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I will always remember her support, the discipline she inspired rather than required, and the fluid, sparkling stream of her conversation carried out in a voice so soft that i hear it in my mind whenever i reread wordsworths nutting and come to the line on the murmur, and. This posthumous collection of interviews and occasional papers given by castoriadis between 1974 and. Fordham mourns the loss of helen tartar, editorial director of fordham. Ideas often first come to mind and first enter prose in a struggle between the intangible spaces and shapes of thought and the hierarchies and linearities of syntax. Cynthia havens blog for the written word sunday, march 16, 2014 the first impression i had meeting legendary editor helen tartar a dozen years ago was silver. We are now accepting submissions for the 2020 harry levin prize. Helen tartar making introductions at the 2007 fordham press centennial event, living together. Fordham mourns the loss of helen tartar, editorial director of fordham university press fup, who was killed on march 3 in an automobile accident in colorado. Fordham university is an equal opportunity employer committed to the principle of equal opportunity in education and employment in compliance with title ix of the education amendments of 1972, section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973, title vi and title vii of the civil rights act of 1964, the age discrimination act of 1975, the americans. Narrative ethics in the maghreb fordham university press, 2019 was awarded the 2018 helen tartar book subvention award of. This was the citys first public library in the modern sense, a taxsupported, circulating collection free to every. The press publishes boundarybreaking print and digital books that bring. The fordham university press is a publishing house, a division of fordham university, that publishes primarily in the humanities and the social sciences.

Press director fred nachbaur said fordham will host a memorial service for tartar in the near future. Interviews and debates, 19741997hardback 2010 edition myrto gondicas, pascal vernay, helen arnold, enrique escobar cornelius castoriadis on. She saw my previous book into press with remarkable, intimate attention to matters both intellectual and practical. It is a reminder that the 1965 immigration and nationality act was designed to include europeans more than the africans, asians, and latin americans who came in greater numbers. She was a regular at american comparative literatureaclaandmodernlanguageassociationmlameetings,as. Editorial director, fordham university press, 19512014. The helen tartar memorial fund fordham university press university box l bronx, ny 10458 phone. Fordham university press editorial director helen tartar. If you have not made contact with a publisher before a book manuscript is complete this usually. Meditations on the political and biopolitical fordham university press. Contemporary poetry, crosscultural encounter, comparative literature by jacob edmond, fordham university press.

With the grant, tartar said that the press is interested in emphasizing scholarship that extends disciplinary boundaries in philosophy, religion and literature, and that showcases in fresh ways the. Fields may include literary or cultural theory or history, or any other field of comparative. Helen tartar, editorial director at fordham university press, discusses how the electronic dangerous citizens project came to be, and what the interinstitutional partnership enables for the book s author, anthropologist neni panourgia. The first impression i had meeting legendary editor helen tartar a dozen. The press remains as committed as ever to helen tartar s vision for a vibrant, critical, and creative publishing future. Us university presses to support publishing first books in literary and cultural studies. University press editor remembered by friends and family. A longtime editor at stanford university press, she was most recently editorial director at fordham university press. I was devastated to learn this morning of the death of helen tartar in a car accident.

When her position at stanford university press was eliminated in october. Posts about helen tartar written by jacob edmond a common strangeness. I also want to renew a profound intellectual joy i had, a sense of bringing truly exciting books into the world, things that will keep people thinking for decades. Helen told me on several occasions that her books were her children.

Helen tartar editorial director, fordham university press helen tartar. Foundation to support first books by fledgling academic authors. In her lifetime, the editorial director at fordham university press fup. The critical community staggers at the news that helen tartar, executive editor at fordham university press, perished on march 3 this week in an automobile accident in colorado. The sense of history stanford up, 1989 and nurtured it into print. My friend and first editor, helen tarter editorial director of fordham university press and formerly. Its list emphasizes american studies, anthropology, critical race theory, cultural studies, education, gender studies, history, literary studies, media and communications, medieval studies, philosophy, political theory, religion, sociology, theology, and. Fordham university press publishes scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences, as well as books of interest to the general public. If she had not been killed in an absurd traffic accident earlier this month, the great editor helen tartar would almost certainly be at a conference now, listening to papers, talking to authors and showing the latest books from fordham university press. She was wearing a calflength silvergray dress, with silver chandelier earrings and silver. After the close of the universitys medical school in 1922, the press operated under the graduate school of arts and sciences and began publishing textbooks in education, english, law, philosophy, and psychology. The book of imaginary planets2 objects of the visible language 5 notes on the enclosure of cores 12.

My friend and first editor, helen tarter editorial director of fordham university press and formerly editor at stanford university press died in a car accident on march 4th, 2014. Helen tartar 19512014, editorial director of fordham university press, was a genius and a true friend to humanities publishing in the us. Last week, helen tartar, editorial director, fordham university press, gave a presentation at the walsh library on fordham university, rose hill campus. Tartar joined fordham university press in 2003 after a 20year career in scholarly publishing on the west coast. Helen tartar was appointed editorial director in 2003, and fredric nachbaur. Fordham has established the helen tartar memorial fund, co fordham. Helen was snapped up by fordham university press to serve as its. It is the oldest catholic university press in the united states, and the seventholdest in the nation. Helen tartar, and to the many friends and teachers who have been indispensable in the creation of this book. Sanford thatcher, director of penn state university press and past president of the association of american university presses. In her lifetime, the editorial director at fordham university press fup helped shape and publish more than 600 scholarly books many of which were on display in a rotating slideshow at a memorial held on april 8 at fordham. She saw my previous book into press with remarkable, intimate. James walsh, dean of fordham s school of medicine, having gained the approval of the university, published the first title of the.

Throughout the 1990s and into the first year of the 21st century the press had steadily. She addressed questions facing academic authors as they go about publishing their first scholarly books. Fordham university press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic. Fordham university press was established in 1907 and is headquartered at the university s lincoln center campus. Hence her death in a denver car accident on march 3 came as a shock. Helen tartar 19512014 attended swarthmore college and yale university. Fordham university press gratefully acknowledges financial assistance and support provided for the publication of this book by the university of california, davis. Fordham university press publisher contact information. While both she and fordham university press editorial director helen tartar have read the first three parts of this analysis of a society adrift, neither has offered the least substantive challenge to the criticisms found therein. Fordham mourns the loss of helen tartar, editorial director of fordham university press fup, who was killed on march 3 in an automobile accident in colorado the university will hold a memorial for tartar on tuesday, april 8 at 6 p. This posthumous collection of interviews and occasional papers given by castoriadis between 1974 and 1997 is a lively. Fordham up announcement helen was a formative influence on my writing and career who took a gamble on my sprawling first book wordsworth. Helen tartar, editorial director of fordham university press, has died in a.

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the sudden death of helen tartar, editorial director of fordham university press. French thought has lost a great friend french culture. If translator helen arnold, fordham university press manager editor helen tartar, book blurber professor stathis gourgouris, and association cornelius castoriadis president vincent descombes who, unlike gourgouris, is an internationally distinguished public intellectual, as well are unable to answer these. Christopher lloyd gogwilt department of english comparative literature program fordham university. Hannah arendt, daniel berrigan, and jorge mario bergoglioaka pope francis. Writing a book proposal and choosing a publisher fordham. With what i hope can be best wishes, and what i dare not pray may be a halt in your really tedious accusations of helen arnold and the castoriadis family, which i expect are as annoying and unwelcome to many of your internet addressees as they are to me, helen tartar fordham university press.

During her tenure she produced more than 650 titles with the fordham university press imprint. Books published by fordham university press include an aquinas reader. Thank you to the editors of the following literary magazines in which some of these poems first appeared. The harry levin prize recognizes an outstanding first book in the discipline of comparative literature. But where words might fail at capturing the life of tartar, there are plenty of books. Part of my task in the job is to enhance the role of the press as an asset to the university, said tartar.

A profound intellectual joy the book haven stanford university. Helen tartar, editorial director of fordham university press, will be in charge of fordham s segment of titles in the collaborative program. Winner of the immigration and ethnic history society first book award whom we shall welcome has much to teach historians of immigration. Memorial set for fup longtime editorial director helen tartar. Helen tartar, editorial director, fordham university press.

Helen tartar, editorial director, fordham university press, 19512014. To continue her transformative editorial work, fordham university has established the helen tartar memorial fund. Over the coming days and weeks, there will no doubt be many tributes from eminent scholars and editors who knew helen much better than i did. Winner of the immigration and ethnic history society first. Fordham university press, established in 1907, the seventh oldest university press in the country and the nations oldest catholic university press, is the notforprofit publishing arm of the university. I want first to thankand honor helen tartar, who is a humanities editor for the ages. Fordham mourns the loss of helen tartar, editorial director of fordham university press fup, who. Multiversal fordham university institutional repository. Panelists helen tartar, editorial director at fordham university press.