Announcing Forthcoming Titles in UVM Press’s Janus Debates Series
The UVM Press will publish five new titles in its Janus Debates book series in 2027.
The University of Vermont Press is excited to announce the forthcoming publication of five inaugural titles in its Janus Debates book series. Designed and written for students and scholars alike, books in the series present succinct but informed cases for and against a given, and often controversial, issue. Each author argues their position in a 10,000-word essay, then responds to their co-author in a 5,000-word essay. The result is a readable, accessible introduction to issues that are often in the headlines but are just as often misunderstood. The goal of the series is to move past the misinformation, contentious language, and specious reasoning that often define modern discourse in the news and on social media, and instead present two sides of a debate with fairness, reason, and clarity.
UVM Press will launch the series with Janus Debates books on the following topics:
- Capital punishment by David S. Oderberg and Benjamin S. Yost
- Hate speech by Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias and Suzanne Nossel
- Mars colonization by Christopher D. Impey and Ian S. Stoner
- Nuclear energy by Adrien Couet and Joshua M. Pearce
- Student loan debt forgiveness by Jonathan D. Glater and Andrew Gillen
Additional Janus Debates books on the following topics will appear in 2028 and 2029:
- Civic duty
- College and social mobility
- Medical aid in dying
- Reparations
- Sex work
- Sports betting
- Standardized testing
- Universal basic income
- Wealth tax
To learn more about the series or to propose a topic for inclusion, please contact Thomas W. Krause at twkrause@uvm.edu.