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'''Georgetown University Press''', founded in 1964, is an American publishing house that publishes forty new books a year. The press is a member of the [[Association of American University Presses]] (AAUP) and a founding member of the [[Association of Jesuit University Presses]] (AJUP).<ref name=sjup>{{cite web |title = A.J.U.P. |url= http://www.sju.edu/sjupress/pages/ajup.html |publisher= [[Saint Joseph's University Press]] |accessdate=2010-08-17}}</ref>
'''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]], [[Language acquisition|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).<ref name="sjup">{{cite web |title = A.J.U.P. |url= http://www.sju.edu/sjupress/pages/ajup.html |publisher= [[Saint Joseph's University Press]] |accessdate=2010-08-17}}</ref>
It supports the academic mission of [[Georgetown University]] by publishing scholarly books and journals for a worldwide readership. These publications, written by an international group of authors, are peer-reviewed works. Georgetown University Press publishes a range of intellectual perspectives that reflect the academic and institutional strengths of Georgetown University.


The press publishes the ''[[Al-Kitaab series|Al-Kitaab]]''[[Al-Kitaab series| series]], the most widely used set of Arabic language textbook series in the United States.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|title = Arabic|date = June 2013|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=XxZbhSsqnUQC&lpg=RA2-PA2015&dq=al-kitaab%20series%20textbooks&pg=RA2-PA2014#v=snippet&q=al-kitaab&f=false|encyclopedia = Routledge Enyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning|last = Dickins|first = James|publisher = [[Routledge]]}}
Books are published in five subject areas: bioethics; international affairs and human rights; languages and linguistics; political science, public policy and public management; and religion and ethics. The press publishes [[Al-Kitaab]], the most widely used Arabic language learning textbook series at the college and professional level.{{fact|date=August 2011}} The series begins with ''Alif-Baa: An Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds'', and continues to help students achieve proficiency in the Arabic language. It also publishes language textbooks and interactive digital materials for languages including Spanish, Mandarin, Iraqi Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Syrian Arabic, Portuguese, Tajiki, and Uzbek.
</ref> It also publishes textbooks and digital materials for other languages including [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] Chinese, [[Iraqi Arabic]], [[Moroccan Arabic]], [[Syrian Arabic]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Tajik language|Tajik]], and [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]].

==Notable publications==
*''[[Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations]]'' - Roger Z. George and [[James B. Bruce]], Editors (2008)


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:33, 31 October 2014

Georgetown University Press
Georgetown University Press
Parent companyGeorgetown University
Founded1964
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationWashington, D.C.
Publication typesBooks
Official websitepress.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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