Tag: Columbia University Press

November 1, 2018

Columbia University Press Welcomes Miranda Martin to its Editorial Team

Last month, Miranda Martin joined Columbia University Press as Editor of our Life and Physical Science list. She came to us from the University of Chicago Press where she was most recently assistant editor for linguistics and life sciences, acquiring titles in...

December 1, 2014

New Columbia University Press Website!

We’re pleased to announce the launch of a redesigned Columbia University Press website!

March 6, 2013

Save 50% on ALL Titles During our Special Spring Sale

Save 50% on ALL Titles during our Spring Sale! Spread the word! To save 50% use the code “SALE” in your shopping cart. Click “apply” and your savings will be calculated. The fine print: 1. The sale is available to...

March 4, 2013

Columbia University Press Author Events for March

Just 4 days into the month and we’ve already had a great event: the launch of the highly anticipated Sources of Tibetan Tradition with two of the book’s editors, Matthew T. Kapstein and Gray Tuttle. The event took place yesterday...

February 4, 2013

James Jordan Retires as Director and President of Columbia University Press

He’ll still be with us for a few months but here is the official announcement regarding our director’s impending retirement: James D. Jordan today announced his retirement as President and Director of Columbia University Press, effective September 1, 2013. Jordan...

December 18, 2012

New Book Tuesday: Investing, Reforming Democracies, and More!

Our weekly list of new titles from Columbia University Press and Columbia Business School Publishing: The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor Howard Marks Investing: The Last Liberal Art, Second Edition Robert Hagstrom Reforming Democracies: Six...

November 13, 2012

New Titles This Week — William Duggan on Creative Strategy Plus Great Selections from Hong Kong UP

Creative Strategy: A Guide for Innovation William Duggan Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism: History, Semiology, and Transgression in the Indian Traditions Christian K. Wedemeyer The Inquisition of Climate Science (Now available in paper) James Lawrence Powell Sex and Desire in...

November 12, 2012

Columbia University Press Around the World — University Press Week

Far from being confined to the walls of academia or even the streets around Morningside Heights, Columbia University Press’s influence spreads far and wide. In fact, thanks to David Ainley’s The Adélie Penguin: Bellwether of Climate Change, between where our...

November 6, 2012

Japan Embraces Donald Keene

Read a profile of Donald Keene, long-time professor of Japanese literature at Columbia University, in the New York Times.

October 2, 2012

New Books This Week: Feminism and Modernism, Aid in Cambodia, and More!

Our weekly list of new titles now available: Feminist Aesthetics and the Politics of Modernism Ewa Ziarek Aid Dependence in Cambodia: How Foreign Assistance Undermines Democracy Sophal Ear South Sudan: From Revolution to Independence Matthew LeRiche and Matthew Arnold The...

August 21, 2012

New Book Tuesday — Beyond Pure Reason & More

Our weekly listing of new titles: Beyond Pure Reason: Ferdinand de Saussure’s Philosophy of Language and Its Early Romantic Antecedents Boris Gasparov Post-War Planning on the Periphery: Anglo-American Economic Diplomacy in South America, 1939-1945 Thomas Mills Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts...

July 24, 2012

New Book Tuesday: Terrorism and Counterintelligence

Terrorism and Counterintelligence: How Terrorist Groups Elude Detection Blake W. Mobley Craving Earth: Understanding Pica–the Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk (Now available in paper) Sera Young Ourselves and Others: Scotland 1832-1914 (2nd Edition) Graeme Morton Hungary Through...