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| Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales |
| Founded | 1990s |
| Headquarters | Santiago, Chile |
| Parent | Universidad Diego Portales |
| Publications | Books, journals |
| Topics | Humanities, Social Sciences, Literature |
Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales is an academic and cultural publishing imprint associated with Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago. It issues monographs, essay collections, critical editions, and literary works that engage with Latin American studies, Chilean culture, and international scholarship. The imprint collaborates with universities, cultural institutions, libraries, and archives across the Americas and Europe.
Founded amid the intellectual milieu that followed the return to democracy in Chile, the press emerged in dialogue with institutions such as Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Universidad de Concepción, and cultural centers like Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Its early projects intersected with initiatives led by figures linked to Michelle Bachelet, Patricio Aylwin, Ricardo Lagos, Andrés Bello, and scholars associated with Casa de las Américas, Instituto de Chile, and Centro de Estudios Públicos. Collaborations and exchanges involved archives and museums including Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Santiago), Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Archivo Nacional de Chile, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Chile), and international partners like Bibliothèque nationale de France, British Library, Library of Congress, and Biblioteca Nacional de España.
Throughout its history the imprint has responded to intellectual currents from thinkers connected to Enrique Lihn, Nicanor Parra, Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, Roberto Bolaño, Isabel Allende, Raúl Zurita, Néstor Kirchner, Gabriel García Márquez, Octavio Paz, Jorge Luis Borges, Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, César Vallejo, Julio Cortázar, Alejo Carpentier, José Martí, and organizations such as UNESCO, Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos, and FLACSO.
The press operates within the governance structures of Universidad Diego Portales and coordinates with faculties like Facultad de Humanidades, Facultad de Derecho (UDP), Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, and research centers that include Centro de Estudios Interculturales, Instituto de Historia de Chile, Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos and libraries such as Biblioteca de Santiago. Its mission aligns with cultural policies influenced by ministries and agencies such as Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio (Chile), Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, and collaborates with foundations like Fundación Andes, Fundación Pablo Neruda, Fundación Neruda, Fundación Mapfre, and Fundación Ford.
Editorial leadership liaises with academic committees, boards and networks that connect with institutions including Harvard University, Yale University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Columbia University, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad de Salamanca, and regional consortia such as Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe (Redalyc), Scielo.
The catalog spans humanities and social sciences with collections comparable to series issued by Fondo de Cultura Económica, Siglo XXI Editores, Alfaguara, Editorial Planeta, Anagrama, Editorial Universitaria (Chile), and Editorial Universitaria Ramón Areces. Series address cultural criticism, legal studies, history, literary criticism, and visual arts, intersecting with topics explored by journals and presses such as Revista de Occidente, La Revista de Occidente, Nueva Sociedad, Revista de Historia de América, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Hispanic Review, and university presses including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Princeton University Press, Harvard University Press, and University of Chicago Press.
Collections include critical editions, translations, conference proceedings, and pedagogical texts used in programs at Universidad de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (Chile), and cultural series that collaborate with festivals like Festival Internacional de Teatro Santiago a Mil and FILSA - Feria Internacional del Libro de Santiago.
Authors in the catalog represent a range of Chilean, Latin American, and international figures such as Alejandro Zambra, Roberto Ampuero, Hernán del Solar, Sergio Villalobos, Tomás Moulian, María Luisa Bombal, Violeta Parra, Cecilia Vicuña, Nicanor Parra, Enrique Lihn, Catalina Parra, Patricio Guzmán, Miguel Littín, Isabel Allende, Roberto Bolaño, Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo, Juan Rulfo, Octavio Paz, Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Monsiváis, Eduardo Galeano, Ricardo Piglia, Luis Sepúlveda, Andrea Jeftanovic, and researchers from CONICYT and ANID.
Notable works include critical editions, translated texts, and scholarly monographs that have entered academic curricula alongside canonical texts by Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Jorge Luis Borges, María Zambrano, Rosario Castellanos, José Donoso, Alberto Fuguet, Néstor Kirchner-era studies, and comparative studies referencing authors like Thomas Mann, Sigmund Freud, Walter Benjamin, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Jürgen Habermas, Pierre Bourdieu, Paul Ricoeur, and Homi K. Bhabha.
Manuscript selection involves peer review by scholars affiliated with universities and institutes such as Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad de São Paulo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Salamanca, King's College London, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Universität Heidelberg, Freie Universität Berlin, Sciences Po, The New School, and research networks like Red Iberoamericana de Historia de las Ideas.
Production workflows coordinate with bibliographic and editorial standards used by Library of Congress, ISBN Agency (Chile), International ISBN Agency, Dewey Decimal Classification, and citation practices common in journals such as Hispanic American Historical Review, Latin American Research Review, and Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies.
Distribution channels include university bookstores, national book fairs like Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires, FIL Bogotá, Frankfurt Book Fair, Feria del Libro de Guadalajara, and partnerships with distributors and retailers such as Librería Nacional, Antártica, El Mercurio, La Tercera, cultural foundations including Fundación Neruda, Fundación Pablo Neruda, Cervantes Institute, and collaborations with international publishers like Fondo de Cultura Económica, Anagrama, Siglo XXI, Editorial Universitaria (UChile), Cambridge University Press, and Oxford University Press.
The press also engages in digitization projects with institutions like Google Books, HathiTrust, WorldCat, Redalyc, and regional consortia including Bibliotecas Patrimoniales de Chile.
Titles and authors associated with the press have been recognized in contexts including Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile, Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso, Premio Miguel de Cervantes, Premio Reina Sofía, Premio FIL de Literatura en Lenguas Romances, Premio Rómulo Gallegos, Premio Gabriel García Márquez de Periodismo, Premio Nacional de Historia (Chile), and citations in international prize lists such as Man Booker International Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature, and honors from cultural institutions like UNESCO and Instituto Cervantes.
Category:Academic publishing houses Category:Publishing companies of Chile