Eleanor H. Goodman
@egoodman.bsky.social
I have opinions, they are mine alone & do not necessarily represent those of my employer. Executive Editor @PSUPress.bsky.social - Art/Archit, Arts Criticism, Photography, Magic & Occultism, Iberia, Latin America, Medieval/Early Modern Everything. NYU PhD.
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I recently finished reading Mayu Fujikawa’s new exceptional book for an upcoming review. She expertly analyzes a wide variety of visual and material sources to reconstruct and decode the diverse representations of Japanese embassies in premodern Europe.
October 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I recently finished reading Mayu Fujikawa’s new exceptional book for an upcoming review. She expertly analyzes a wide variety of visual and material sources to reconstruct and decode the diverse representations of Japanese embassies in premodern Europe.
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October is LGBTQ History Month, and we're celebrating with a sale! Take 40% off select titles when you use discount code LQHM25 at checkout. Sale ends 10/31: bit.ly/3KT9jll
October 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
October is LGBTQ History Month, and we're celebrating with a sale! Take 40% off select titles when you use discount code LQHM25 at checkout. Sale ends 10/31: bit.ly/3KT9jll
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The runner-up to the 2025 MSA First Book Prize is Kristopher W. Kersey for Facing Images: Medieval Japanese Art and the Problem of Modernity.
Congrats to Kristopher and @psupress.bsky.social!
Congrats to Kristopher and @psupress.bsky.social!
Facing Images: Medieval Japanese Art and the Problem of Modernity By Kristopher W. Kersey
If we want to decolonize the history of art, argues Kristopher Kersey, we must rethink our approach to the historical record. This means dispensing with Eurocentric binaries—divisions between Western ...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The runner-up to the 2025 MSA First Book Prize is Kristopher W. Kersey for Facing Images: Medieval Japanese Art and the Problem of Modernity.
Congrats to Kristopher and @psupress.bsky.social!
Congrats to Kristopher and @psupress.bsky.social!
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PIER GROUPS by Jonathan Weinberg got a nod from @hyperallergic.com! Read the full article here:
When NYC’s Piers Were a Sanctuary for Gay Gathering
In the 1960s, amid the shipping industry's decline, the empty piers became a site for cruising and creativity for gay men in particular.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
PIER GROUPS by Jonathan Weinberg got a nod from @hyperallergic.com! Read the full article here:
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Penn State University Press is pleased to welcome Paul Harrington as our Sales Manager! buff.ly/V8AdUTH
Penn State University Press welcomes new sales manager | Penn State University
Paul Harrington, former sales and marketing director at Well-Trained Mind Press, has been named sales manager at Penn State University Press, effective June 23.
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July 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Penn State University Press is pleased to welcome Paul Harrington as our Sales Manager! buff.ly/V8AdUTH
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We are with @psupress.bsky.social at #Leeds International #Medieval Congress. Pop by our stand in the Book Fair to find out more about new and bestselling books in #Medieval Studies, or to chat to a commissioning editor about publishing!
July 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We are with @psupress.bsky.social at #Leeds International #Medieval Congress. Pop by our stand in the Book Fair to find out more about new and bestselling books in #Medieval Studies, or to chat to a commissioning editor about publishing!
@psupress.bsky.social will be at the #IMC2025 Bookfair! 🎉 🎉
If any delegates have an interest in the humanities and social sciences, then make sure to pay their stall and learn more about their books, journals, and digital publications.😊
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#MedievalSky #SkyStorians
If any delegates have an interest in the humanities and social sciences, then make sure to pay their stall and learn more about their books, journals, and digital publications.😊
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#MedievalSky #SkyStorians
July 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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‘A timely, magisterial and perceptive study of the most contested aspect of an enigmatic medieval philosopher.’ My review of David J. Collins’s ‘Disenchanting Albert the Great’ is published in Irish Theological Quarterly @psupress.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
July 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
‘A timely, magisterial and perceptive study of the most contested aspect of an enigmatic medieval philosopher.’ My review of David J. Collins’s ‘Disenchanting Albert the Great’ is published in Irish Theological Quarterly @psupress.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The summer issue of our newsletter, PSU Press News, is here! Find awards and reviews, upcoming events, journals news, and more: buff.ly/sf48Qf6
June 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The summer issue of our newsletter, PSU Press News, is here! Find awards and reviews, upcoming events, journals news, and more: buff.ly/sf48Qf6
in which the NYPL had a nice chat with @psupress.bsky.social author Paul Kaplan
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NYPL Researcher Spotlight: Paul Kaplan | The New York Public Library
Kaplan's research focus is on Venetian painting and European and American images of people of Black African descent.
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June 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
in which the NYPL had a nice chat with @psupress.bsky.social author Paul Kaplan
www.nypl.org/blog/2025/05...
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Our Fall/Winter 2025 catalog has arrived! Browse the catalog to see what we’re publishing next season: buff.ly/UfJ9bF3
May 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Our Fall/Winter 2025 catalog has arrived! Browse the catalog to see what we’re publishing next season: buff.ly/UfJ9bF3
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If you're in University Park this Saturday, join Acquisitions Editor Archna Patel at the 2025 CAS Summer Symposium! Find more information in the below flyer and register here: buff.ly/Xw8fYnd
May 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If you're in University Park this Saturday, join Acquisitions Editor Archna Patel at the 2025 CAS Summer Symposium! Find more information in the below flyer and register here: buff.ly/Xw8fYnd
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new Selva out: _The Ends of Criticism_, guest-edited by Chloë Julius and C. Oliver O'Donnell, with a stunning line-up of authors and topics in US art + art history in the 60s.
(appended is my review of an Israhel van Meckenem show curated by James Wehn at the Chazen....)
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(appended is my review of an Israhel van Meckenem show curated by James Wehn at the Chazen....)
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6 Archives - Selva
The Ends of Criticism
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May 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
new Selva out: _The Ends of Criticism_, guest-edited by Chloë Julius and C. Oliver O'Donnell, with a stunning line-up of authors and topics in US art + art history in the 60s.
(appended is my review of an Israhel van Meckenem show curated by James Wehn at the Chazen....)
selvajournal.org/issue/six
(appended is my review of an Israhel van Meckenem show curated by James Wehn at the Chazen....)
selvajournal.org/issue/six
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This Saturday! Catch Mayu Fujikawa, author of the upcoming book ENVISIONING DIPLOMACY, will be featured on NHK (BS) from 14:57 to 15:56 Japan time. More info here:
「ヤマザキマリ✕歴史ミステリー｣ご好評につき全国放送決定！ | NHK長崎
【NHK】2/14に放送し全国から大反響があった「ヤマザキマリ✕歴史ミステリー 世界を見た若者たちｰ天正遣欧使節をたどるヨーロッパの旅ｰ」。ご好評につき全国放送決定！
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May 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This Saturday! Catch Mayu Fujikawa, author of the upcoming book ENVISIONING DIPLOMACY, will be featured on NHK (BS) from 14:57 to 15:56 Japan time. More info here:
BOOK SALE ALERT
It's back! This month, save up to 65% with our annual Medieval and Early Modern Backlist Sale when you use discount code MED25 at checkout. Sale ends 5/31: bit.ly/4iHM09m #Medieval
May 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
BOOK SALE ALERT
breaking good news:
Farshid Emani's ISFAHAN, published by @psupress.bsky.social has won the IJIA 2025 Book Award
Farshid Emani's ISFAHAN, published by @psupress.bsky.social has won the IJIA 2025 Book Award
International Journal of Islamic Architecture: 2025 Book Award is Isfahan: Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran by Farshid Emami. For honorable mentions see link below: #MaterialCulture
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2025 IJIA Book Award and Honourable Mention Recipients | H-Net
International Journal of Islamic Architecture2025 Book Award and Honourable Mention Recipients Dear Colleagues;
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May 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
breaking good news:
Farshid Emani's ISFAHAN, published by @psupress.bsky.social has won the IJIA 2025 Book Award
Farshid Emani's ISFAHAN, published by @psupress.bsky.social has won the IJIA 2025 Book Award
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Now published! AFRICAN VENICE is a guidebook to the extensive historical and contemporary African presence in the City of the Lagoons. Take 30% off w/ discount code NR25: buff.ly/7qkVQNV
April 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Now published! AFRICAN VENICE is a guidebook to the extensive historical and contemporary African presence in the City of the Lagoons. Take 30% off w/ discount code NR25: buff.ly/7qkVQNV
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"A thought-provoking analysis that uses art to challenge readers to dig deeper."
Read the full review of William J. Simmons's LOVE AND DEGRADATION from Kirkus Reviews:
Read the full review of William J. Simmons's LOVE AND DEGRADATION from Kirkus Reviews:
LOVE AND DEGRADATION | Kirkus Reviews
Simmons presents a series of critical essays analyzing love and all its forms through a carefully curated selection of art, literature, and pop culture.
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April 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"A thought-provoking analysis that uses art to challenge readers to dig deeper."
Read the full review of William J. Simmons's LOVE AND DEGRADATION from Kirkus Reviews:
Read the full review of William J. Simmons's LOVE AND DEGRADATION from Kirkus Reviews:
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"We speak so often of art being some kind of transcendent, collective experience or a way of communing across lines of difference, when, in truth, art can be an equally solitary venture as it is a relational one."
Read more from LOVE AND DEGRADATION in this excerpt:
Read more from LOVE AND DEGRADATION in this excerpt:
Burlington Contemporary - Articles
This is an edited excerpt from ‘Love and Degradation: Excessive Desires in Queer-Feminist Art’ by William J. Simmons, published in December 2024 by Penn State University Press. i. In a 1994 essay,…
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April 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"We speak so often of art being some kind of transcendent, collective experience or a way of communing across lines of difference, when, in truth, art can be an equally solitary venture as it is a relational one."
Read more from LOVE AND DEGRADATION in this excerpt:
Read more from LOVE AND DEGRADATION in this excerpt:
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"I want to believe that we can all have multiple loves, multiple obsessions, and multiple ways of writing."
Read @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social's full interview with William J. Simmons, author of LOVE AND DEGRADATION, here:
Read @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social's full interview with William J. Simmons, author of LOVE AND DEGRADATION, here:
Brimming with Pathos | Los Angeles Review of Books
Emily Wells interviews William J. Simmons about “Love and Degradation: Excessive Desires in Queer-Feminist Art.”
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March 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"I want to believe that we can all have multiple loves, multiple obsessions, and multiple ways of writing."
Read @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social's full interview with William J. Simmons, author of LOVE AND DEGRADATION, here:
Read @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social's full interview with William J. Simmons, author of LOVE AND DEGRADATION, here:
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We're at #RenSA25 this week! Stop by our booth to browse and purchase books, or shop through our virtual exhibit: buff.ly/jfFBBo4
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We're at #RenSA25 this week! Stop by our booth to browse and purchase books, or shop through our virtual exhibit: buff.ly/jfFBBo4
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We join with @historians.org, @oah.org & others to denounce US goverment's efforts to censor historical content in public resources.
These mandates are deeply antithetical to our community's work of stewarding & preserving the integrity of the scholarly record.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4hxQHlu
These mandates are deeply antithetical to our community's work of stewarding & preserving the integrity of the scholarly record.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4hxQHlu
March 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
We join with @historians.org, @oah.org & others to denounce US goverment's efforts to censor historical content in public resources.
These mandates are deeply antithetical to our community's work of stewarding & preserving the integrity of the scholarly record.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4hxQHlu
These mandates are deeply antithetical to our community's work of stewarding & preserving the integrity of the scholarly record.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4hxQHlu
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Congratulations to Mónica Domínguez Torres, whose book PEARLS FOR THE CROWN received honorable mention for the 2025 Eleanor Tufts Award!
February 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Congratulations to Mónica Domínguez Torres, whose book PEARLS FOR THE CROWN received honorable mention for the 2025 Eleanor Tufts Award!
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Congratulations to Alessandra Russo, whose book A NEW ANTIQUITY is the winner of the 2025 Eleanor Tufts Award!
SIGA briefs | SIGA
David Pullins and Vanessa Kimberly Valdés win 2025 Jonathan Brown Award
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February 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Congratulations to Alessandra Russo, whose book A NEW ANTIQUITY is the winner of the 2025 Eleanor Tufts Award!
Very exciting to see not one but TWO @psupress.bsky.social books given a nod by @medievalacademy.bsky.social
2025 Medieval Academy of America Publication Prizes
2025 MAA Publication Prizes
We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Medieval Academy of America Publication Prizes.
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2025 MAA Publication Prizes
We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Medieval Academy of America Publication Prizes.
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February 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Very exciting to see not one but TWO @psupress.bsky.social books given a nod by @medievalacademy.bsky.social