New York University Press (or NYU Press) is a university press that is part of New York University.
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| Parent company | New York University |
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| Founded | 1916 |
| Founder | Elmer Ellsworth Brown |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York, New York |
| Distribution | Ingram Publisher Services (US)[1] Combined Academic Publishers (UK)[2] |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | nyupress |
History
NYU Press was founded in 1916 by the then chancellor of NYU, Elmer Ellsworth Brown.[3]
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–present[4]
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).[3] Other well-known names published by the press include Cary Nelson, Jonathon Hafetz, Samuel R. Delany, and Mark Denbeaux.
See also
References
External links
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