Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press
Parent companyHarvard University
FoundedJanuary 13, 1913 (1913-01-13)
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationCambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
DistributionTriLiteral (United States)
John Wiley & Sons (international)[1]
Key peopleGeorge Andreou (Director)
Publication typesAcademic publishing
ImprintsBelknap
Official websitewww.hup.harvard.edu
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.[2] It is a member of the Association of University Presses.[3] Its director since 2017 is George Andreou.[4]

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.[5] TriLiteral was sold to LSC Communications in 2018.[6]

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.[citation needed]

The Display Room in Harvard Square, dedicated to selling HUP publications, closed on June 17, 2009.[7]

  1. ^ TriLiteral
  2. ^ "As Many Books as Possible Short of Bankruptcy". Harvard Magazine. March–April 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "Our Members". Association of University Presses. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "New director for Harvard University Press". Harvard Gazette. July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  5. ^ TriLiteral
  6. ^ Milliot, Jim (April 3, 2018). "LSC Buys TriLiteral; Turner Purchases Gürze Books". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  7. ^ "Last Chapter". Harvard Magazine. September–October 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2010.

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