University Press Week to be held Nov. 11-15.
10/28/2024
Waltham, MA — Brandeis University Press is pleased to announce that The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability, by Annette Kehnel has been included in the Association of University Presses’ 2024 list of the best publications that #StepUP.
In The Green Ages Professor Kehnel melds environmentalism, economics, and history as she uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable living. Annette Kehnel is a leading scholar of medieval cultural history and has held a chair in Medieval History at the University of Mannheim since 2005. She has published numerous works on cultural and economic history and historical anthropology.
The Green Ages was one of 123 books, journals, and projects or initiatives chosen by the Association of University Presses’ members because they embodied the “Step UP” theme of this year’s University Press Week, spanning the week of November 11-15. Each publication was submitted by a different member of the Association, an organization of 160 mission-driven publishers around the world, many of which are associated with a university, who seek to publish works of scholarly or artistic importance.
“Every day, university presses worldwide step up to educate and enlighten, motivate and inspire, support and act,” says AUPresses executive director Peter Berkery. “University Press Week 2024 offers the opportunity to explore the myriad ways that university publications and projects give context to current issues and events, offer solutions to global challenges, and present diverse voices in a broad range of disciplines.”
This year’s featured works come from 96 publishers across the United States, nine in Canada, seven in the United Kingdom, as well as university presses in Australia, Belgium, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies.
In addition to highlighting these specific publications, University Press Week, now in its 13 th year, will also celebrate the many ways in which university presses are stepping up by presenting these works in an online gallery, featuring a selection of blog entries, and presenting author events at bookstores around the country. Full information here: https://upweek.up.hcommons.org/celebrate/university-press-week-2024/
“A majority of university presses have a primary focus in the humanities, the disciplines that drive critical thinking, justice, democracy, and our understanding of what really matters,” says AUPresses president Anthony Cond, director of Liverpool University Press. “We hope readers will take this opportunity to read some of the innovative and throught-provoking books on this list, which can open their eyes to new ideas and perspectives on history, culture, and the wider world.”
The StepUP reading list ranges widely in subject matter, from politics and current events, business, environment, and education, to Black studies, history, gender studies, Indigenous studies, poetry and fiction, and more. See the complete list here.
