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 Epic of Ram, Volume 7
Tulsidas, translated by Philip Lutgendorf

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

Eclogues. Garden of the Hesperides
Giovanni Gioviano Pontano, edited and translated by Luke Roman

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

When Sorrow Comes: The Power of Sermons from Pearl Harbor to Black Lives Matter
Melissa M. Matthes

Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University
The Torture Camp on Paradise Street
Stanislav Aseyev, translated by Zenia Tompkins and Nina Murray

Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University
A Harvest Truce: A Play
Serhiy Zhadan, translated by Nina Murray

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Volume 3: Part 4: Yaxchilan
Barbara W. Fash, Alexandre Tokovinine, and Ian Graham

Harvard University Asia Center
Hong Kong Takes Flight: Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Global Hub, 1930s–1998
John D. Wong

Villa I Tatti: The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
Persian Manuscripts & Paintings from the Berenson Collection
Edited by Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım

Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard University
Poetry and the Polis in Euripidean Tragedy
Jonah Radding