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University Presses Respond to September 11, Then and Now

Reflections on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and how university presses can aid in understanding the incomprehensible.

September 9, 2021
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AUPresses Joins Statement Opposing Restrictions on Teaching about Racism and American History

Attempts to ban frank discussion of our shared national and global past, or to legislate against critical tools of humanistic scholarship, are antithetical to the Association’s core values of intellectual freedom and integrity.

June 16, 2021
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AUPresses Statement on Anti-Asian Violence

As we address anti-Asian racism in our society as well as intersectional misogynistic violence that is evident in the Atlanta tragedy, humanistic and social sciences scholarship, published by university presses, offers a rigorous foundation for necessary understanding and change.

March 19, 2021
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AUPresses Responds to the 1776 Report

We note that this report is plagued by procedural deficiencies that would render it unpublishable as a serious work of scholarship.

January 19, 2021
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AUPresses Reacts to Insurrection at the US Capitol

We commit with renewed vigor to publishing the truth, however uncomfortable, to speaking facts to power, and to advancing knowledges that can help all of us to bring about justice and equity in this world.

January 7, 2021
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AUPresses Responds to US Copyright Office Study

AUPresses' reply comments assert that, as both producers and consumers of copyright, university presses respect and uphold the law.

October 22, 2020
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