Parent company | Georgetown University |
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Founded | 1964 |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Washington, D.C. |
Distribution | Hopkins Fulfillment Services (US) iGroup (Asia) Footprint Books (Australasia) Brunswick Books (Canada) NBN International (EMEA)[1] |
Publication types | Books, Journals |
Official website | press |
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 University Presses (AAUP) and a founding member of the Association of Jesuit University Presses (AJUP).[2]
The press publishes the Al-Kitaab series, the most widely used set of Arabic language textbook series in the United States.[3] It also publishes textbooks and digital materials for other languages including Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Iraqi Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Syrian Arabic, Portuguese, Tajik, and Uzbek.