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{{Not to be confused with|Harvard Business Publishing}} | {{Not to be confused with|Harvard Business Publishing}} | ||
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{{Infobox publisher | {{Infobox publisher | ||
| image = Harvard univ press.svg | | image = Harvard univ press.svg | ||
| parent = [[Harvard University]] | | parent = [[Harvard University]] | ||
| status = | | status = | ||
| founded = {{Start date|1913|1|13}} | | founded = {{Start date and age|1913|1|13}} | ||
| founder = | | founder = | ||
| successor = | | successor = | ||
| country = [[United States]] | | headquarters = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S. | ||
| | | country = [[United States]]<br/>{{coord|42|22|58.8|N|71|7|37.3|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|display=title,inline}} | ||
| distribution = [[LSC Communications|TriLiteral]] (United States)<br />[[John Wiley & Sons]] (international)<ref> | | distribution = [[LSC Communications|TriLiteral]] (United States)<br />[[John Wiley & Sons]] (international)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.triliteral.org/ |title=TriLiteral |access-date=September 15, 2017 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202145056/http://www.triliteral.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
| keypeople = George Andreou (Director) | | keypeople = George Andreou (Director) | ||
Sharmila Sen (Editorial director) | |||
| publications = [[Academic publishing]] | | publications = [[Academic publishing]] | ||
| topics = | | topics = | ||
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| url = {{URL|https://www.hup.harvard.edu}} | | url = {{URL|https://www.hup.harvard.edu}} | ||
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[[File:Kittredge Hall - Harvard University - DSC01440.jpg|thumb|Kittredge Hall, home to Harvard University Press]] | |||
'''Harvard University Press''' ('''HUP''') is an [[academic publishing]] house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite news| title=As Many Books as Possible Short of Bankruptcy| url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/03/as-many-books-as-possible-short-of-bankruptcy|date=March–April 2013|work=[[Harvard Magazine]]| access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> It is a member of the [[Association of University Presses]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Members |url=https://aupresses.org/membership/membership-list/ |access-date=January 30, 2023 |publisher=[[Association of University Presses]]}}</ref> George Andreou has served as the press's director since 2017.<ref>{{cite news| title=New director for Harvard University Press| url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/07/new-director-for-harvard-university-press/|date=July 12, 2017|work=[[Harvard Gazette]]| access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref> Sharmila Sen has served as the editorial director since 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvard University Press. |title=Sharmila Sen: Editorial Director. |url=https://www.hup.harvard.edu/resources/for-prospective-authors/meet-our-editors/sharmila-sen}}</ref> | |||
'''Harvard University Press''' ('''HUP''') is | |||
The press maintains offices in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] near [[Harvard Square]], and in | The press maintains offices in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], near [[Harvard Square]], and in London, England. The press co-founded the distributor TriLiteral LLC with [[MIT Press]] and [[Yale University Press]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.triliteral.org/ |title=TriLiteral |access-date=September 15, 2017 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202145056/http://www.triliteral.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> TriLiteral was sold to [[LSC Communications]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web| title = LSC Buys TriLiteral; Turner Purchases Gürze Books| work = Publishers Weekly| access-date = 2018-07-08| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/76495-lsc-buys-triliteral-turner-purchases-g-rze-books.html |first1=Jim |last1=Milliot |date= Apr 3, 2018 }}</ref> | ||
Notable authors published by HUP include [[Eudora Welty]], [[Walter Benjamin]], [[E. O. Wilson]], [[John Rawls]], [[Emily Dickinson]], [[Stephen Jay Gould]], [[Helen Vendler]], [[Carol Gilligan]], [[Amartya Sen]], [[David Blight]], [[Martha Nussbaum]], and [[Thomas Piketty]]. | Notable authors published by HUP include [[Eudora Welty]], [[Walter Benjamin]], [[E. O. Wilson]], [[John Rawls]], [[Emily Dickinson]], [[Stephen Jay Gould]], [[Helen Vendler]], [[Carol Gilligan]], [[Amartya Sen]], [[David Blight]], [[Martha Nussbaum]], and [[Thomas Piketty]].{{cn|date=May 2024}} | ||
The Display Room in Harvard Square, dedicated to selling HUP publications, closed on June 17, 2009.<ref>{{cite news| title=Last Chapter| url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/09/harvard-press-display-room-closes|work=[[Harvard Magazine]]| access-date=December 2, 2010}}</ref> | The Display Room in Harvard Square, dedicated to selling HUP publications, closed on June 17, 2009.<ref>{{cite news| title=Last Chapter| url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/09/harvard-press-display-room-closes|date=September–October 2009|work=[[Harvard Magazine]]| access-date=December 2, 2010}}</ref> | ||
==Related publishers, imprints, and series== | ==Related publishers, imprints, and series== | ||
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==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
''[[Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act]]'' by [[Joe Roman]], published in 2011,<ref>{{cite book|title = Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act|year = 2011|first = Joe|last = Roman|author-link = Joe Roman|publisher = Harvard University Press|isbn = 9780674061279}}</ref> received the 2012 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists.<ref>{{cite web|title = Winners: SEJ 11th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment|work = [[Society of Environmental Journalists]]|date = October 17, 2012|access-date = July 15, 2017|url = http://www.sej.org/initiatives/winners-sej-11th-annual-awards-reporting-environment#RachelCarsonBook|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170824053431/http://www.sej.org/initiatives/winners-sej-11th-annual-awards-reporting-environment#RachelCarsonBook|archive-date = August 24, 2017|url-status = dead}}</ref> | |||
''John Doe Chinaman'' by [[Beth Lew-Williams]] was awarded the 2026 [[Bancroft Prize]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schuessler |first=Jennifer |date=2026-03-12 |title=Histories of Native American Treaties and Anti-Chinese Violence Win Bancroft Prize |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/arts/bancroft-history-native-americans-chinese-americans.html |access-date=2026-03-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | |||
== Publications == | == Publications == | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [[List of English-language book publishing companies]] | * [[List of English-language book publishing companies]] | ||
* [[List of university presses]] | * [[List of university presses]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
*{{cite book | * {{cite book|last= Hall|first= Max|year= 1986|title= Harvard University Press: A History|publisher= Harvard University Press|location= Cambridge, MA|isbn= 978-0-674-38080-6|url= https://archive.org/details/harvarduniversit0000hall|url-access= registration}} | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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* {{Official website}} | * {{Official website}} | ||
* [ | * ''[https://www.hup.harvard.edu/features Harvard University Press Blog]'' | ||
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[[Category:Harvard University Press| ]] | [[Category:Harvard University Press| ]] | ||
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| Parent company | Harvard University |
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| Founded | January 13, 1913 |
| Country of origin | United States 42°22′58.8″N 71°7′37.3″W / 42.383000°N 71.127028°W |
| Headquarters location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Distribution | TriLiteral (United States) John Wiley & Sons (international)[1] |
| Key people | George Andreou (Director) Sharmila Sen (Editorial director) |
| Publication types | Academic publishing |
| Imprints | Belknap |
| Official website | www |
Harvard University Press (HUP) is an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University.[2] It is a member of the Association of University Presses.[3] George Andreou has served as the press's director since 2017.[4] Sharmila Sen has served as the editorial director since 2019.[5]
The press maintains offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Harvard Square, and in London, England. The press co-founded the distributor TriLiteral LLC with MIT Press and Yale University Press.[6] TriLiteral was sold to LSC Communications in 2018.[7]
Notable authors published by HUP include Eudora Welty, Walter Benjamin, E. O. Wilson, John Rawls, Emily Dickinson, Stephen Jay Gould, Helen Vendler, Carol Gilligan, Amartya Sen, David Blight, Martha Nussbaum, and Thomas Piketty.[citation needed]
The Display Room in Harvard Square, dedicated to selling HUP publications, closed on June 17, 2009.[8]
Related publishers, imprints, and series[edit | edit source]
HUP owns the Belknap Press imprint, which it inaugurated in May 1954 with the publication of the Harvard Guide to American History.[9] The John Harvard Library book series is published under the Belknap imprint, which was established through an endowment from the estate of art historian and Harvard alumnus Waldron Phoenix Belknap Jr.
Harvard University Press distributes the Loeb Classical Library and is the publisher of the I Tatti Renaissance Library, the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, and the Murty Classical Library of India.
It is distinct from Harvard Business Press, which is part of Harvard Business Publishing, and the independent Harvard Common Press.
Awards[edit | edit source]
Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act by Joe Roman, published in 2011,[10] received the 2012 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists.[11]
John Doe Chinaman by Beth Lew-Williams was awarded the 2026 Bancroft Prize.[12]
Publications[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "TriLiteral". Archived from the original on December 2, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
- ↑ "As Many Books as Possible Short of Bankruptcy". Harvard Magazine. March–April 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Our Members". Association of University Presses. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
- ↑ "New director for Harvard University Press". Harvard Gazette. July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ↑ Harvard University Press. "Sharmila Sen: Editorial Director".
- ↑ "TriLiteral". Archived from the original on December 2, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
- ↑ Milliot, Jim (April 3, 2018). "LSC Buys TriLiteral; Turner Purchases Gürze Books". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Last Chapter". Harvard Magazine. September–October 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ↑ Bridenbaugh, Carl (May 9, 1954). "For Explorers of Our Past: Harvard Guide to American History". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
- ↑ Roman, Joe (2011). Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674061279.
- ↑ "Winners: SEJ 11th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment". Society of Environmental Journalists. October 17, 2012. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ↑ Schuessler, Jennifer (March 12, 2026). "Histories of Native American Treaties and Anti-Chinese Violence Win Bancroft Prize". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 13, 2026.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Hall, Max (1986). Harvard University Press: A History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-38080-6.
External links[edit | edit source]
{{URL|example.com|optional display text}}- Harvard University Press Blog