About The Press

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

Kevin John Hart
Edwin B. Kyle Professor of Christian Studies & Chair
Department of Religious Studies, Univeristy of Virginia

Members

Stephen Arata
Associate Professor & Associate Chair
Department of English, University of Virginia

Suzanne W. Jones
Professor of English & Chair
Department of English, University of Richmond

Cynthia Kierner
Professor & Director of the PhD Program
Department of History and Art History, George Mason University

David E. Klein
Associate Professor
The Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia

Manuel T. Lerdau
Professor of Environmental Sciences
Department of Biology & Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia

Richard Longstreth
Professor & Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, George Washington University

Elizabeth K. Meyer
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
School of Architecture, University of Virginia

Elizabeth Varon
Professor
Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia

Ex Officio

J. Milton Adams
Vice Provost for Academic Programs, University of Virginia

Jonathan D. Bowen
Assistant to the President and Writer, University of Virginia

Penelope J. Kaiserlian
Executive Secretary, Director of University of Virginia Press