June 21, 2018

My Time at CUP: John D. Moore

John D. Moore COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1968-1996 EDITOR, 1968-1975 EDITOR IN CHIEF, 1976-1980 DIRECTOR, 1980-1996 > I came to the Press in 1968. Part of the hiring process was a luncheon in Faculty House with the editor in chief, Robert (Bob)...

June 21, 2018

Iain MacKenzie on Resistance and the Politics of Truth: Foucault, Deleuze, Badiou

Today, we are honored to have a guest post by Iain MacKenzie, author of the forthcoming book Resistance and the Politics of Truth: Foucault, Deleuze, Badiou. MacKenzie is a co-director of the Centre for Critical Thought and a senior lecturer in politics at...

June 20, 2018

Behind the Scenes of the Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online

  “Granger’s is a portal that invites our own voyages of discovery.” ~ Tessa Kale In continuing with this week’s “Behind the Scenes” theme, today we bring you a guest post from Tessa Kale, Senior Editor of The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online. • ...

June 19, 2018

Behind the Scenes of the Association of University Presses Annual Meeting

IT’S TWO DAYS into the Association of University Presses annual meeting. You’ve been attending sessions and asking your colleagues to fill you in on the panels you couldn’t make it to. At this point. you may be wondering: How are session...

June 18, 2018

Behind the Scenes of the Association of University Presses Book, Journal, and Jacket Show

“We all get to see the books other presses publish while admiring the incredible creativity of our colleagues.”  ∼ Lisa Hamm, Senior Designer, Columbia University Press In honor of the AUP conference, today we’re interviewing Julia Kushnirsky (art director) and Lisa...

June 18, 2018

An Acquisitions Editor’s Guide to Making the Most of Exhibits and Conferences

Today, our editorial director Eric Schwartz will participated on the panel Making the Most of Exhibits and Conferences, at the annual meeting of the Association of University Presses. For those of you who were unable to attend the meeting or the...

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

Q&A with Aasha M. Abdill on Fathering from the Margins: An Intimate Examination of Black Fatherhood

This week, our featured book is Fathering from the Margins: An Intimate Examination of Black Fatherhood. Today we are happy to present to you this exclusive interview with author Aasha M. Abdill! Remember to enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for...

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

Misunderstood: The Significance of Race and Place in Understanding Black Fatherhood

This week, our featured book is Fathering from the Margins: An Intimate Examination of Black Fatherhood, by Aasha M. Abdill! Today we are happy to present you with an intriguing expert from the first chapter of the book. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at...

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...

June 12, 2018

Trivia Tuesday: In 1985, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Opened the Door to the Discussions of Sex, Power, and Desire in the Arenas of Literary Criticism, Politics, Society, and Culture

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s Between Men has been described as a disruption in the field of literary criticism. Sedgwick almost single–handedly put a stop to the field’s tradition of suppressing queer subjects and subjectivities. She opened the door to discussions of sex, power,...