The
University of Wisconsin Press (sometimes
abbreviated as
UW Press) is a
non-profit university press publishing
peer-reviewed books and journals.
It primarily publishes
work by scholars from the global academic community but also serves
the citizens of Wisconsin
by publishing important books about Wisconsin, the
Upper Midwest, and the Great Lakes
region. The Press’s mission also includes publishing
work that contributes to a literate culture and to civic
conversation.
Terrace Books is an
imprint of the press. The press also publishes the
annual
Brittingham Prize in
Poetry.
The Press
was founded in 1936 in Madison
and is one of more than 120 member presses in the
Association
of American University Presses. The Journals Division
was established in 1965. Currently the Press employs approximately
25 full and part-time staff, produces 40 to 60 new books a year,
and publishes 11 journals. It also distributes books and some
annual journals for selected smaller publishers.
The Press is a unit of
the Graduate School of the University of
Wisconsin–Madison
and serves the University of Wisconsin's overall
mission of research, instruction, and outreach beyond the
university.
Books Division
Since its first book appeared in 1937, the Press has published and
distributed more than 3,000 titles. The Press has more than 1,400
titles currently in print, including:
- scholarly books: American studies and modern American history,
African studies, anthropology, Classical studies, dance history,
environmental studies, film/cinema history, gay & lesbian
studies, modern European and Irish history, Jewish studies, Slavic
and Eastern European studies, Southeast Asian Studies, and other
subjects
- regional books: Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest, and the Great
Lakes region
- books of general interest: natural history, poetry, biography,
fiction, food, travel.
See also
Journals Division
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