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In "Johns Hopkins: The First 150 Years," historian Andrew Jewett, with Jonathan Strassfeld, captures the sweeping evolution of an institution that rose from the bustle of a post–Civil War port city to become a global titan of discovery and innovation. https://tr.ee/JWZLiL

We're celebrating Caki Wilkinson's 2026 Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry with a reading list of her contributions to The Sewanee Review, @yalereview, and @hopkinsreview over the years, all free to read thru 31 October: tinyurl.com/4bshnnpa

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 36.1, March 2026 #S2O #OpenAccess @ Project MUSE tinyurl.com/473576pj CONTRIBUTORS Quill R Kukla D. Hicks Ian D. Dunkle Anantharaman Muralidharan Julian Savulescu G. Owen Schaefer L. Syd M Johnson

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory 82.3, Fall 2026 #S2O #OpenAccess @ProjectMUSE tinyurl.com/2uzcb2cz CONTRIBUTORS Christopher Morris Irene Lopez Sanchez Justin Smith Samantha Marie English Ian Jayne

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Studies in Romanticism 65.3, Fall 2026 #S2O #OpenAccess @ProjectMUSE tinyurl.com/4mzpwumm CONTRIBUTORS Yasser Shams Khan Nuria Sánchez Madrid Jesslyn Whittell Mary Fairclough Laurie Langbauer Melissa Schoenberger Carlisle Yingst Richard C. Sha

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History 27.2, Summer 2026 #S2O #OpenAccess @ProjectMUSE tinyurl.com/2fvtukdd CONTRIBUTORS Mandy Burton Matthew C. Hendley Maarten Manse Philippe Bernhard Schmid Maria Chiara Scuderi Lisa Sweeney Nira Wickramasinghe Indrani Chatterjee and more

Here's a first look at a new @wmhtpubmedia.bsky.social documentary, 'Feeding the American Revolution,' inspired by Nancy Siegel and her recent book, "Political Appetites." Hosted by Nancy, the documentary examines how culinary traditions shaped American independence. 🍽️

Faculty need to keep an eye on their financial future. Here's the book you need from Dan Fagan. Don't miss it. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @hopkinspress.bsky.social @aaup.org #AcademicSky

One hundred years ago this fall, Virginia Woolf asked how one should read a book, in our Autumn 1926 Issue. “To read a book well, one should read it as if one were writing it.”

In her article “Adaptive Political Economy: A New #Paradigm,” Yuen Yuen Ang explains why we need an adaptive, reflexive turn in #PoliticalEconomy and development studies. Read her special WP 75th anniversary article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Human Rights Quarterly 48.4, November 2026 tinyurl.com/29axrue7 CONTRIBUTORS Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat Denis G. Arnold Christina Zampas Jaime M. Gher Fiona de Londras Margot E. Salomon Javeria Shams Lili Song

I was pleasantly surprised to have this video pop up while checking out buying my dog some treats. Thanks to the reviewer, I'm so happy this is helping people struggling with #SLE #lupus amazon.com/live/video/0... @hopkinspress.bsky.social

#BookSky @andrewpiper.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social Why You Should Read More Fiction by Andrew Piper

Want to take your scholarship public? @lollardfish.bsky.social can walk you though the steps. Lace up your shoes! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @hopkinspress.bsky.social

Social media inspired revolutions that autocrats quickly smothered. Digital payments are different: Rulers cannot switch them off without ruining their own economies. Quietly, they enrich citizens, broaden markets, and build the foundations for a freer society. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

What’s in your handbag? Maybe, Audrey Wollen writes, it’s an alternative history of human evolution. Her essay “A Unified Theory of the Handbag,” from our Spring 2025 Issue, is in Best American Essays 2026.

Friedrich Nietzsche & Michel Foucault shared more than a birthday (Oct. 15, 82 years apart). Another thing they had in common was a Socratic view of philosophy as a way of life. But they lived philosophy differently—one as a prophet, the other as a dandy. www.jstor.org/stable...

Very exciting - my next book has been in progress for a while, but great to see the announcement in Publisher's Marketplace for the deal with Hopkins Press Hopkins Press Watch this space for more! But meanwhile, some more info here: scientistseessquirre...

We're thrilled to be at #ASA2026 in Chicago! The exhibition hall is buzzing—stop by the Hopkins Press booth for giveaways, to browse our journals and books, and to enjoy 30% off new conference orders. tinyurl.com/yvnvxnx4 #2026ASA

You have just eight days left to read our entire October issue for free! Check it out now: muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...

Our chief transformation officer, Wendy Queen (@wendyqueen.bsky.social), gave a keynote at @silverchairnews.bsky.social’s Platform Strategies on how to understand AI’s implications for scholarly publishing. The @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social reports:

Just got the o-fish-ial first copy of my second book, “why sustainable seafood matters!” After years of research, writing, and edits, it’s an amazing feeling to hold it in my hands! You can get your own copy, available for preorder now and coming out in November. @hopkinspress.bsky.social

What is a good death—and how has transhumanism transformed our understanding of it? And what is transhumanism itself—a movement, a philosophy, a techno-religion, a secular theology? Elizabeth Frazier looks into how transhumanism has “disrupted” death. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW World Politics 78.4, October 2026 tinyurl.com/2h5xbm42 CONTRIBUTORS Selim Erdem Aytaç Yusuf Magiya Marjoke Oosterom Simbarashe Gukurume Tinotenda Chishiri Damien Bol Philip A. Martin

For SEL's 65th anniversary, our Fondren Fellows created physical exhibits and wrote essays for our partner publication, Marginalia. Part 1 of Chi Pham's essay series "Oiling the Gates: Editorial Strategies and the Making of Prestige 1959-1971 at SEL Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900" is live!

“MOCA refashions [Monuments] to reflect on the possibilities and limits of resistance ... ” Read our newest review by Will Clark on the Monuments exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. asapjournal.com/review/monum...

Backsliding does not have to be a death sentence. Eroding democracies can be defended. Here's a toolkit from our October issue 👇

Economist Anwar Shaikh was #BOTD in 1945 in Karachi. He passed away earlier this month, a few days short of his 81st birthday. Shaikh joined the New School for Social Research in 1972 and stayed for his entire academic career. 1/3

Explore new and recently-published journals on Project MUSE, including the latest editions of "Ploughshares," "New Formations," "Merrill-Palmer Quarterly," and many more now. https://tr.ee/8zCdcn

Hello Chicago! #2026ASA is underway and we'd love to see you at the Hopkins Press booth Browse our journals and books and take advantage of a 30% conference discount on new orders tinyurl.com/yvnvxnx4 #ASA2026

Congratulations to Caki Wilkinson, recent winner of the 2026 Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry! In celebration we offer a reading list of her contributions to The Sewanee Review, @yalereview, and @hopkinsreview over the years, all free to read thru 31 October tinyurl.com/4bshnnpa

new! Bethany E. Qualls reviews - Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania by Kathryn Hughes online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/2/3 @hopkinspress.bsky.social

New @hopkinspress.bsky.social book, REINVENTING WOOL by Melissa M Littlefield, tells the surprising story of #wool and how it survived the #synthetic revolution. Buy this fascinating book about textile history and science from any bookshop in UK & Europe!

"The solution is not to reduce the animus between pluralists and far-right extremists, but to recommit to the project of pluralistic American democracy." Polarization Is Not the Problem by Lilliana Mason muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

Why is almost every robust healthy boy with a robust healthy soul in him, at some time or other crazy to go to sea? You could find out in just TWO HOURS!

Reminder! Applications due November 1! #BookHistory

Reminder! Applications due November 1! #BookHistory

"Unity coalitions must unite parties on two levels: politicians and party insiders, and actual voters," writes Rachel Kleinfeld. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

A teaser from our latest print issue: Paula Derdiger's review of Kristin Bleumel's book, Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists in Rural Britain. Read it now on Print Plus: modernismmodernity.org/index.php/de...

Encode/Decode! Today we look at how Melle Scholten and dleblang.bsky.social use #statistical evidence to illustrate that countries will be more likely to adopt #policies that attract #migrants if their #elites benefit from an increased supply of #labor. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...

On October 10, police detained three leaders from the newly-formed Cockroach Janta Party. "Why was a movement that had sustained weeks of protest in July unable even to assemble in October?" asks @resuf.bsky.social.

Americans may disagree over who is responsible for corruption, but there is broad support for accountability. New analysis from Raymond La Raja, Zachary Albert, and Tatishe Nteta examines what that could mean for institutional reform.

At the Frankfurt Book Fair, our executive director, Barbara Kline Pope, presented on how AI is changing academic publishing. @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social shares some takeaways:

With #SenseAndSensibility in our cinemas, AN A - Z OF JANE AUSTEN'S WORLD by Inger Brodey—new from @hopkinspress.bsky.social—helps decipher the historical and background details of #JaneAusten's novels, revealing her ingenuity. Buy the book in Europe—a fab #Xmas #giftidea for all #Austen fans!

Today on the blog, Selina (Qinghan) Wang discusses her public outreach talks on Roman water via Ovid, Pliny the Younger, and Frontinus. classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/sel...

The youth-led Cockroach Janta Party has scored important wins against Modi. But they need to keep learning if they are going to turn public outrage into real change.

"Since there were always clouds above us in that town I will assume there were clouds above us then too, though you are correct, of course, that the things I assume have often betrayed me." "Definite Weather" by Jackson Holbert, TYR's Poem of the Week: yalereview.org/article/jack...

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Theatre Survey 67.3, September 2026 tinyurl.com/mv9xdket CONTRIBUTORS Álvaro Albarrán Gutiérrez Christina Banalopoulou Ruth Schor Patricia Herrera Heather S. Nathans Enzo E. Vasquez Toral Brian Valente-Quinn Courtney Lau Amy E. Swanson Joshua Chambers-Letson and more