Tag: Throwback Thursday

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....

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...

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...

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)...

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)...

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...

April 26, 2018

In 1931 The Press Launched Two Definitive Works in Poetry: The Works of John Milton and the Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records series

In observance of International Poetry Month, today’s Throwback Thursday takes us back eighty-seven years when the Press launched the first volumes of two definitive works in poetry. The Works Of John Milton In 1931, Columbia University Press published the first...

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...

March 22, 2018

A Boys Club No More

Recently, we discovered a collection of old photos of Columbia University Press taken in 1952. We decided to recreate a few of them with a fun twist. Rather than staging and recreating the photographs with props from the 50’s we...

March 1, 2018

More Than a Decade of Publishing on Feminism and Gender

It’s Throwback Thursday and the first day of Women’s History Month. Did you know that Columbia has been a leader in gender studies, queer studies, and feminist theory since the publication in the 1980s of now-classic works such as Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s Between Men and...