The University of Alabama Press is a university press founded in 1945 and is the scholarly publishing arm of the University of Alabama. An editorial board composed of representatives from all doctoral degree granting public universities within Alabama oversees the publishing program. Projects are selected that support, extend, and preserve academic research. The Press also publishes books that foster an understanding of the history and culture of this state and region. The Press strives to publish works in a wide variety of formats such as print, electronic, and on-demand technologies to ensure that the works are widely available.
The University of Alabama Press publishes in a variety of subject areas, including anthropology and archeology, biography and memoir, the Civil Rights movement, fiction, food and agriculture, gender and sexuality studies, the history of medicine, Judaism and Holocaust studies, Latin American and Caribbean studies, language and linguistics, law and legal studies, literary criticism, military studies and military history, Native American studies, nature, religion, rhetoric, and sports.[7]
As the only academic publisher for the state of Alabama, The University of Alabama Press has in the past undertaken publishing partnerships with such institutions as the Birmingham Museum of Art and Samford University, and The College of Agriculture, the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, and the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities at Pebble Hill[8] at Auburn University. It serves as the publisher of the Fiction Collective Two (FC2) imprint for experimental fiction.
James B. McMillan Building houses the offices of UAP.[9]
The University of Alabama Press was founded in the fall of 1945 with James Benjamin McMillan as founding director.[10][11] The Press's first work was Roscoe C. Martin's New Horizons in Public Administration, which appeared in February 1946. In 1964, the Press joined the organization now known as the Association of University Presses.
In January, 2023, the University of Alabama Press joined the University of Alabama Libraries.[12]
The University of Alabama Press publishes Theatre History Studies, the journal of the Mid-America Theatre Conference.[14] It also publishes Theatre Symposium, an annual scholarly publication featuring papers presented at the annual two-day conference of the Southeastern Theatre Conference.[15]
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The University of Alabama Press is a university press founded in 1945 and is the scholarly publishing arm of the University of Alabama An editorial board composed of representatives from all doctoral degree granting public universities within Alabama oversees the publishing program Projects are selected that support extend and preserve academic research The Press also publishes books that foster an understanding of the history and culture of this state and region The Press strives to publish works in a wide variety of formats such as print electronic and on demand technologies to ensure that the works are widely available University of Alabama PressParent companyUniversity of AlabamaFounded1945 79 years ago 1945 FounderJames Benjamin McMillanCountry of origin United StatesHeadquarters locationTuscaloosa AlabamaDistributionChicago Distribution Center USA 1 University of British Columbia Press Canada 2 RTM Asia Pacific Book Marketing 3 Eurospan Group EMEA 4 Publication typesBooks JournalsNo of employees18 5 Official websiteUAPress ua edu 6 The University of Alabama Press publishes in a variety of subject areas including anthropology and archeology biography and memoir the Civil Rights movement fiction food and agriculture gender and sexuality studies the history of medicine Judaism and Holocaust studies Latin American and Caribbean studies language and linguistics law and legal studies literary criticism military studies and military history Native American studies nature religion rhetoric and sports 7 As the only academic publisher for the state of Alabama The University of Alabama Press has in the past undertaken publishing partnerships with such institutions as the Birmingham Museum of Art and Samford University and The College of Agriculture the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art and the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts amp Humanities at Pebble Hill 8 at Auburn University It serves as the publisher of the Fiction Collective Two FC2 imprint for experimental fiction Contents 1 History 2 Journals 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory edit nbsp James B McMillan Building houses the offices of UAP 9 The University of Alabama Press was founded in the fall of 1945 with James Benjamin McMillan as founding director 10 11 The Press s first work was Roscoe C Martin s New Horizons in Public Administration which appeared in February 1946 In 1964 the Press joined the organization now known as the Association of University Presses In January 2023 the University of Alabama Press joined the University of Alabama Libraries 12 It was awarded the General Basil W Duke Award from the Military Order of the Stars and Bars for its re publication of Marcus B Toney s Civil War memoir The Privations of a Private in 2006 13 Journals editThe University of Alabama Press publishes Theatre History Studies the journal of the Mid America Theatre Conference 14 It also publishes Theatre Symposium an annual scholarly publication featuring papers presented at the annual two day conference of the Southeastern Theatre Conference 15 See also edit nbsp Literature portal nbsp Alabama portalList of English language book publishing companies List of university pressesReferences edit Publishers served by the Chicago Distribution Center University of Chicago Press Retrieved 2017 09 12 Publishers Represented UBCPress ca University of British Columbia Press Retrieved December 2 2023 Resources for Bookstores uapress ua edu University of Alabama Retrieved December 2 2023 University Presses Eurospan co uk Eurospan Group Retrieved 2 December 2023 Contact Us UAPress ua edu University of Alabama Retrieved 2 December 2023 University of Alabama Press UAPress ua edu University of Alabama Retrieved December 2 2023 AUPresses Subject Area Grid aupresses org The Association of University Presses Retrieved 2 December 2023 Pebble Hill Auburn University College of Liberal Arts Auburn University Retrieved 2023 11 29 James B McMillan Building Interactive Map of the University of Alabama University of Alabama Retrieved 2 December 2023 Slowe Betty April 12 2010 LOOKING BACK Tuscaloosa News Retrieved 15 August 2021 McMILLAN JAMES BENJAMIN 1907 1996 Alabama Authors Retrieved 15 August 2021 Kirch Claire J D Wilson Joins U of Alabama Press as Director PublishersWeekly com PWxyz LLC Retrieved 2 December 2023 History Honors Given to UA Press The Montgomery Advertiser September 17 2006 p 69 Retrieved May 25 2018 via Newspapers com Theatre History Studies The MATC Journal MATC com Mid America Theatre Conference Retrieved 2 December 2023 Publications SETC org The Southeastern Theatre Conference Retrieved 2 December 2023 External links editOfficial website nbsp This article about a university or college in Alabama is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a United States publishing company is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University 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