Calendar of Events
April, 2019
The 2018 Association of University Presses Traveling Book, Jacket, and Journal Show is coming to a university press near you! The Show, featuring Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City will travel to 39 university presses across the U.S. and Canada between September 2018 and June 2019. View the Show's travel schedule on the AUPresses website.
7:00 PM
[GMT]
Ming-sho Ho, author of Challenging Beijing's Mandate of Heaven: Taiwan's Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement, will speak at Trinity Centre for Asian Studies (Trinity College, Dublin) The lecture is free of charge and all are welcome.
Where: Trinity Centre for Asian Studies, Arts Building Room 2037 Robert Emmet Theatre
6:30 PM
[ET]
On April 4, at 6:30 pm, at the Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street in Philadelphia, Premilla Nadasen will give a talk entitled, "History, Memory, and Household Worker Organizing." This event is in conjunction with the re-publication of Domesticity and Dirt by Phyllis Palmer. The event is co-sponsored by Temple University Libraries, Temple University Press, and New Century Trust.
Where: Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia PA
2:00 PM
to 3:00 PM
[ET]
Author Michael Smerconish will speak and sign copies of Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right at the Sidney & Pauline Friedman Jewish Community Center. Please bring printed ticket for admission. All author proceeds from sale of the book benefit the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center, a Philadelphia non-profit that provides social services to children who are the victims of trauma.
Where: 400 Third Ave Kingston, PA 18704SOCC was founded to connect diverse people across cultures and disciplines in celebration of knowledge and skills-sharing without institutional and economic barriers. Our presenters come from a variety of backgrounds and hail from local, national, and international locations, including Temple University Press's Ann-Marie Anderson, Marketing Director and Ryan Mulligan, Editor. Registration is FREE
Where: Temple University's Student Faculty Center (3340 N Broad St)
3:00 PM
to 5:00 PM
[ET]
Nelson Diaz, author of Not from Here, Not from There/No Soy de Aquí ni de Allá, will give a book talk at Taller Puertorriqueño. RSVP here.
Where: 2600 N. 5th Street Philadelphia, PA 19133
10:00 AM
to 11:45 PM
[PT]
There will be an Author Meets Critics Roundtable at the 2019 Western Political Science Association annual conference to discuss Youth Who Trade Sex in the U.S.: Intersectionality, Agency, Vulnerability, by Carisa Showden and Samantha Majic
Where: Manchester Grand Hyatt hotel in San Diego, California
3:30 PM
to 4:55 PM
[PT]
Latino Mayors book will be the subject of a panel discussion at the Urban Affairs Association annual meeting in Los Angeles. Their book will be available to order at our booth in the exhibits room.
Where: Luskin Conference Center, Los Angeles, CA
3:00 PM
to 4:00 PM
[ET]
Caitlin Bruce will be visiting the Philadelphia City Institute Library to talk about her book Painting Publics: Transnational Legal Graffiti Scenes as Spaces for Encounter on Saturday April 27 from 3:00-4:00 pm.
Where: 1905 Locust St, Philadelphia, PA 19103TASB
1852 N. 10th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
