Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

December 18th, 2020

As it has the previous 59 years at Purdue University Press, the work of publishing important scholarship pressed on in 2020. This year the Press published 28 new titles by 36 unique authors and editors, as well as the countless contributors to edited collections. There were also several issues added to our subscription and open more…

December 18th, 2020

We talked to Fred Erisman, the author of In Their Own Words: Forgotten Women Pilots of Early Aviation. In Their Own Words takes up the writings of eight women pilots as evidence of the ties between the growth of American aviation and the changing role of women. Q: What was your main goal in undertaking this more…

December 7th, 2020

We talked to Annemarie Steidl, the author of On Many Routes: Internal, European, and Transatlantic Migration in the Late Habsburg Empire. On Many Routes is about the history of human migration. With a focus on the Habsburg Empire, this innovative work presents an integrated and creative study of spatial mobilities: from short to long term, more…

November 15th, 2020

Purdue University Press is offering a 40% discount on ALL TITLES through the end of 2020, ending at 11:59 p.m. ET on December 31. All you need to do is enter code 21GIFT40 when ordering directly from our website. From gorgeous coffee-table books on Purdue & Indiana to stirring biographies on some of the most more…

November 12th, 2020

This post is part of the blog tour hosted by the Association of University Presses in celebration of University Press week. To see the rest of the posts in the tour, click here. The theme of University Press Week this year is Raise UP, this theme highlights the role that the university press community plays more…

November 10th, 2020

Purdue University Press is pleased to announce the list of new books for our 2021 Spring/Summer season. This new season of books will cover subjects including Jewish studies, central european studies, the human-animal bond, literature, and modern weather sciences. In Reginald Sutcliffe and the Invention of Modern Weather System Science author Jonathan E. Martin shines more…

November 4th, 2020

On November 16, 2020, The Wiener Holocaust Library at the University of London will welcome Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger, Dr. Rachel Polonsky, Dr. Mika Provata-Carlone and musician Robert Max to a virtual discussion of music, art, and how they can sustain humans in recognition of the recent publication of Escaping Extermination: Hungarian Prodigy to American more…

October 26th, 2020

More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s disease.1 A diagnosis of this incurable disease is as disorienting as it is devastating. Purdue University Press has recently published two new books that will serve as essential resources for patients, their loved ones, and caregivers to help make sense of what comes next after more…

October 16th, 2020

From a memoir on navigating America’s elder care system to the go-to resources on living with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, Purdue University Press has a timely and useful collection of books on the experience of aging in America. Life with Parkinson’s Disease   The Complete Guide for People With Parkinson’s Disease and Their Loved Ones by more…

October 13th, 2020

We talked to Lianna Marie, the author of two new Purdue University Press books, The Complete Guide for People With Parkinson’s Disease and Their Loved Ones and Everything You Need to Know About Caregiving for Parkinson’s Disease. The Complete Guide serves as the go-to book for comprehensive, easy-to-understand information for all Parkinson’s patients and their more…