PUP acquires Musa al‑Gharbi’s We Have Never Been Woke May 05, 2021 Executive Editor Meagan Levinson has acquired World rights, including audio, to We Have Never Been Woke: Social Justice Discourse, Inequality, and the Rise of a New Elite by sociologist Musa al‑Gharbi. Read More
Princeton University Press authors named 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellows April 30, 2021 Five Princeton University Press authors have been named 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellows. Read More
Jennifer Morton’s Moving Up Without Losing Your Way selected as Princeton University Pre‑read April 27, 2021 Moving Up Without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility by Jennifer Morton has been selected as Princeton University’s Pre-read for the incoming Class of 2025. Read More
Judith Herrin’s Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe shortlisted for the 2021 Wolfson History Prize April 21, 2021 Judith Herrin’s Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe is one of six titles shortlisted for the 2021 Wolfson History Prize. Read More
Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt’s Chinese Architecture: A History receives 2021 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award April 20, 2021 Chinese Architecture: A History by Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt is the recipient of the prestigious 2021 Alice Davis Hitchcock Award given by The Society of Architectural Historians. Read More
PUP authors awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships April 12, 2021 Eight Princeton University Press authors have received 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships, awarded to individuals who have “demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.” Read More
Princeton University Press is shortlisted for the British Book Awards 2021 March 31, 2021 We’re thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Academic, Educational and Professional Publisher of the Year section of the British Book Awards 2021. Read More
In solidarity with AUPresses against anti‑Asian hate March 19, 2021 Our publishing is stronger for every collaboration with Asian, Asian-American, and Pacific Islander colleagues, authors, reviewers, readers, and listeners. We at Princeton University Press join AUPresses in solidarity, and in heartbreak, in mourning the loss of eight lives and in condemning anti-Asian hate. Read More
PUP acquires Dan-el Padilla Peralta’s A People’s History of Ancient Rome March 15, 2021 PUP has acquired World rights, including ebook and audio, to A People’s History of Ancient Rome by Princeton professor Dan-el Padilla Peralta. Read More
First Friday office closures in support of staff well‑being March 04, 2021 Beginning in March and continuing through July, Princeton University Press’s Princeton and Oxford offices will be closed on the first Friday of each month. Read More
Bookseller Jeff Deutsch joins the Princeton University Press Board of Trustees February 17, 2021 Jeff Deutsch, director of Chicago’s Seminary Co-op Bookstore, is the first bookseller to join Princeton University Press’ Board of Trustees. Read More
Supporting Diverse Voices: Book Proposal Development Grants February 11, 2021 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Supporting Diverse Voices: Book Proposal Development Grants that grow from the recognition that mentorship networks and other intellectual lineages have often been amplified to the exclusion of already-underrepresented authors. Read More
AUPresses response to insurrection at the US Capitol January 07, 2021 Princeton University Press stands in solidarity with the Association of University Presses and in support of the Association’s statement on the insurrection at the United States Capitol. We believe that: “facts matter, that words have power, and that demagoguery from any source when left unchallenged is harmful to the fabric of democratic institutions and societies.” Read More
Announcing the Unearthing the Past Series December 15, 2020 We’re excited to announce Unearthing the Past, a new series of books written by archaeologists and ancient historians who bring the most up to date findings from the field to scholarly and non-specialist readers alike. Read More
Announcing the Princeton University Press Diversify Publishing Fellowship December 08, 2020 We’re excited to announce the Princeton University Press Diversify Publishing Fellowship, a new initiative aimed at addressing a lack of diverse representation across the publishing industry. Read More