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

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...

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 Catholic university press in the United States, and the seventh-oldest in the nation. It has been a member of the

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(AAUP) since 1938 and was a founding charter member of the

Association of Jesuit University Presses The Association of Jesuit University Presses (AJUP) is an association of North American university presses which are members of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The AJUP is composed of ten charter members. Father Richard W. Rou ...

(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

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

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. Caputobr>
*''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, Butler ...

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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 Jefferson Alexander Jefferson (November 15, 1921 – June 22, 2022) was an American Air Force officer, famous as one of the Tuskegee Airmen, the 332nd Fighter Group. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. His book, ''Red Tail ...

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*''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 s ...

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

*''An Aquinas Reader'' Edited by Mary T. Clarkbr>
*''The Street Book'' by Henry Mosco

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

References

External links

Official site
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