Three new books from University of Pennsylvania Press will highlight Philly’s global, national and regional impact.

For many, 2023 was a year of momentous change and loss, marked by events that will be chronicled in history books for generations to come. Longstanding tensions in the Middle East erupted when Hamas ...

Understanding the past "gives us perspective" on current events, said GQ. "And right now, we sorely need perspective." With "war raging in Europe" and Donald Trump causing chaos across the pond, it's ...

Two new history books make a strong case for why learning about the past is critical to understanding the world today. First, History Matters is a posthumous collection of writings by American ...

Richard L. Williams, a Clinton native, has spent decades researching and writing about the history of the town of Kirland and ...