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World Arabic Language Day

This World Arabic Language Day, we're excited to celebrate by revisiting one of our Arabic novels in translation. Div…

December 18, 2024

Julian Richards - Pakistan's ISI: A Concise History of the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate

Julian Richards’ book Pakistan ISI is a deep dive into the narrative and history of Pakistan’s Inter-Serv…

December 16, 2024

Ki Joo Choi: Art and Moral Change

Art and Moral Change by Ki Joo Choi intertwines philosophy and the arts by proposing that we view morality through th…

December 5, 2024

Roger Z. George & Robert Levine: The CIA Intelligence Analyst

The CIA Intelligence Analyst by Roger Z. George and Robert Levine bring a new angle to the literature surrounding the…

November 19, 2024

Amàlia Llombart-Huesca: Spelling in Spanish Heritage Language Education

Spelling in Spanish Heritage Language Education by Amàlia Llombart-Huesca focuses on the importance of spellin…

November 4, 2024

Conor M. Kelly and Kristin E. Heyer: The Moral Vision of Pope Francis

Conor M. Kelly and Kristin E. Heyer’s The Moral Vision of Pope Francis explores Pope Francis’ papacy and…

October 29, 2024

Judith A. Dwyer: High-Impact Leadership in Catholic Education

In High-Impact Leadership in Catholic Education, Judith A. Dwyer draws upon her experience in teaching and administra…

October 7, 2024

Sara Castro: Mission to Mao

Mission to Mao: US Intelligence and the Chinese Communists in World War II by Sara B. Castro tells the story of the &…

October 1, 2024

Sarah Dusek: Thinking Bigger

In Thinking Bigger, entrepreneur Sarah Dusek provides an essential guide for women entrepreneurs to get the financing…

September 23, 2024

Marrianne McMullen: Persuasive

In Persuasive, Marrianne McMullen provides a fresh model for planning effective communications campaigns. Read on for…

August 27, 2024

Celebrating Women in Translation Month with Reem Bassiouney

Happy Women in Translation Month to all who celebrate! Last year we published the English translation Al-Qata'i: Ibn…

August 22, 2024

Jacob M. Kohlhaas & Mary M. Doyle Roche: Modern Catholic Family Teaching

Modern Catholic Family Teaching by Jacob M. Kohlhaas and Mary M. Doyle Roche engages with Catholic Family Teaching (C…

August 9, 2024

Sofia Tzamarelou: Intelligence in Democratic Transitions

Intelligence in Democratic Transitions by Sofia Tzamarelou presents a new comparative analysis of Portugal, Greece, a…

August 1, 2024

David Hollenbach, SJ: Human Rights in a Divided World

Human Rights in a Divided World by David Hollenbach, SJ details today’s threats to human rights and how Catholi…

July 31, 2024

Founding of Washington, DC: A Reading List

On this day in 1790 the United States Congress passed the Residence Act, selecting a site on the Potomac River as the…

July 16, 2024

Anthony Ekpo: The Roman Curia

The Roman Curia: History, Theology, and Organization by Anthony Ekpo seeks to demystify the Roman Curia, providing a…

July 9, 2024

Anne Fountain: Indigenous America in the Spanish Language Classroom

Indigenous America in the Spanish Language Classroom by Anne Fountain provides a framework for Spanish teachers of al…

July 1, 2024

David J. O'Regan: The Auditor's Companion

The Auditor's Companion is the only comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary covering the concepts and language of aud…

June 20, 2024

Emrah Safa Gürkan: Spies for the Sultan

Translated from Turkish into English, Spies for the Sultan is a fascinating history of intelligence practices and the…

May 30, 2024

Nancy M. Rourke - Ecological Moral Character: A Catholic Model

Ecological Moral Character by Nancy M. Rourke integrates ecology with Aquinas’ vision of moral character. Read…

May 17, 2024

Marylene Delbourg-Delphis - Beyond Eureka! The Rocky Roads to Innovating

Beyond Eureka! by Marylene Delbourg-Delphis rejects the conflation of entrepreneurship with innovation. Rather, she r…

May 8, 2024

Elizabeth Rain Kincaid: Law from Below

Law From Below by Elizabeth Rain Kincaid shows how the theology of law from Francisco Suárez, SJ, an early mod…

April 30, 2024

D. Stephen Long: On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics

On Teaching and Learning Christian Ethics by D. Stephen Long explores what the subject of ethics is and the importanc…

April 24, 2024

Kevin P. Riehle: The Russian FSB

The Russian FSB: A Concise History of the Federal Security Service is an introduction to Putin’s formidable int…

March 11, 2024

Celebrating Black History Month

This Black History Month we celebrate the strength, resiliance, and achievement of Black communities in the Washingto…

February 23, 2024

James Keenan, SJ: The Moral Life

The Moral Life offers scholars and students of Christian ethics a novel perspective on what we need to know not only…

February 9, 2024

Eric Boyd & Anna Alvarez Boyd: FairWays to Leadership®

FairWays to Leadership® teaches both advanced and novice golfers how to navigate a round of golf using six key le…

January 25, 2024

Danko Šipka: Water, Whiskey, and Vodka

Water, Whiskey, and Vodka takes a deep dive into the origins of the Slavic languages, from a common ancestor language…

November 16, 2023

Elizabeth Rule: Indigenous DC

On Indigenous Peoples' Day, learn more about the history of Indigenous populations in Washington DC through an except…

October 9, 2023

Reem Bassiouney: Al Qata'i: Ibn Tulun's City Without Walls

Translated from the original Arabic, Al-Qata’i: Ibn Tulun’s City Without Walls by Reem Bassiouney relates…

September 21, 2023

James Goldgeier & Tamara Cofman Wittes: Foreign Policy Careers for PhDs

Through more than thirty interviews with doctoral degree holders, James Goldgeier and Tamara Cofman Wittes offer curr…

September 6, 2023

Robert Watson: When Washington Burned

When Washington Burned by Lynn University Robert Watson narrates and examines the British campaign and American misst…

July 21, 2023

Erik Dahl: The Covid-19 Intelligence Failure

Epidemiologists and national security agencies warned for years about the potential for a deadly pandemic, but in th…

February 13, 2023

GUP's Spring Sale 2021

Leap into spring with a great read courtesy of Georgetown University Press! Enjoy 30% off on these titles when you pu…

May 13, 2021

A Note from the Director

Dear Colleagues, Over the past year, we’ve witnessed our country’s reckoning with deep-seated systemic ra…

February 19, 2021

Black History Month: A Reading List

This Black History Month, we’re looking to the past to understand our present and create a better future. Read…

February 18, 2021

#UPWeek: An interview with Senior Acquisitions Editor Hilary Claggett

In honor of University Press Week 2020, we sat down with GUP’s newest editor Hilary Claggett for a discussion o…

November 29, 2020

Darcy Lear: What will you take back to the face-to-face language classroom post-pandemic?

Like so many educators who’ve moved first to emergency remote teaching then to something more like online teach…

November 11, 2020

Benjamin Rifkin: The Art of Teaching Russian

Perhaps never in the history of the teaching of Russian in North America have we, teachers and professors of Russian,…

November 2, 2020

A Georgetown Life: The Reminiscences of Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon of Tudor Place

As a Georgetown resident for nearly a century, Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815 – 1911) was close to the…

October 16, 2020

GUP August 2020 Newsletter

Welcome to the inaugural monthly newsletter from Georgetown University Press! We value you as a part of our community…

September 7, 2020

For Japan and South Korea, what next?

In Peak Japan, Brad Glosserman shows why Japan has been unable to break out of the torpor that began in the early 199…

September 6, 2020

Announcing Al-Kitaab Third Edition E-Textbooks

Al-Kitaab Arabic Language Program, Third Edition
eTextbooks Now Available The best-selling Al-Kitaab Arabic Lan…

September 2, 2020

Books for knowing the world better

Our mission at Georgetown University Press is to publish books that enable readers to reach across barriers, both loc…

July 7, 2020

Tips for Teaching Remotely

As coronavirus continues to spread, many schools are shifting classes online in an effort to protect their students a…

June 9, 2020

Doctors who torture

Doctors take an oath to do no harm. But, as Steven Miles reveals in The Torture Doctors, there are some who stray fro…

May 14, 2020

Spies in New York

Through every era of American history, New York City has been a battleground for international espionage, where secre…

April 9, 2020

Criteria for Responsibility: Assisting the World's Displaced Peoples

Today, 68.5 million people have been displaced by war, natural disasters, and crimes against humanity. Some of the bi…

March 22, 2020

University Press Week Blog Tour Last Day: #TurnItUp Science

This is the last day for The University Press Week Blog Tour. The theme for Friday blog #TurnItUp is Science. See the…

November 21, 2019

University Press Week Blog Tour Day 4: #TurnItUp History

The University Press Week Blog Tour continues! Today’s theme is #TurnItUP: History. See the great posts below:…

November 20, 2019