Georgetown University Press is a
university press affiliated with
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789 as Georgetown College, the university has grown to comprise eleven undergraduate and graduate ...
that publishes about forty new books a year. The press's major subject areas include
bioethics
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,
international affairs,
languages
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and
linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Ling ...
,
political science
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,
public policy
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, and
religion
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.
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).
The press publishes the ''
Al-Kitaab''
series, the most widely used set of Arabic language textbook series in the United States.
[
] It also publishes textbooks and digital materials for other languages including
Spanish,
Mandarin Chinese,
Iraqi Arabic,
Moroccan Arabic
Moroccan Arabic ( ar, العربية المغربية الدارجة, translit=al-ʻArabīya al-Maghribīya ad-Dārija ), also known as Darija (), is the dialectal, vernacular form or forms of Arabic spoken in Morocco. It is part of the Maghre ...
,
Syrian Arabic,
Portuguese,
Tajik, and
Uzbek.
References
External links
Georgetown University Press(official website)
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Georgetown University publications
Association of Jesuit University Presses
University presses of the United States
Book publishing companies of the United States
Publishing companies established in 1964