New York University Press
{{Short description|University press that is part of New York University}}
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| founded = 1916
| founder = Elmer Ellsworth Brown
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| country = United States
| headquarters = New York, New York
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New York University Press (or NYU Press) is a university press that is part of New York University.
History
NYU Press was founded in 1916 by the then chancellor of NYU, Elmer Ellsworth Brown.{{Cite web|url=http://nyupress.org/about/history.aspx|title=NYU Press » History|publisher=nyupress.org|access-date=5 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512153026/http://nyupress.org/about/history.aspx|archive-date=12 May 2013}}
Directors
- Arthur Huntington Nason, 1916–1932
- No director, 1932–1946
- Jean B. Barr (interim director), 1946–1952
- Filmore Hyde, 1952–1957
- Wilbur McKee, acting director, 1957–1958
- William B. Harvey, 1958–1966
- Christopher Kentera, 1966–1974
- Malcolm C. Johnson, 1974–1981
- Colin Jones, 1981–1996
- Niko Pfund, 1996–2000
- Steve Maikowski, 2001–2014
- Ellen Chodosh, 2014–2024
- Eric Schwartz, 2024–present{{Cite web|url=http://nyupress.org/about-nyupress/history/|title=History|access-date=2016-10-05}}
Notable publications
Once best known for publishing The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman, NYU Press has now published numerous award-winning scholarly works, such as Convergence Culture (2007) by Henry Jenkins, The Rabbi's Wife (2006) by Shuly Schwartz, and The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (2002). Other well-known names published by the press include Cary Nelson, Jonathon Hafetz, Samuel R. Delany, and Mark Denbeaux.
See also
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://nyupress.org/}}
{{New York University}}
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Category:New York University academic journals
Category:University presses of the United States
Category:Book publishing companies based in New York (state)