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New titles
A Grammar of Gaddi
Preeti Kumari, Shreya Mehta, Anjali Nair, Anusuya Nayak, Yangchen Roy, Vyom Sharma,
16 February 2026
Creative Critical Interventions for Social Justice
Natasha Tanna, Abeyamí Ortega Domínguez, Hakan Sandal-Wilson,
04 February 2026
Translation Studies before ‘Translation Studies’
Kathryn Batchelor, Iryna Odrekhivska,
15 January 2026
The Chronopolitics of Life
Nolwenn Bühler, Nils Graber, Victoria Boydell, Cinzia Greco,
04 December 2025
Unearthing Collections
Magdalena Buchczyk, Martín Fonck, Tomás J. Usón, Tina Palaić,
24 November 2025
Evaluating Anti-Trafficking Interventions
Ella Cockbain, Aiden Sidebottom, Sheldon X. Zhang,
18 November 2025
Celebrating 200 years of UCL
As UCL marks its 200th anniversary, explore a collection of open access books that celebrates the people, ideas and places that have shaped the university over two centuries. Drawing on detailed historical and archival research, these titles trace UCL’s beginnings, its development alongside London and the many ways its community has contributed to research, culture and public life.
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UCL Press author Jovana Diković receives leading Serbian anthropology award
February 24, 2026
UCL Press is pleased to share that Dr Jovana Diković, author of The Laissez-Faire Peasant: Post-Socialist Rural Development in Serbia, has been honoured by the Ethnographic Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
UCL Press publishes two major histories to mark UCL’s Bicentenary
February 11, 2026
UCL Press is proud to announce the publication of two significant new open access books to celebrate UCL’s 200th anniversary.
UCL Press publishes first open‑access volume in Survey of London series
February 11, 2026
UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of the first Survey of London volume to be released in open access: University College London: The Bloomsbury Campus.