Announcing a new publishing partnership with Princeton University Art Museum October 21, 2021 Princeton University Press and the Princeton University Art Museum are excited to announce a new exclusive publishing partnership. Read More
PUP acquires World English rights to Claudia de Rham’s The Beauty of Falling October 18, 2021 PUP has acquired World English rights, including audio, to The Beauty of Falling by theoretical physicist Claudia de Rham. From Newton’s notion of gravitational force to Einstein’s theory of relativity, to the speculative frontiers of contemporary physics, The Beauty of Falling paints a vivid portrait of what we know and still do not know about gravity. Read More
Publishing for the future of the planet October 15, 2021 Taking direct action against the climate crisis is imperative for us all. Through engagement with a number of new initiatives targeting at supply chain sustainability, PUP is committed to printing and publishing for the future of our planet. Read More
Joshua D. Angrist and David Card are co‑winners of the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel October 11, 2021 Princeton University Press authors Joshua D. Angrist and David Card are co-winners of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021. According to The Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, Dr. Angrist has been jointly awarded one half of the prize, with Guido W. Imbens, “for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.” Dr. Card has been awarded one half of the prize “for his empirical contributions to labour economics.” Read More
PUP acquires Barbara Chase‑Riboud’s I Always Knew October 07, 2021 Princeton University Press is honored to announce that we have acquired World English rights to I Always Knew: A Memoir, a collection of letters written by internationally renowned author and artist Barbara Chase-Riboud. The book will be co-published with the Pulitzer Foundation. Read More
Syukuro Manabe is co‑winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics October 05, 2021 Princeton University Press author Syukuro Manabe is a co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Professor Manabe was awarded one-half of the Prize, jointly with Klaus Hasselmann, “for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming.” Read More
Lucas Bessire’s Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains is named a 2021 National Book Award Finalist October 05, 2021 Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains by anthropologist Lucas Bessire has been longlisted for a 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Read More
MSI Virtual Workshop Project September 30, 2021 Princeton University Press is honored to be one of five publishers supporting the Minority-Serving Institution Virtual Book Workshop Project, a joint project of Howard University and John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, in collaboration with the American Political Science Association (APSA). Read More
Two PUP books shortlisted for the 2021 Cundill History Prize September 23, 2021 Two Princeton University Press books are among eight titles shortlisted for the 2021 Cundill History Prize: Emma Rothschild’s An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France Over Three Centuries and Tyler Stovall’s White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea. Read More
PUP to publish Jhumpa Lahiri’s Translating Myself and Others, essays on literary translation September 13, 2021 Executive Editor Anne Savarese at Princeton University Press has acquired North American, UK, and Commonwealth rights, including audio, to Jhumpa Lahiri’s Translating Myself and Others, a collection of essays on translation, self-translation, and writing across languages. Read More
PUP author Peter Singer awarded the 2021 Berggruen Prize September 08, 2021 Moral philosopher and Princeton University Press author Peter Singer has won the 2021 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture, awarded annually to a thinker “whose ideas have profoundly shaped human self-understanding and advancement in a rapidly changing world.” Read More
Series editor changes: Politics and Society in Modern America September 07, 2021 We are delighted to welcome Elizabeth Hinton and Margaret O’Mara as series editors for Politics and Society in Modern America. Dr. Hinton and Dr. O’Mara join current series editors Gary Gerstle and Julian E. Zelizer. Read More
Antiracism Toolkit for Organizations August 25, 2021 The Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Publishing (C4DISC) has released an Antiracism Toolkit for Organizations. As a member of C4DISC, Princeton University Press enthusiastically supports the mission of this community resource and as an organization is committed to its contents. Read More
Staff wellness weeks and autumn plans for our global offices August 24, 2021 Princeton University Press offices in the US and UK will be closed from August 30 – September 6, and the office in China will be closed the week of September 26, so that staff have a time to unplug and reinvigorate. Read More
What We Owe Each Other longlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award August 16, 2021 Minouche Shafik’s What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract by has been longlisted for the 2021 Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award. Read More