Georgetown University Press

Georgetown University Press
Parent company Georgetown University
Founded 1964
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Washington, D.C.
Publication types Books
Official website press.georgetown.edu

Georgetown University Press is a university press affiliated with Georgetown University that publishes about forty new books a year. The press's major subject areas include bioethics, international affairs, languages and linguistics, political science, public policy, and religion.

It was founded in 1964, and is a member of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) and a founding member of the Association of Jesuit University Presses (AJUP).[1]

The press publishes the Al-Kitaab series, the most widely used set of Arabic language textbook series in the United States.[2] It also publishes textbooks and digital materials for other languages including Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Iraqi Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Syrian Arabic, Portuguese, Tajik, and Uzbek.

References

  1. "A.J.U.P.". Saint Joseph's University Press. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  2. Dickins, James (June 2013). "Arabic". Routledge Enyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning. Routledge.

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