I’d be there to greet you in-person, show you our wonderful titles, and to talk about your own book project. I do hope we can all see each other next year. In the meantime,… Continue Reading 2021 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting

Categories Sociology/UNC Press News
July 28, 2021

Announcing Three New Acquisitions from Regina Bradley, Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, and Tony Perry for the Ferris and Ferris Books Imprint

The University of North Carolina Press (UNC Press) is pleased to announce three new acquisitions for its Ferris and Ferris imprint: Sitting on Zora’s Porch: Notes from a Black Girl in the Hip Hop South by Regina Bradley, The Vice President’s Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn by Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, and These Flowers, Those Waters, That Garden:… Continue Reading Announcing Three New Acquisitions from Regina Bradley, Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, and Tony Perry for the Ferris and Ferris Books Imprint

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July 14, 2021

Announcing the UNC Press Presents Podcast Network

We are excited to announce the newly launched UNC Press Presents Podcast website, a partnership with New Books Network. Featuring UNC Press authors that have been interviewed since the launch of the New Books Network podcast, and from across all the disciplines that UNC Press publishes, UNC Press Presents Podcast allows one to search for and listen to approximately 250… Continue Reading Announcing the UNC Press Presents Podcast Network

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July 8, 2021

UNC Press Open Access Vision and Policy

“In an effort to clarify and explain the reasons behind our Open Access (OA) positions, we are publishing our Open Access Vision and Policy Statement. OA has multiple dimensions and means different things to many people, so we expect and encourage feedback and dialog. You can write to our director John Sherer (john.sherer@uncpress.org) or tweet to us @unc_press.” Open-access (OA)… Continue Reading UNC Press Open Access Vision and Policy

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June 30, 2021

Statement from Lisa Levenstein, Vice Chair of the Board, and John Sherer, Director of The University of North Carolina Press

Thank you to the individuals and organizations who have expressed concern about recent events surrounding the election of board members at UNC Press. Many of you rightfully voiced support for the reelection of Eric Muller to the Press’s Board of Governors. Eric served tirelessly and brilliantly as chair of the board during one of the most successful periods in the… Continue Reading Statement from Lisa Levenstein, Vice Chair of the Board, and John Sherer, Director of The University of North Carolina Press

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June 4, 2021

Communing with Golf and Nature

Guest blog post by Lee Pace, author of Good Walks: Rediscovering the Soul of Golf at Eighteen of the Carolinas’ Best Courses Howard Lee was an administrator in Governor Jim Hunt’s administration in 1977 when he initiated what would become a walking trail of some 1,200 miles from the North Carolina mountains to the Outer Banks. “To be able to get out… Continue Reading Communing with Golf and Nature

Categories North Carolina/Sports/Travel/UNC Press News
June 1, 2021

Happy LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: A Reading List

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) Pride Month and we are here to celebrate with the community! Pride month began in 1970 and happens in June to commemorate the Stonewall Uprising on June 28th, 1969. A black trans woman named Marsha P. Johnson was a true leader and very important piece to that uprising.… Continue Reading Happy LGBTQIA+ Pride Month: A Reading List

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May 26, 2021

2021 Latin American Studies Association Annual Meeting

LASA 2021 has arrived and while we certainly miss seeing you in person, we hope you’ll take the time to visit our virtual booth. Executive editor Elaine Maisner welcomes you to our virtual booth, while also highlighting some new and forthcoming books: If you’ve got a project that you are working on, Elaine would love to connect with you. Series:  Our Envisioning Cuba series publishes… Continue Reading 2021 Latin American Studies Association Annual Meeting

Categories Latin American/Caribbean Hist./Latino Studies/UNC Press News
May 19, 2021

Happy Haitian Heritage Month: A Reading List

A strong “Sak Pase” to all of our Haitian and Haitian-descendant readers! May is Haitian Heritage Month and we wanted to celebrate with a recommended reading list dedicated to the history of the first independent black republic in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti. May was chosen as Haitian Heritage Month because it marks the anniversary of the birth of Toussaint L’Ouverture,… Continue Reading Happy Haitian Heritage Month: A Reading List

Categories Africa & African Diaspora/Anthropology/Biography / Autobiography/folklore/Latin American/Caribbean Hist./Religion/UNC Press News
May 18, 2021

New Series Announcement: Boundless South

The Boundless South publishes books that are regional, readable, and deeply researched while capturing the stories of people, places, and culture. Connecting audiences to real southerners, Boundless South presents the diversity of “southernness” and the extent of the southern diaspora with nuance and broad appeal. The Boundless South seeks to harness a new energy surrounding the discipline of history and calls on… Continue Reading New Series Announcement: Boundless South

Categories American Studies/Law / Legal History/Political Science/Politics/Southern Studies/UNC Press News
May 17, 2021

Celebrating International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (#IDAHOBIT)

If you don’t already know, May 17th is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia, commonly referred to as IDAHOBIT. This day is used to celebrate LGBTQIA+ people all over the world and raise awareness to fight the discrimination they deal with on a regular basis. We’ve created this recommended reading list to highlight the usually unheard voices… Continue Reading Celebrating International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (#IDAHOBIT)

Categories African American Studies/Gender Studies/LGBT Studies/North Carolina/Political Science/Sociology/UNC Press News/Women's Studies
May 12, 2021

Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle: A Reading List

If you’ve been keeping up with the Israeli-Palestine conflict, you know things have gotten much worse recently. From looking at social media profiles of people who reside in Israel and occupied Palestinian territories, their request has been to spread awareness as well. For those who aren’t as knowledgeable about the conflict or for anyone who wants to learn more, we’ve… Continue Reading Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle: A Reading List

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April 29, 2021

Meet the Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges Series Editors

Check out this quick Q&A with our Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges Series Editors Mart Stewart and Harriet Rivo. Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges publishes works of environmental history that explore the cross-border movements of organisms and materials that have shaped the modern world, as well as the varied human attempts to understand, regulate, and manage these movements. How do you think… Continue Reading Meet the Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges Series Editors

Categories Environmental Studies/UNC Press News
April 27, 2021

Happy Pub Day to Adrian Miller’s Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue

We are thrilled that today marks the official on sale date for UNC Press’s third book authored by James Beard Award winner Adrian Miller, Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue. Black Smoke is the fourth book published in the Ferris & Ferris Imprint for high-profile, general-interest books about the American South. You can preview Black Smoke… Continue Reading Happy Pub Day to Adrian Miller’s Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue

Categories African American History/African American Studies/Food Studies/Native American History/UNC Press News
April 22, 2021

UNC Press COVID-19 Operations Status

An Update from Chapel Hill UNC Press and Longleaf Services continue to have its staffs operate in mostly remote locations because of the pandemic. Our offices in Brooks Hall generally have a few staff members in each day, but accessibility there is very limited. While vaccines are becoming more prevalent, the public health situation still limits our presence on campus… Continue Reading UNC Press COVID-19 Operations Status

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April 19, 2021

Congratulations to our 2021 OAH Award Winners!

The Organization of American Historians honored three of our authors with seven awards. Congratulations to all! Visit our OAH 2021 virtual exhibit to get these books (and more) at our 40% conference discount.  You can view the OAH’s 2021 Meeting Awards Ceremony here. Those Who Know Don’t Say: The Nation of Islam, the Black Freedom Movement, and the Carceral State by… Continue Reading Congratulations to our 2021 OAH Award Winners!

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April 9, 2021

Guggenheim Fellows for 2021

Hearty congratulations to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 2021 Guggenheim Fellows, which include the following UNC Press authors: Cindy Hahamovitch, author of The Fruits of Their Labor: Atlantic Coast Farmworkers and the Making of Migrant Poverty, 1870-1945 Kevin Mumford, author of Not Straight, Not White: Black Gay Men from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis Imani Perry,… Continue Reading Guggenheim Fellows for 2021

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April 8, 2021

The Punitive Turn in American Life: How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War

Guest blog post by Michael S. Sherry, author of The Punitive Turn in American Life: How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War Advertisements urging civilians to buy guns captured how the punitive turn had played out by the 2010s. “As Close as You Can Get [to war] without Enlisting” ran one rifle ad, while another promoted… Continue Reading The Punitive Turn in American Life: How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War

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March 29, 2021

The Struggle over Race and Voting Rights in North Carolina

Relative to the recent voting rights suppression and rulings that have taken place in Georgia, the following is an excerpt from the introduction to Fragile Democracy: The Struggle over Race and Voting Rights in North Carolina (published September 2020) by James L. Leloudis and Robert R. Korstad America is at war with itself over the right to vote, or, more… Continue Reading The Struggle over Race and Voting Rights in North Carolina

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March 26, 2021

UNC Press stands in solidarity with workers fighting for dignity and workplace democracy

The University of North Carolina Press stands in solidarity with workers fighting for dignity and workplace democracy in the book industry—especially the more than 5,000 Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, who are in the midst of the historic first attempt to unionize one of the e-commerce giant’s warehouses. This is of particular interest to us both as publishing workers and… Continue Reading UNC Press stands in solidarity with workers fighting for dignity and workplace democracy

Categories History/Labor Studies/UNC Press News