The Fordham University Press is a

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, a division of

Fordham University Fordham University () is a Private university, private Jesuit universities, Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the The Bronx, Bronx in which its origina ...

, that publishes primarily in the

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and the

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. Fordham University Press was established in 1907 and is headquartered at the university's

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campus. It is the oldest

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press in the United States, and the seventh-oldest in the nation. It has been a member of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) since 1938 and was a founding charter member of the Association of Jesuit University Presses (AJUP). The press was established "not only to represent and uphold the values and traditions of the University itself, but also to further those values and traditions through the dissemination of scholarly research and ideas".

History

Fordham University Press was established in 1907. After the close of the university's medical school in 1922, the press operated under the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and began publishing textbooks in education, English, law, philosophy, and psychology. The press was headquartered in the Canisius Hall building in the Rose Hill campus for over 100 years. In March 2017, the press relocated from its original headquarters at the university's Rose Hill campus in the Bronx to the

campus in

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Series

Initiatives

The American Literatures InitiativeThe Modern Language Initiative

Bestselling publications

*''Greek: An Intensive Course'' by Hardy Hansen and Gerald Quin

*''Autobiography of St. Ignatius Loyola'' by John C. Oli

*''Deconstruction in a Nutshell'' by

John D. Caputo John David Caputo (born October 26, 1940) is an American philosopher who is the Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse University and the David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University. Caputo is a ma ...

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*''Giving an Account of Oneself'' by

Judith Butler Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory. In 1993, Butle ...

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*''Love of Learning and Desire for God'' by Jean Leclercq (monk), Jean Leclercq, O.S.B

*''Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free'' by Alexander Jeffersonbr>
*''Under the Sidewalks of New York'' by Brian Cudah

*''Byzantine Theology'' by

John Meyendorff John Meyendorff (french: Jean Meyendorff; russian: Ива́н Феофи́лович Мейендо́рф, tr. ; February 17, 1926 – July 22, 1992) was a leading theologian of the Orthodox Church of America as well as a writer and teacher. He ...

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*''Irish Brigade and Its Campaign'' by David P. Conyngha

*''An Aquinas Reader'' Edited by

Mary T. Clark Mary Twibill Clark (October 23, 1913 – September 1, 2014) was an American Roman Catholic nun, academic, and civil rights advocate. She was best known as a scholar of the history of philosophy, and was associated especially with Saint Augustine. ...

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*''The Street Book'' by Henry Mosco

*''The Search for Major Plagge'' by Michael Goo

References

External links

Official site
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