Private company

University of Texas Press

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Publisher

The University of Texas Press (or UT Press) is the university press of the University of Texas at Austin. Established in 1950, the Press publishes scholarly and trade books in several areas, including Latin American studies, Caribbean studies, U.S. Latinx studies, Texana, Native American studies, Black studies, Middle Eastern studies, Jewish studies, gender studies, film & media studies, music, art, architecture, archaeology, classics, anthropology, food studies and natural history. The Press also publishes journals relating to their major subject areas.² It employed 31 people in 2025.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1950Founded¹

HeadquartersAustin¹
Websiteutpress.utexas.edu

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The University of Texas Press (or UT Press) is the university press of the University of Texas at Austin. Established in 1950, the Press publishes scholarly and trade books in several areas, including Latin American studies, Caribbean studies, U.S. Latinx studies, Texana, Native American studies, Black studies, Middle Eastern studies, Jewish studies, gender studies, film & media studies, music, art, architecture, archaeology, classics, anthropology, food studies and natural history. The Press also publishes journals relating to their major subject areas. The Press produces approximately one hundred new books and thirteen journals each year.²

The story

The University of Texas Press was formally founded in 1950, though the University of Texas had been using the name as an imprint since 1922 in order to distribute and print faculty books. Frank H. Wardlaw was the Press's first director, serving in the position from 1950 to 1974. The Press established a scholarly journals division in 1976. In 1986, John H. Kyle started an endowed fellowship program to help the university's graduates start careers in publishing. Responding to the advent of new digital technologies in the 1990s, the Press released multiple CD-ROMs, including Thrinaxodon: Digital Atlas of the Skull (1993) and Wiyuta: Assiniboine Storytelling with Signs (1995).

From its beginning, the Press developed a strong catalogue of books on Latin American studies and published a number of significant works of literature in translation by authors like Juan Rulfo, Octavio Paz, Jorge Luis Borges, and Pablo Neruda. The Press's first book was a translation of The Florida of the Inca, written by Gracilaso de la Vega and translated by John and Jeannette Varner. The book remains in print as of 2025.

From Wikipedia’s article on University of Texas Press, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

University of Texas at Austin

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Employees over time

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Controversies and legal

Controversies

University of Texas Press joined The Association of American Publishers trade organization in the Hachette v. Internet Archive lawsuit which resulted in the removal of access to over 500,000 books from global readers.