Welcome to our weekly roundup of news from university presses! Once again, there is a lot to share this week from our fellow academic publishing houses and much to learn on What SUP at the social university presses. This week, we found conversations on Canada Day, the Papal encyclical, and the shooting at Charleston. What did you read this week?
University of Illinois Press gives us a sensory history of Chicago and its changing smells and sounds.
University of North Carolina Press posts twenty-two of its historians’ responses to the attack at Charleston.
Oxford University Press describes how people will receive the Pope’s recent encyclical.
University of Pennsylvania Press calls attention to Nepal’s struggle to rebuild after the earthquakes.
Duke University Press talks about future plans for GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies.
McGill-Queen’s University Press prepares for Canada Day by sharing the history of the Canadian national anthem.
NYU Press examines intersex terminology.
University of California Press studies global art history by looking at Istanbul’s art.
Princeton University Press discusses the politics of marriage in anticipation of the Supreme Court’s ruling.
Burning With Passion: Selected Poems from Catullus