University of Tartu Press ( et, Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus) is a

university press A university press is an academic publishing house specializing in monographs and scholarly journals. Most are nonprofit organizations and an integral component of a large research university. They publish work that has been reviewed by schola ...

and

publishing house Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

owned by the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

. Tartu University Press dates its history back to 1632, when University of Tartu was founded. It is the largest

in Estonia. It produces academic books and journals, including the international journal of

semiotics Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the systematic study of sign processes ( semiosis) and meaning making. Semiosis is any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, where a sign is defined as anything that communicates something ...

, ''

Sign Systems Studies ''Sign Systems Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal on semiotics edited at the Department of Semiotics of the University of Tartu and published by the University of Tartu Press. It is the oldest periodical in the field. It was initially ...

'', Baltic Journal of Art History, a book series '' Tartu Semiotics Library'', etc. University of Tartu Press is a member of the Association of European University Presses. The publishing house publishes dissertations, scientific literature and educational literature, as well as scientific serials and magazines. Since 2012, only pre-reviewed educational and research publications have been published under the Tartu University Press brand.

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