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💚 Est. 1922 | First University Press in the South
📚 Publishing books & journals for academics, students, and general readers
Authors, have you ever wondered how to turn a revised dissertation into a proposal? Or when the best time is to submit?
Our acquisitions team has answers to these FAQs and more 👇
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Our acquisitions team has answers to these FAQs and more 👇
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What Authors Ask Most
Advice from UNC Press acquisitions staff on proposals, timelines, and more
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September 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Authors, have you ever wondered how to turn a revised dissertation into a proposal? Or when the best time is to submit?
Our acquisitions team has answers to these FAQs and more 👇
uncpress.substack.com/p/what-autho...
Our acquisitions team has answers to these FAQs and more 👇
uncpress.substack.com/p/what-autho...
Hitting shelves October 27th!
Congratulations to Kathryn Benjamin Golden! THIS INSURGENT GROUND: Black Women, Marronage, and Rebellion in the Great Dismal Swamp is out in the world! This is a tremendously well-written and insightful history of Black women’s fugitive world making.
September 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Hitting shelves October 27th!
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This should tighten the market for vital resources like @charleshughes2.bsky.social's Country Soul @uncpress.bsky.social
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September 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This should tighten the market for vital resources like @charleshughes2.bsky.social's Country Soul @uncpress.bsky.social
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Terrific review of SUPREMACY by @nikobowie.bsky.social and @daphnarenan.bsky.social alongside my book, THE POLITICAL SUPREME COURT:


September 16, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Terrific review of SUPREMACY by @nikobowie.bsky.social and @daphnarenan.bsky.social alongside my book, THE POLITICAL SUPREME COURT:


A great read from our friends at the University of Michigan Press for #PeerReviewWeek!
It's #PeerReviewWeek! Wondering what the peer review process looks like at a university press? Learn all about it from our Acquiring Editor, Haley Winkle, in today's blog post.
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What You Can Expect of the Peer Review Process
Publishes award-winning books that advance humanities and social science fields, as well as English language teaching and regional resources.
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September 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
A great read from our friends at the University of Michigan Press for #PeerReviewWeek!
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I am so excited to share the cover art for my new book, due out on 17 March 2027. It’s been great working with @uncpress.bsky.social again!
September 14, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I am so excited to share the cover art for my new book, due out on 17 March 2027. It’s been great working with @uncpress.bsky.social again!
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Looks to be another challenging and illuminating read on the legal roots of vigilantism, providing vital context as we continue to confront and challenge the realities of white supremacy and White Christian nationalism. @gauthamrao.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social 🧵 1/4
September 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Looks to be another challenging and illuminating read on the legal roots of vigilantism, providing vital context as we continue to confront and challenge the realities of white supremacy and White Christian nationalism. @gauthamrao.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social 🧵 1/4
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New book review!
Kirwin R. Shaffer reviews 'A Proxy Africa: Guyana, African Americans, and the Radical 1970s' by Russell Rickford (University of North Carolina Press, 2026): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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Kirwin R. Shaffer reviews 'A Proxy Africa: Guyana, African Americans, and the Radical 1970s' by Russell Rickford (University of North Carolina Press, 2026): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
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A Proxy Africa: Guyana, African Americans, and the Radical 1970s
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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September 9, 2026 at 1:06 PM
New book review!
Kirwin R. Shaffer reviews 'A Proxy Africa: Guyana, African Americans, and the Radical 1970s' by Russell Rickford (University of North Carolina Press, 2026): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
@uncpress.bsky.social
Kirwin R. Shaffer reviews 'A Proxy Africa: Guyana, African Americans, and the Radical 1970s' by Russell Rickford (University of North Carolina Press, 2026): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
@uncpress.bsky.social
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So grateful for this kind review of Canal Dreamers on H-Oceans! It describes the book as "a well-researched and detailed study" that will be of interest to scholars of diplomatic history, global history and history of science, technology, and the environment.
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New book review:
Wilson on Lepler, Jessica M.: _Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions_. University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Published by H-Oceans.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20161300
Wilson on Lepler, Jessica M.: _Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions_. University of North Carolina Press, 2025. Published by H-Oceans.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20161300
Lepler, Jessica M.. Canal Dreamers: The Epic Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific in the Age of Revolutions. : University of North Carolina Press, 2025. 360 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 9781469690551. Reviewed by J. P. Wilson (University of South Carolina) Published on H-Oceans (September, 2026) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
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September 8, 2026 at 2:59 PM
So grateful for this kind review of Canal Dreamers on H-Oceans! It describes the book as "a well-researched and detailed study" that will be of interest to scholars of diplomatic history, global history and history of science, technology, and the environment.
@uncpress.bsky.social #skystorians
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@uncpress.bsky.social #skystorians
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Today Molly Brookfield joins us on @askhistorians.bsky.social to answer questions on her new book Watching the Girls Go By: A History of Street Harassment in the United States, new from @uncpress.bsky.social. Come check it out!
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From the AskHistorians community on Reddit: AMA: Molly Brookfield, historian of gender, sexual violence, and urban space in 19th- and 20th-century U.S. Author of “Watching the Girls Go By: A History o...
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September 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Today Molly Brookfield joins us on @askhistorians.bsky.social to answer questions on her new book Watching the Girls Go By: A History of Street Harassment in the United States, new from @uncpress.bsky.social. Come check it out!
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I’m thrilled to learn that my book, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America‘s First Opioid Crisis, won the Phi Alpha Theta Best First Book Award!
Thank you so much to the award committee and to the good folks over at @uncpress.bsky.social!
Thank you so much to the award committee and to the good folks over at @uncpress.bsky.social!
Opium Slavery
During the Civil War, the utility and widespread availability of opium and morphine made opiates essential to wartime medicine. After the war ended, thousand...
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September 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
I’m thrilled to learn that my book, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America‘s First Opioid Crisis, won the Phi Alpha Theta Best First Book Award!
Thank you so much to the award committee and to the good folks over at @uncpress.bsky.social!
Thank you so much to the award committee and to the good folks over at @uncpress.bsky.social!
We love to see it! 👏
Supporting a local bookstore @page158books.bsky.social, a historian, @civilwarmemory.bsky.social, & a University Press @uncpress.bsky.social all in one purchase.
A Glorious Fate by Kevin M. Levin
A Glorious Fate by Kevin M. Levin
September 7, 2026 at 11:46 AM
We love to see it! 👏
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My new book finally arrived. Say hello to A GLORIOUS FATE: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF COLONEL ROBERT GOULD SHAW. #booksky #CivilWarMemory cc: @uncpress.bsky.social
September 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
My new book finally arrived. Say hello to A GLORIOUS FATE: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF COLONEL ROBERT GOULD SHAW. #booksky #CivilWarMemory cc: @uncpress.bsky.social
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Recently, I was invited to talk on 2 occasions about Globalizing Wildlife, the book I co-edited with @vbateman.bsky.social and Tom Quick.
First, there was a podcast for the New Books Network, where the host is my wonderful colleague Jacob Ward. You can find our conversation here: lnkd.in/e3XuaGxU
First, there was a podcast for the New Books Network, where the host is my wonderful colleague Jacob Ward. You can find our conversation here: lnkd.in/e3XuaGxU
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September 4, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Recently, I was invited to talk on 2 occasions about Globalizing Wildlife, the book I co-edited with @vbateman.bsky.social and Tom Quick.
First, there was a podcast for the New Books Network, where the host is my wonderful colleague Jacob Ward. You can find our conversation here: lnkd.in/e3XuaGxU
First, there was a podcast for the New Books Network, where the host is my wonderful colleague Jacob Ward. You can find our conversation here: lnkd.in/e3XuaGxU
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Officially an award-winning author! Thanks to Phi Alpha Theta for the recognition - as well as @uncpress.bsky.social and Paul Lambert for prepping my nomination. #ChasingBandits
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September 2, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Officially an award-winning author! Thanks to Phi Alpha Theta for the recognition - as well as @uncpress.bsky.social and Paul Lambert for prepping my nomination. #ChasingBandits
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"Requiem for Reconstruction: Black Countermemory and the Legacy of the Lowcountry’s Lost Political Generation" by Robert D. Bland "offers a fresh perspective on an old history," writes Justin Behrend. Read more about it here: tinyurl.com/2cpbdfs6 @uncpress.bsky.social
Requiem for Reconstruction (2026)
A review of "Requiem for Reconstruction: Black Countermemory and the Legacy of the Lowcountry’s Lost Political Generation" by Robert D. Bland
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September 2, 2026 at 12:33 PM
"Requiem for Reconstruction: Black Countermemory and the Legacy of the Lowcountry’s Lost Political Generation" by Robert D. Bland "offers a fresh perspective on an old history," writes Justin Behrend. Read more about it here: tinyurl.com/2cpbdfs6 @uncpress.bsky.social
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Truly nobody is doing it like @uncpress.bsky.social and @sonyabonczek.bsky.social - I am so excited to read all of these.
September 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Truly nobody is doing it like @uncpress.bsky.social and @sonyabonczek.bsky.social - I am so excited to read all of these.
NC Reads is voting on their 2027 picks! Vote for EATING ON A MOUNTAIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Zackary Vernon & TIGHT LINES & TALL TALES by Neil Norman 🙌
Survey closes September 10th 2026!
Survey closes September 10th 2026!
September 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
NC Reads is voting on their 2027 picks! Vote for EATING ON A MOUNTAIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Zackary Vernon & TIGHT LINES & TALL TALES by Neil Norman 🙌
Survey closes September 10th 2026!
Survey closes September 10th 2026!
Raise your hand if your weeknd plans include reading 🙋
August 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Raise your hand if your weeknd plans include reading 🙋
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Found out yesterday from @uncpress.bsky.social that my author copies are on the way. You should receive yours at some point in the next couple of weeks. #booksky #CivilWarMemory uncpress.org/978146969717...
A Glorious Fate
Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863) is best known as the heroic colonel who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment—one of the first regiments of Black so...
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August 28, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Found out yesterday from @uncpress.bsky.social that my author copies are on the way. You should receive yours at some point in the next couple of weeks. #booksky #CivilWarMemory uncpress.org/978146969717...
Woot! We’re so excited 🎉
I couldn't be more pleased to share that I've signed with @oieahc.bsky.social / @uncpress.bsky.social for my book “Elizabeth Whitman’s Disappearance: A True Story of Literary Celebrity and Seduction from Revolutionary America.” It's a dream to join this legendary catalog.
Omohundro Institute
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture (OI) is the oldest organization in the United States exclusively dedicated to the
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August 27, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Woot! We’re so excited 🎉
Scams targeting authors continue to rise so here's some useful tips to help you spot the scammers 🕵
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Protecting Authors from Publishing Scams - UNC Press Blog
UNC Press authors are receiving more scam emails and messages offering book promotion, reviews, book club appearances, podcast interviews, film and television opportunities, marketing services, and ot...
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August 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Scams targeting authors continue to rise so here's some useful tips to help you spot the scammers 🕵
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My Dolly Parton story is that she contributed a foreword to a book I edited, and that book make the NY Times best seller list - yet more evidence her book magic was every bit as great as her music magic.
Wayfaring Strangers
From the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in t...
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August 25, 2026 at 11:16 PM
My Dolly Parton story is that she contributed a foreword to a book I edited, and that book make the NY Times best seller list - yet more evidence her book magic was every bit as great as her music magic.
"Hubert Harrison wrote a number of pieces for The Nation in the 1920s as their first regular Black book reviewer. Now an acclaimed new book by Brian Kwoba examines the life and thought of this unjustly neglected figure..."
Read this Q&A in @thenation.com 👇
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Read this Q&A in @thenation.com 👇
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Hubert Harrison’s Brand of Black Radicalism
In this interview with Brian Kwoba, “The Nation” talks with the author about his new book on the legacy of a little-known but influential activist.
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August 26, 2026 at 3:53 PM
"Hubert Harrison wrote a number of pieces for The Nation in the 1920s as their first regular Black book reviewer. Now an acclaimed new book by Brian Kwoba examines the life and thought of this unjustly neglected figure..."
Read this Q&A in @thenation.com 👇
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Read this Q&A in @thenation.com 👇
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Calling All Paperback Lovers
Five Books Now Available in Paperback
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August 25, 2026 at 9:26 PM