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The University of Notre Dame Press is proud to announce that on March 9, 2023, six of our titles were selected as Finalists for the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. 

More than 2,500 entries in over 55 genres were submitted for consideration. The Finalists were determined by Foreword’s editorial team. Winners are now being decided for bronze, silver, and gold titles by teams of librarian and bookseller judges from across the country.…

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The University of Notre Dame Press is proud to celebrate two of our team members: Kathryn Pitts and Rachel Kindler.

It is with both joy and sorrow that we announce the retirement of Kathryn Pitts, Marketing and Publicity Director, on March 16th. For nearly three decades, Kathryn has led marketing and publicity campaigns for more than a thousand Notre Dame Press books and authors, which have included national and international media attention in The Guardian…

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As the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, His All-Holiness Bartholomew, Orthodox Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, has long been a beacon for strengthening interreligious and interfaith dialogues on the world stage. On April 1, 2023, the University of Notre Dame Press will publish Global Initiatives of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: Peace, Reconciliation, and Care for Creation…

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On Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 4:00pm EST, the Departments of English, German and Russian Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, and Theology at the University of Notre Dame, with the University of Notre Dame Press, will co-host a book symposium…

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On March 15, 2023, the University of Notre Dame Press will publish The Case for Parental Choice: God, Family, and Educational Liberty by John E. Coons…

Read More about Catholic Schools and the Common Good series launches first book, “The Case for Parental Choice”

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on December 31, 2022, at the age 95, and join the Church around the world in mourning this great loss.

Before he was elected pope in 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had a distinguished career as one of the most important theologians of the last century. It was widely held that “Benedict was the most influential intellectual force in the Church in a generation,” write Ian Fisher and Rachel Donadio in The New York Times…

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The University of Notre Dame Press is proud to announce that Beverly A. Tsacoyianis’s book Disturbing Spirits: Mental Illness, Trauma, and Treatment in Modern Syria and Lebanon has received a Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2022. This award is presented yearly to academic works on account of “their excellence in presentation and scholarship, the significance of their contribution to the field, their originality and value as an essential treatment of their subject, and significance in building undergraduate collections.” …

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The University of Notre Dame Press is proud to announce that Brenda Deen Schildgen, distinguished professor emerita of comparative literature at the University of California, Davis, received this year’s Helen and Howard Marraro Prize for her book Dante and Violence: Domestic, Civic, Cosmic…

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On March 1, 2023, the University of Notre Dame Press will publish Tomáš Halík's new book Touch the Wounds: On Suffering, Trust, and Transformation, translated by Gerald Turner. The book will be released during Lent.
 
Czech Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian, and scholar, Tomáš Halík is a best-selling author in Europe and the United States. His previous books with Notre Dame Press, I Want You to Be: On the God of Love…

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The University of Notre Dame Press is proud to present its Spring 2023 catalog. This collection will engage readers across a variety of disciplines, including theology, philosophy, political science, and other areas that align with the academic strengths of the University of Notre Dame. These titles illustrate our commitment to maintaining an innovative and sustainable publishing program with our campus partners and our internationally acclaimed list of authors.
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As University Press Week enters its second decade of celebrating excellence in university press publishing, Next UP has been chosen as the theme for this year’s event.

The theme highlights the dedicated work performed by those in the university press community to seek out, engage, advance, and promote the latest scholarship, ideas, best practices, and technology. University presses are incredibly creative and resourceful, working in concert with their authors, readers, and institutional and business partners, and Next UP…

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As part of University Press Week, the University of Notre Dame Press will host the traveling exhibition of the 2022 Association of University Presses (AUPresses) Book, Jacket, and Journal Show…

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Vickie Vértiz is the 2022 winner of the Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry. Vértiz is an award-winning Mexican American poet, writer, and professor whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Los Angeles Review of Books…

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During this year's Nobel Prize season, the University of Notre Dame Press is proud to announce the release of a new paperback edition of our Nobel Prize in Literature winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's March 1917: The Red Wheel, Node III, Book 2…

Read More about Nobel Prize–winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “March 1917, Book 2,” is Available in a Paperback Edition

The University of Notre Dame Press is pleased to announce our annual Notre Dame Press Book Festival and Book Sale will take place on November 15–16, 2022, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm EST, in the Hesburgh Library Concourse. Every year, students, faculty, and community members flock to the Book Festival and Book Sale to peruse and purchase paperback and hardback books at exceptionally low prices. Offerings include a huge selection of overstock and damaged books at $5 paperback and $7 hardback, new and recent titles at a 40% discount, autographed books, and prizes.…

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On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at 4:00PM EST, the Kroc Institute, Kellogg Institute, Theology Department, and Center for Social Concerns…

Read More about Book Launch for “Who Are My People?” by ND Professor Emmanuel Katongole

The University of Notre Dame Press is excited to announce that we have added two new team members in marketing/sales and acquisitions: Katie Campbell, Marketing and Sales Assistant, and Megan Levine, Editorial Assistant.

Katie Campbell comes to Notre Dame Press from PLUS (Professional Liability Underwriting Society) in St. Paul, Minnesota, where they were a content specialist. Katie, who graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2018, has held publishing internships at Ave Maria Press and Notre Dame Press and is the founder of Ketchup Creative Writing Group. We are delighted to have them back under the Golden Dome. You can reach Katie at: kcampbe9@nd.edu…

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The recent reversal of Roe V. Wade, combined with President Joe Biden’s latest 42% job approval ratings, lend themselves to a potentially unpredictable outcome in the United States midterm elections on November 8, 2022. University of Notre Dame professor emeritus Robert…

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This year, The Land Institute is bringing back its Prairie Festival 2022 after a two-year hiatus from its outdoor venue in Salina, Kansas. Wes Jackson, co-founder and president emeritus of The Land Institute, and one of the foremost figures in the international sustainable agriculture movement,…

Read More about Legendary Land Institute Co-Founder Wes Jackson to Discuss “An Inconvenient Apocalypse” at Prairie Festival 2022

Every year, National Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month runs from September 15 through October 15, commemorating the history, culture, and contributions of Americans whose ancestry can be traced to over 20 countries in Latin America, including Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. During this year’s celebration, the University of Notre Dame Press is happy to announce its release of…

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