Founded in 1989 as a unique collaboration between the University of Rochester and Boydell & Brewer, the University of Rochester Press publishes books of high intellectual merit that reflect selected strengths of the university and contribute to scholarly dialogue in specific subject areas.
Our mission is the dissemination of scholarship to the academic community and to thoughtful general readers, particularly in the fields of musicology and music theory, African studies, European history, and the history of medicine.
New podcast series: The Humanities in the World
What role do the humanities play in shaping our world? How can literature, history, philosophy, and the arts help us understand—and change—the societies we live in?
The Humanities in the World is a podcast from the University of Rochester Press that brings together voices from across the globe to explore these urgent questions.Â
New and Forthcoming
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Featured Series
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Changing Perspectives on Early Modern Europe
Eastman Studies in Music
Eastman/Rochester Studies in Ethnomusicology
Film Senses: Cinematic Embodiments, Global Contexts
Gender and Race in American History
The Humanities in the World
Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora
Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe
Rochester Studies in Medical History
Rochester Studies in Medieval Political Thought
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