ABOUT THE PRESS
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS was founded in 1963 to advance the intellectual interests not only of the University of Virginia, but of institutions of higher learning throughout the state. A member of the Association of American University Presses, UVaP currently publishes fifty to sixty new titles annually. New titles are approved by the Board of Directors after a rigorous process of peer review. The UVaP editorial program focuses primarily on the humanities and social sciences with special concentrations in American history, African American studies, southern studies, literature, ecocriticism, and regional books. While it continuously pursues new titles, UVaP also maintains a backlist of over 1,000 titles in print.
Active series include the Papers of George Washington; the Papers of James Madison; the Victorian Literature and Culture Series; CARAF Books (translations of Francophone literature); New World Studies; Cultural Frames, Framing Culture; the Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies; Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism; The American South Series; A Nation Divided: New Studies in the Civil War; Constitutionalism and Democracy; Race, Ethnicity, and Politics; Reconsiderations in Southern African History; Studies in Early Modern German History; Studies in Religion and Culture; Southern Texts Society; and the Virginia Bookshelf series of regional reprints.
Current and prospective authors, please see our Information for Authors page. For information about open positions at the Press or our internship program, see our Opportunities page.
Information on Rights and Permissions may be found here.
Board of Directors
Chair
David E. Klein
Associate Professor
The Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia
Members
Karen Chase
Professor
Department of English, University of VirginiaJames F. Childress
Professor
Department of Religious Studies, University of VirginiaSuzanne W. Jones
Professor of English & Chair
Department of English, University of RichmondCynthia Kierner
Professor & Director of the PhD Program
Department of History and Art History, George Mason UniversityGabrielle Lanier
Professor
Department of History, James Madison UniversityMichael Lee
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Department of Architectural History, University of VirginiaH. H. (Hank) Shugart
Professor and Director of Center for Regional Environmental Studies
Department of Environmental History, University of VirginiaElizabeth Varon
Professor
Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia
Ex Officio
J. Milton Adams
Vice Provost for Academic Programs, University of VirginiaJonathan D. Bowen
Assistant to the President and Writer, University of VirginiaMark Saunders
Executive Secretary, Interim Director of University of Virginia Press