September 25, 2023

Eunice Rodríguez Ferguson in Conversation with Hanna Askarpour about Sundial House

In May, an exciting collaboration unfolded between Columbia University Press and Sundial House, a publishing house founded in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University. Their mission is to promote and showcase the voices of Latin...

February 15, 2023

Q&A: Dr. Amy Yeboah Quarkume and Dr. Frank Guridy on Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past / Present / Future

A Howard-Columbia Intellectual Partnership

In February 2021, Columbia University Press announced a new partnership with Howard University’s College of Arts and Sciences and Columbia University’s African American and African Diaspora Studies Department—the Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past / Present / Future series. Building on Columbia University...

March 15, 2022

Nancy Woloch on The Insider: A Life of Virginia C. Gildersleeve

As dean of Barnard College from 1911–1947, Virginia C. Gildersleeve promoted the value of the liberal arts, defended women’s intellectual capacities, and filled a leading role in higher education. She also sought a role in foreign policy. At the peak...

December 9, 2020

Q&A: John Mutter on Climate Change Science

“It is rare to find a book that succinctly explains the scientific basis for one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced. For anyone looking to learn the foundations of climate science, Mutter’s primer is an excellent jump start....

November 19, 2020

In Celebration of Richard W. Bulliet’s Eightieth Birthday

By Jennifer Crewe

I write on the happy occasion of the eightieth birthday of one of the Press’s most prolific authors and one of our most important advisers and supporters. Richard W. Bulliet, Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Columbia, was on the Press’s...

June 5, 2020

We Stand in Solidarity with All Those Peacefully Protesting Injustice

Columbia University Press strongly condemns the unjust killing of George Floyd and the deaths of many who went before him. We protest the systemic racism that plagues our country, and we must dedicate ourselves to eradicating it. We stand in...

April 11, 2020

A Thank You Message to All the Essential Workers

 For Columbians, the fight against coronavirus in New York City—and worldwide—is personal. As part of the Columbia community we send our appreciation and admiration for all of you essential workers fighting to keep us fed, safe and healthy during...

May 29, 2019

Thomas Berry and Columbia University: Reflections from Mary Evelyn Tucker, Columbia PhD 1985

“A tour de force biography: Thomas Berry was one of the most important thinkers on humanity and our trajectory on this wondrous living planet—and indeed in the journey of the universe. This is a book written with love and clarity...

May 24, 2019

Dr. Karen Kinsell: Making Health Care Happen in the Deep South

Photo credit: Peter Wortsman The only MD in the entire county, tending to the health needs of some 3,600 people. Her patient pool includes many destitute individuals, some of whom cross state lines from nearby Alabama to seek care. Dr. Karen Kinsell ’93...

May 23, 2019

Dr. Davida Coady: Protecting Imperiled Populations

Photo credit: Peter Wortsman Following a long career devoted to the care of the world’s most vulnerable,including refugees, the homeless, and the incarcerated, Dr. Coady succumbed toovarian cancer in 2018. Davida Coady ’65 A Doctor Devoted to the Care of...

May 22, 2019

Dr. Story Musgrave: A Surgeon in Space

Photo: Courtesy of NASA At last count, Dr. Musgrave, age eighty-four, earned seven graduate degrees, flew on six NASA space missions, was awarded twenty honorary doctorates, operates a palm farm and a production company, serves as a landscape architect and concept artist with...

May 21, 2019

Dr. Robert Coles: An American Odyssey

Photo credit: Peter Wortsman Recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, a so-called “genius” MacArthur Foundation award, and a Medal of Freedom, the child psychiatrist, author, and defender of tender lives, has been called “a national treasure.” Robert Coles ’54 Child Psychiatrist Pulitzer Prize–Winning...