Harvard University Press

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{{Short description|American publishing house}}
{{Not to be confused with|Harvard Business Publishing}}
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| parent = [[Harvard University]]
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1913|1|13}}
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| headquarters = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.
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| distribution = [[LSC Communications|TriLiteral]] (United States)<br />[[John Wiley & Sons]] (international)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.triliteral.org/ |title=TriLiteral |access-date=September 15, 2017 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202145056/http://www.triliteral.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| keypeople = George Andreou (Director)
Sharmila Sen (Editorial director)
| publications = [[Academic publishing]]
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| imprints = Belknap
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| url = {{URL|https://www.hup.harvard.edu}}
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[[File:Kittredge Hall - Harvard University - DSC01440.jpg|thumb|Kittredge Hall, home to Harvard University Press]]

'''Harvard University Press''' ('''HUP''') is an [[academic publishing]] house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite news| title=As Many Books as Possible Short of Bankruptcy| url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/03/as-many-books-as-possible-short-of-bankruptcy|date=March–April 2013|work=[[Harvard Magazine]]| access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> It is a member of the [[Association of University Presses]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Members |url=https://aupresses.org/membership/membership-list/ |access-date=January 30, 2023 |publisher=[[Association of University Presses]]}}</ref> George Andreou has served as the press's director since 2017.<ref>{{cite news| title=New director for Harvard University Press| url=http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/07/new-director-for-harvard-university-press/|date=July 12, 2017|work=[[Harvard Gazette]]| access-date=July 14, 2017}}</ref> Sharmila Sen has served as the editorial director since 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvard University Press. |title=Sharmila Sen: Editorial Director. |url=https://www.hup.harvard.edu/resources/for-prospective-authors/meet-our-editors/sharmila-sen}}</ref>

The press maintains offices in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], near [[Harvard Square]], and in London, England. The press co-founded the distributor TriLiteral LLC with [[MIT Press]] and [[Yale University Press]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.triliteral.org/ |title=TriLiteral |access-date=September 15, 2017 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202145056/http://www.triliteral.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> TriLiteral was sold to [[LSC Communications]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web| title = LSC Buys TriLiteral; Turner Purchases Gürze Books| work = Publishers Weekly| access-date = 2018-07-08| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/76495-lsc-buys-triliteral-turner-purchases-g-rze-books.html |first1=Jim |last1=Milliot |date= Apr 3, 2018 }}</ref>

Notable authors published by HUP include [[Eudora Welty]], [[Walter Benjamin]], [[E. O. Wilson]], [[John Rawls]], [[Emily Dickinson]], [[Stephen Jay Gould]], [[Helen Vendler]], [[Carol Gilligan]], [[Amartya Sen]], [[David Blight]], [[Martha Nussbaum]], and [[Thomas Piketty]].{{cn|date=May 2024}}

The Display Room in Harvard Square, dedicated to selling HUP publications, closed on June 17, 2009.<ref>{{cite news| title=Last Chapter| url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/09/harvard-press-display-room-closes|date=September–October 2009|work=[[Harvard Magazine]]| access-date=December 2, 2010}}</ref>

==Related publishers, imprints, and series==
HUP owns the Belknap Press [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]], which it inaugurated in May 1954 with the publication of the ''Harvard Guide to American History''.<ref>{{cite news| title=For Explorers of Our Past: Harvard Guide to American History| url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F7081EF83A58117A93CBA9178ED85F408585F9 | date=May 9, 1954| work=[[The New York Times Book Review]]| author=Bridenbaugh, Carl|author-link=Carl Bridenbaugh| access-date=May 30, 2010}}</ref> The [[John Harvard Library (series)|John Harvard Library]] book [[monographic series|series]] is published under the Belknap imprint, which was established through an endowment from the estate of art historian and Harvard alumnus [[Waldron Phoenix Belknap Jr.]]

Harvard University Press distributes the [[Loeb Classical Library]] and is the publisher of the [[I Tatti Renaissance Library]], the [[Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library]], and the [[Murty Classical Library of India]].

It is distinct from [[Harvard Business Press]], which is part of [[Harvard Business Publishing]], and the independent [[Harvard Common Press]].

==Awards==
''[[Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act]]'' by [[Joe Roman]], published in 2011,<ref>{{cite book|title = Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act|year = 2011|first = Joe|last = Roman|author-link = Joe Roman|publisher = Harvard University Press|isbn = 9780674061279}}</ref> received the 2012 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists.<ref>{{cite web|title = Winners: SEJ 11th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment|work = [[Society of Environmental Journalists]]|date = October 17, 2012|access-date = July 15, 2017|url = http://www.sej.org/initiatives/winners-sej-11th-annual-awards-reporting-environment#RachelCarsonBook|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170824053431/http://www.sej.org/initiatives/winners-sej-11th-annual-awards-reporting-environment#RachelCarsonBook|archive-date = August 24, 2017|url-status = dead}}</ref>

''John Doe Chinaman'' by [[Beth Lew-Williams]] was awarded the 2026 [[Bancroft Prize]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schuessler |first=Jennifer |date=2026-03-12 |title=Histories of Native American Treaties and Anti-Chinese Violence Win Bancroft Prize |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/arts/bancroft-history-native-americans-chinese-americans.html |access-date=2026-03-13 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

== Publications ==
{{Main category|Harvard University Press books}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Books|Literature|Massachusetts}}
* [[List of English-language book publishing companies]]
* [[List of university presses]]
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== References ==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last= Hall|first= Max|year= 1986|title= Harvard University Press: A History|publisher= Harvard University Press|location= Cambridge, MA|isbn= 978-0-674-38080-6|url= https://archive.org/details/harvarduniversit0000hall|url-access= registration}}

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* ''[https://www.hup.harvard.edu/features Harvard University Press Blog]''

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