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Darrel Alejandro Holnes Receives Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize for “Stepmotherland”

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Darrel Alejandro Holnes, author of "Stepmotherland"

The University of Notre Dame Press is proud to announce that Darrel Alejandro Holnes received the 2022 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize for his first full-length collection Stepmotherland.…

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Erika Bachiochi’s “The Rights of Women” Named Finalist for ISI Conservative Book of the Year Award

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The Rights of Women

The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision by Erika Bachiochi (University of Notre Dame Press, July 2021), has been named a finalist for the 2022…

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Notre Dame Press Seeks Religion Editor and Promotes Two Staff Members

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The University of Notre Dame Press is accepting applications for Senior Acquisitions Editor. The Press seeks an innovative and experienced editor to acquire and develop 20–25 new scholarly and trade book projects each year in the areas of theology, philosophy, and religious studies. Here is the position…

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Notre Dame Press Features Conway Lecture Series During Medieval Institute’s 75th Anniversary

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Conway Lectures in Medieval Studies

This year, the University of Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Started in 1946 by Fr. Philip Moore, C.S.C, the Medieval Institute has been the leading institution in the United States for the study of medieval Catholic culture…

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Hammes Bookstore to Host Nancy Cavadini and Cecilia Cunningham's Book Signing for “Stories in Light”

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Stories In Light

On Saturday, October 30, 2021, from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM, authors Nancy Cavadini and Cecilia Davis Cunningham will sign copies of their book Stories in Light at the Hammes

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Notre Dame Press Celebrates University Press Week with Book Festival, Author Events, Sale, and Blog Tour

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University Press Week 2021

This year, University Press Week is November 8–12, 2021. “Keep UP,” this year’s theme, marks the tenth anniversary of University Press Week and celebrates how university presses have evolved over the past decade.

The inaugural UP Week theme in 2012…

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Colin Powell Biography Examines One of America’s Most Trusted and Admired Leaders

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Colin Powell

Jeffrey J. Matthews's book Colin Powell: Imperfect Patriot traces the rise to power and the professional life of American statesman and retired four-star general in the U.S. Army, Colin Powell (1937–2021).…

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Notre Dame Press Book Festival and Dirty Book Sale Coming in November

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Notre Dame Press Book Festival and Dirty Book Sale

The University of Notre Dame Press is pleased to announce our annual Notre Dame Press Book Festival and Dirty Book Sale will take place on November 9–10, 2021, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm EST, in the Hesburgh Library Concourse. For decades, graduate and…

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Marian Schwartz on the Translator’s Vocation and Bringing the Work of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn to an English-Speaking Audience

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Marian Schwartz, translator of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s "The Red Wheel: March 1917"

Since June 20, 2016, when Steve Wrinn, director of the University of Notre Dame Press, received an unsolicited email from his friend the agent Jeremy Beer about publishing Nobel prize–winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s English translations,…

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Hammes Bookstore to Host Greg Bourke’s Book Signing for “Gay, Catholic, and American” During LGBT History Month

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"Gay, Catholic, and American" author Greg Bourke

On Friday October 1, from 3:30 to 5:00 PM, Greg Bourke (ND '82) will sign copies of his new memoir Gay, Catholic, and American: My Legal Battle for Marriage Equality and Inclusion at the Hammes

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Book Launch for "Schism: Seventh-day Adventism in Post-Denominational China"

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Schism Handout Final 01

On Friday, October 15, 2021, 12:00pm EST–1:00pm, the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, University of Notre Dame, and University of Notre Dame Press will co-host a book launch for Schism:

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“Defending Muḥammad in Modernity” is a Finalist for the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence, Analytical-Descriptive Studies

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Defending Muḥammad in Modernity by SherAli Tareen

The University of Notre Dame Press is delighted to announce that Defending Muḥammad in Modernity by SherAli Tareen is a…

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Father Thomas Blantz to Sign Copies of “The University of Notre Dame: A History” at the Hammes Bookstore

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Father Thomas Blantz at the Hammes Bookstore

On Saturday, September 18, 2021, from 9:30 to 11:00am, Thomas E. Blantz, C.S.C., will sign copies of his book The University of Notre Dame: A History, at the Hammes

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Hammes Bookstore to Host James T. Connelly, C.S.C, Book Signing for “The History of the Congregation of Holy Cross”

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James T. Connelly, C.S.C., at Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore

On Friday, September 10, 2021, from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM, Notre Dame archivist and historian Father James T. Connelly, C.S.C, will sign copies of his book The History of the Congregation of Holy Cross

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Puerto Rico's Economic Crisis Addressed in New Book

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Boom and Bust in Puerto Rico

Who is to blame for the economic and political crisis in Puerto Rico—the United States or Puerto Rico? A. W. Maldonado, a retired journalist who spent more than fifty years covering Puerto Rico’s politics and economy as reporter and columnist, offers his own explanation. In Boom

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“Lessons from Walden” Receives APSA Best Book in American Political Thought Prize

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Lessons from Walden

The University of Notre Dame Press is delighted to announce that Lessons from Walden: Thoreau and the Crisis of American Democracy by Bob Pepperman Taylor won the American Political…

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Congratulations to 2021 Catholic Media Association Book Award Winners

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Catholic Media Association Book Awards 2021

University of Notre Dame Press titles received seven Catholic Media Association Book Awards on June 10, 2021, during this year’s Virtual Catholic Media Conference, “Anchored in Hope.”

The purpose of the Catholic

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Book Collects Influential Work of Notre Dame Political Philosopher, Yves R. Simon

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An Yves R. Simon Reader: The Philosopher's Calling

French Catholic (and then American) political philosopher Yves R. Simon was a student of Jacques Maritain and one of the most important figures in the revival of Thomism. In 1938, after earning international recognition as a Catholic thinker, the president of Notre Dame, Rev. John O’Hara, C.S.C.,…

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Book by LGBTQ+ Rights Activist Greg Bourke Announced During Gay Pride Month

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Greg Bourke Signing Galleys Of "Gay, Catholic, and American" at Carmichael's Bookstore, Louisville

In September, the University of Notre Dame Press will publish Gay, Catholic, and American: My Legal Battle for Marriage Equality and Inclusion by University of Notre Dame alumnus Greg Bourke (ND MA ’82). In this…

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Book Examines How Religion Has Been Co-Opted by Nationalist Populism

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Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy

"Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy . . . impart[s] a cogent, academic, and rich way of understanding how religion has been turned political weapon; it gives significant advice about what to do to address the problem . . . [and] explains how religious claims have been…

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Contending Modernities Book Symposium Examines “Defending Muḥammad in Modernity” by SherAli Tareen

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Defending Muḥammad in Modernity by SherAli Tareen

Contending Modernities (CM), based at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, is a major interdisciplinary effort to generate new knowledge…

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