Heather Hughes

“I work closely with the editorial boards and translators of the Murty Classical Library of India, Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, and I Tatti Renaissance Library to present classics from around the globe in new English translations alongside authoritative editions of the original-language texts. With Sharmila Sen, I oversee aspects of editorial, production, and promotion for these iconic series, publishing everything from poetry to scientific treatises, from legal studies to biographies in support of their shared mission: bringing enduring masterpieces to new audiences of students, scholars, and avid readers. I am dedicated to publishing translations that bridge time, space, and cultures to expand the boundaries of literature.

In addition, I collaborate with Harvard University Press partners through our Distributed Book program, providing publishing expertise that supports in-depth scholarship and complex illustrated volumes. The Harvard University Asia Center, the Center for Hellenic Studies, the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Peabody Museum Press, and publishing initiatives at Harvard Law School are among our extensive list of distribution clients. I welcome new Distributed Book projects and partnerships.

I am also the acquisitions editor for select Harvard University Press titles in the humanities and social sciences, with recent publications in law, history, religion, political science, and cultural studies.”

Contact: [email address] • @birdmaddgirl

Recent Harvard University Press Facing-Page Translations and Distributed Books

Sur’s Ocean: Classic Hindi Poetry in Translation
Surdas, translated by John Stratton Hawley

The Kannada Mahabharata, Volume 1
Kumaravyasa, edited by S. N. Sridhar, translated by C. N. Ramachandran and Narayan Hegde

Medical Writings from Early Medieval England, Volume I: The Old English Herbal, Lacnunga, and Other Texts
Edited and translated by John D. Niles and Maria A. D’Aronco

Portraits of Learned Men
Paolo Giovio, edited and translated by Kenneth Gouwens

Threat of Dissent: A History of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation in the United States
Julia Rose Kraut

Harvard FAS CAMLab
The Liu Kuo-sung Reader: Selected Texts on and by the Artist, 1950s–Present
Edited by Eugene Y. Wang, Valerie C. Doran, and Alan C. Yeung

Ilex Foundation
Naqqali Trilogy: Azhdahak, Arash, Testament of Bondar Bidakhsh
Bahram Beyzaie, translated by Richard Saul Chason and Nikta Sabouri

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Segregation and Resistance in the Landscapes of the Americas
Edited by Eric Avila and Thaïsa Way

Harvard University Asia Center
Meanings of Antiquity: Myth Interpretation in Premodern Japan
Matthieu Felt

Harvard University Asia Center
Vietnam: Navigating a Rapidly Changing Economy, Society, and Political Order
Edited by Borje Ljunggren and Dwight H. Perkins

Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University
The Frontline: Essays on Ukraine’s Past and Present
Serhii Plokhy

Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University
The Length of Days: An Urban Ballad
Volodymyr Rafeyenko, translated by Sibelan Forrester, with an Afterword by Marci Shore