Category: Quasquicentennial

June 15, 2018

How Well Do You Know Columbia University Press and the University of California Press?

This year both Columbia University Press and University of California Press are celebrating their quasquicentennial. Since we’ve been around for a 125 years, we thought we’d test you on how well you know us. Take the quiz below, and remember...

June 14, 2018

My Time At CUP: John Hussey on An Education in Excellence

“I really love working with Columbia’s staff and hope that I am somehow “giving back” in honor of the education they gave to me years ago.” John Hussey SENIOR KEY ACCOUNTS SALES MANAGER AT INGRAM CONTENT GROUP ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PRESSES(AUP)...

June 13, 2018

Happy 125th Anniversary to Columbia University Press!

On this day in 1893, Columbia University Press was established as a separately incorporated not-for profit organization affiliated with Columbia College, and we’ve been publishing strong ever since! At the time, the trustees felt that it was “not expedient for the...

May 31, 2018

Celebrate our Quasquicentennial with us at BookExpo 2018!

Our booth at BookExpo 2018 opens today! This year’s meeting is particularly exciting because we’re celebrating our 125th Anniversary with you—our industry partners and readers! There are two ways for you to join in the festivities: Stop by our booth...

May 29, 2018

Trivia Tuesday: Jean Renoir Said This Filmmaker “Invented the Modern Hollywood”

Celebrated for his distinct style and credited with inventing the classic genre of the Hollywood romantic comedy and helping to create the musical, Lubitsch won the admiration of his fellow directors. He was revered in his day by such other leading...

May 17, 2018

My Time At CUP: William Germano

 “I still think that an editor at a major university press can have a more stimulating intellectual life than most faculty members have the luxury to develop.“ William Germano PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, COOPER UNION COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1978–1986 ASSISTANT...

May 10, 2018

Prairie Lights and Northtown Books Win CUP 125 Anniversary Display Contest!

1st Place: Prairie Lights, IA www.prairielights.com 2nd Place Northtown Books, CA www.northtownbooks.com Book Culture, NY www.bookculture.com Malaprop’s, NC www.malaprops.com Diesel, CA www.dieselbookstore.com FlyLeaf Books, NC www.flyleafbooks.com Square Books, MS www.squarebooks.com University Press Books, CA www.universitypressbooks.com This season, we held a...

April 18, 2018

Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe Celebrates Our 125th Anniversary!

To help celebrate their 125th(!) year in existence, we’ve got a table packed with @ColumbiaUP books right by the front door. pic.twitter.com/Ap4FwuwhzZ — Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe (@Malaprops) March 1, 2018

April 17, 2018

Book Culture Celebrates Our 125th Anniversary

We’re celebrating the 125th Anniversary of @ColumbiaUP with a display of some of our favorite titles! Check it out at Book Culture on 112th, where we have a wide selection of books from the press! pic.twitter.com/jOY9kE6Bum — Book Culture (@bookculture)...

April 17, 2018

Trivia Tuesday: This Book Debuted in 1959, Launched a Career, and is Still in Print Today!

Columbia University Press closed the 1950s with the publication of Man, the State, and War — a book by Kenneth N. Waltz, a young political scientist who would go on to become one of the most highly-regarded figures in the field of...

April 12, 2018

My Time At CUP: Douglas Armato

“University presses add to our understanding, our thought, and our society book by book by book by book.”  Douglas Armato DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS FORMER PRESIDENT, ASSOC. OF UNIVERSITY PRESSES COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1977–1980 RECEPTIONIST, 1977 PROMOTION ASSISTANT, 1978–1980 > The beginning...

April 5, 2018

More Than a Decade of Publishing on Climate Change

It’s the first Throwback Thursday of April. Later this month, we’ll celebrate Earth Day. Did you know that Columbia University Press has been a leading publisher on the topics of Climate Change and other environmental issues for over a decade?...