The Seven Democratic Virtues

What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy

Christopher Beem

“Beem uses his deep understanding of Western philosophical and theological traditions, plus contemporary social and cognitive psychology, to construct a strong and distinctive argument that we must cultivate certain virtues to combat polarization and misinformation. He offers essential guidance for anyone who cares about democracy.”—Peter Levine, author of We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: The Promise of Civic Renewal in America

Negotiating the Christian Past in China

Memory and Missions in Contemporary Xiamen

Jifeng Liu

“Negotiating the Christian Past in China coalesces granular, deeply researched ethnographic data into a fresh and expansive take on the unique patterns of Church-state engagement and the relationship between social memory and faith identity. This story is local and global, particular and general. For anyone who has not yet visited, or cannot travel to, Xiamen, especially Gulangyu Island, this book is the next best thing.”—Joseph T. H. Lee, Pace University

Jews of Iran

A Photographic Chronicle

Hassan Sarbakhshian, Lior B. Sternfeld, and Parvaneh Vahidmanesh

“[A] rare look inside Jewish homes, synagogues and other spaces, which the Jewish community normally keeps fairly locked down from outsiders.”—The Jerusalem Post

Georg Forster

German Cosmopolitan

Todd Kontje

“Georg Forster is a well-conceived and important book that comes at a moment of unresolved tension around questions of nationalism and cosmopolitanism, globalization and imperialism, individual identity and group identity, and populism and democracy—questions that were central to Forster’s life and his writings. Written by one of the foremost scholars in German literary approaches to other cultures, it will make an important contribution to the scholarship on Enlightenment travel, thought, and writing.”—John Noyes, author of Herder: Aesthetics Against Imperialism

Publishers Weekly says of Fitzgerald and the War Between the Sexes by Scott Donaldson: “Animated by both scholarship and passion, these essays are well worth a look for Fitzgerald fans and literature students more generally.”

Victorian Popular Fictions says that Brian McCuskey’s How Sherlock Pulled the Trick is “filled with a fascinating array of primary sources on science, spiritualism, and ways of thinking, from the nineteenth century to the present.”

The Persian Revival: The Imperialism of the Copy in Iranian and Parsi Architecture by Talinn Grigor has been awarded the Saidi-Sirjani Book Award from the Association for Iranian Studies.

DisOrientations: German-Turkish Cultural Contact in Translation (1811–1946) by Kristin Dickinson has been awarded the Harry Levin Prize for a first book from the American Comparative Literature Association.

Journal of Ayn Rand Studies is planning a 2023 grand finale. The last volume of the journal will be published as a double issue in 2023. Read more about this on the editors blog here.

We are excited to announce the hiring of Annie Spencer, Journals Production Coordinator to the team at PSU Press! Annie joins us after working with Medieval Institute Publications for the past two years while receiving their M.A. in Medieval Studies from Western Michigan University. Welcome to the team, Annie!

Ashkelon 9

The Hellenistic Period

Kathleen J. Birney

This ninth archaeological report of the Leon Levy Expedition presents the material remains of Ashkelon’s Hellenistic-period occupation. Drawing together contributions from a range of specialists, it adduces the evidence from Ashkelon’s material record to address larger economic, cultural, and political questions of the Hellenistic era.

Political Change and Material Culture in Middle to Late Bronze Age Canaan

Shlomit Bechar

In press!

“Bechar has undertaken an in-depth study of the ceramics at Hazor and put its assemblage in dialogue with those of surrounding settlements, which will extremely useful for archaeologists working in the region.”—Ellen Moris, author of Ancient Egyptian Imperialism

Hakim’s Odyssey

Book 3: From Macedonia to France

Fabien Toulmé

Coming in October
“Toulmé’s affecting storytelling depicts the vast differences of each country’s treatment of migrants, as well as the Kafkaesque maze many ordinary people fleeing hardships face. Series fans will appreciate this thoughtful conclusion, and the completed trilogy should gain a wider readership as well as ready adoption into schools or reading groups.”—starred review, Publishers Weekly

The Pass

Espé

“Espé’s latest is an empathically rendered, exquisitely detailed, full-color presentation of an extended family’s unconditional love and support through crises.”—Terry Hong, Booklist