University of London Press
Appearance
Parent company | University of London |
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Founded | 1910; Reestablished 2019 |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | London, England |
Distribution | Brookings Institution Press; NBN International |
Publication types | Books and Journals |
Nonfiction topics | Humanities |
Official website | www |
The University of London Press (also known as UoL Press) is a publishing house that is part of the University of London. Based in the School of Advanced Study, it "seeks to facilitate collaborative, inclusive, open access, scholar-led interchange, within and beyond the academy." [1]
History
The University of London Press was originally established in 1910. From 1949 to 1979 it was known as Athlone Press.
In 2019, the University of London Press was relaunched as a fully open access publisher specializing in "distinctive scholarship at the forefront of the Humanities." [1]
Publishing
The University of London Press publishes books and journals by the following institutes of the School of Advanced Study:
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
- Institute of Classical Studies
- Institute of Commonwealth Studies
- Institute of English Studies
- Institute of Historical Research
- Institute of Latin American Studies
- Institute of Modern Languages Research
- Warburg Institute