Tag: CUP125

December 20, 2018

My Time at CUP: Matt Weiland

“A publishing house is, more than anything, the assemblage of the talents and passions and personalities of the people who work in it. I was lucky to be around people . . . who evinced a deep dedication to the art and craft of...

November 15, 2018

My Time at CUP: Mark Saunders

“Columbia drew on the ethos of the city — we were expected to channel our mission-driven impulses through a businesslike approach to making books, a discipline that served us all well.“ Mark Saunders DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY...

November 8, 2018

Fifty Years of Publishing in Social Work

Columbia University Press’s social work program — begun in the 1960s in collaboration with faculty at the Columbia School of Social work — consists of works that focus on social problems, give voice to marginalized populations, and further social justice....

October 25, 2018

My Time at CUP: Darrin Pratt

Darrin Pratt DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY PRESS OF COLORADO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1992–1993 EXHIBITS AND SPECIAL SALES MANAGER > My most vivid, and also odd, memory of my time at Columbia University Press is tied to my exceptionally brief modeling career, an opportunity...

October 1, 2018

Celebrating Decades of Publishing in Film

For decades, Columbia University Press has been at the forefront of film studies, and we were one of the first university presses to have a list in the field. Anchored by the Film and Culture Series, edited by John Belton,...

September 20, 2018

My Time at CUP: Dean Smith

Dean Smith DIRECTOR, CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1987–1988 ASSISTANT COPYWRITER, 1987 JUNIOR COPYWRITER, FEBRUARY 1988 SENIOR COPYWRITER, JUNE 1988 > I worked as a copywriter while working on an MFA in poetry at Columbia. It was my first full-time...

September 13, 2018

Classic and Contemporary French Translations

Columbia University Press has published a range of classic and contemporary works by world-renowned French historians, philosophers, religious studies scholars, and social theorists such as Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Pierre Bourdieu, Hélène Cixous, Gilles Deleuze, and Julia Kristeva. A core...

September 6, 2018

Almost Sixty Years of Publishing in Asian Humanities

Research and teaching on Asian civilizations have formed the bedrock of Columbia’s list for close to sixty years. Under the direction of Wm. Theodore de Bary, the Press published and revised influential anthologies, the Sources of Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Korean Tradition, that...

August 30, 2018

My Time at CUP: Mark Fortier

“What I did come to expect and treasure every day was a dedicated team of editors and marketers devoted to great scholarship, a love of books, and a spirit of camaraderie that made me feel at home and made me feel...

August 16, 2018

Celebrating More Than a Decade of Publishing in Business

Founded in 2007, Columbia Business School Publishing extends Columbia Business School’s commitment to bridging academic research and business practice and to developing entrepreneurs who create value for their stakeholders and their community. The imprint’s first books, More Than You Know by Michael...

July 26, 2018

My Time at CUP: Linda Secondari

“As a designer, there is no higher honor than to develop an identity for an organization.” Linda Secondari CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPAL STUDIOLO SECONDARI COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1983–2008 SENIOR DESIGNER, 1993–1995 DESIGN AND PRODUCTION MANAGER, 1996–1999 CREATIVE DIRECTOR, 1999–2008 > I...

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)...