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University of Texas Press
Parent companyUniversity of Texas at Austin
Founded1950
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationAustin, Texas
DistributionChicago Distribution Center (US)
University of British Columbia (Canada)
Combined Academic Publishers (Europe, Asia, the Pacific)[1]
Publication typesBooks, academic journals
Official websiteutpress.utexas.edu

The University of Texas Press (or UT Press) is the university press of the University of Texas at Austin. Established in 1950, the Press publishes scholarly and trade books in several areas, including Latin American studies, Caribbean studies, U.S. Latinx studies, Texana, Native American studies, Black studies, Middle Eastern studies, Jewish studies, gender studies, film & media studies, music, art, architecture, archeology, classics, anthropology, food studies and natural history. The Press also publishes journals relating to their major subject areas.[2] The press produces approximately one hundred new books and thirteen journals each year.[3]

In 2025, the University of Texas Press celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary. During its time in operation, the press has published more than 4,000 titles.[4]

Awards

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The University of Texas Press has had two books on The New York Times Best Seller list: T.H. White's The Book of Merlyn (1977)[5] and Hanif Abdurraqib's Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (2019),[6] which was part of the American Music Series and which was on the long list for the 2019 National Book Award.[7]

Journals

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Formerly published journals

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Series

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  • 21st Century Film Essentials
  • American Music Series
  • Border Hispanisms
  • Chicana Matters
  • Cities and Communities of the Etruscans
  • CMES Binah Yitzrit Foundation Series in Israel Studies
  • CMES Emerging Voices from the Middle East
  • CMES Modern Middle East Literatures in Translation
  • Connected Histories of the Middle East and the Global South
  • Discovering America
  • Exploring Jewish Arts and Culture
  • Focus on American History Series
  • Fordyce W. Mitchel Memorial Lecture Series
  • Historia USA
  • Inter-America Series
  • The Katrina Bookshelf
  • Lateral Exchanges
  • Latin American Literature in Translation
  • Latinx: The Future is Now
  • Music Matters
  • The Oratory of Classical Greece
  • Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas
  • Southwestern and Mexican Photography Series, The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University
  • Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University
  • Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports
  • The Texas Bookshelf
  • Texas Film and Media Studies Series
  • Texas Legal Studies Series
  • Texas Natural History Guides
  • Tower Books Imprint
  • The University of Texas Health Press
  • World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series
  • Visualidades

Controversies

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University of Texas Press joined The Association of American Publishers trade organization in the Hachette v. Internet Archive lawsuit which resulted in the removal of access to over 500,000 books from global readers.[8][9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Welcome, Booksellers". The University of Texas Press. 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  2. ^ "University of Texas Press on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  3. ^ "Mission". University of Texas Press. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  4. ^ "UT Press Celebrates 75 Years of Publishing | The Alcalde". alcalde.texasexes.org. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  5. ^ "The Book of Merlyn". University of Texas Press. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  6. ^ "Go Ahead in the Rain". University of Texas Press. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  7. ^ Andrews, Meredith (2019-09-18). "Nonfiction - 70th National Book Awards". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
  8. ^ https://help.archive.org/help/why-are-so-many-books-listed-as-borrow-unavailable-at-the-internet-archive/
  9. ^ https://publishers.org/who-we-are/our-members/
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