{{Short description|University press that is part of New York University}}
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| image        = NYU Press.jpg
| parent       = [[New York University]]
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| founded      = 1916
| founder      = [[Elmer Ellsworth Brown]]
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| country      = [[United States]]
| headquarters = [[New York, New York]]
| distribution = [[Ingram Publisher Services]] (US)<ref>{{Cite web| title = Customer Service| work = NYU Press| access-date = 2017-11-02| url = https://nyupress.org/customer-service/}}</ref><br>Combined Academic Publishers (UK)<ref>{{Cite web| title = Marston Book Services| access-date = 2017-12-04| url = http://www.marston.co.uk/marston-client-list/}}</ref>
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| publications = [[Book]]s
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| url          = {{URL|https://nyupress.org/}}
}}

'''New York University Press''' (or '''NYU Press''') is a [[university press]] that is part of [[New York University]].

== History ==
NYU Press was founded in 1916 by the then chancellor of NYU, [[Elmer Ellsworth Brown]].<ref name="NYU Press history">{{Cite web|url=http://nyupress.org/about/history.aspx|title=NYU Press » History|publisher=nyupress.org|access-date=5 October 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512153026/http://nyupress.org/about/history.aspx|archive-date=12 May 2013}}</ref>

== Directors ==
* Arthur Huntington Nason, 1916–1932
* No director, 1932–1946
* Jean B. Barr (interim director), 1946–1952
* Filmore Hyde, 1952–1957
* Wilbur McKee, acting director, 1957–1958
* William B. Harvey, 1958–1966
* Christopher Kentera, 1966–1974
* Malcolm C. Johnson, 1974–1981
* Colin Jones, 1981–1996
* Niko Pfund, 1996–2000
* Steve Maikowski, 2001–2014
* Ellen Chodosh, 2014–2024
* Eric Schwartz, 2024–present<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nyupress.org/about-nyupress/history/|title=History|access-date=2016-10-05}}</ref>

== Notable publications ==
Once best known for publishing ''[[Walt Whitman|The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman]]'', NYU Press has now published numerous award-winning scholarly works, such as ''Convergence Culture'' (2007) by [[Henry Jenkins]], ''The Rabbi's Wife'' (2006) by [[Shuly Rubin Schwartz|Shuly Schwartz]], and ''The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust'' (2002).<ref name = "NYU Press history"/> Other well-known names published by the press include [[Cary Nelson]], [[Jonathon Hafetz]], [[Samuel R. Delany]], and [[Mark Denbeaux]].

==See also==
{{Portal|Literature|New York City}}
* [[List of English-language book publishing companies]]
* [[List of university presses]]
* [[Library of Arabic Literature]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://nyupress.org/}}

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[[Category:New York University mass media|Press]]
[[Category:University presses of the United States]]
[[Category:Book publishing companies based in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Publishing companies based in New York City]]