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New titles
Literary Translation in Latin America in the Twenty-First Century
Dirce Waltrick do Amarante, Letícia Maria Vieira de Souza Goellner,
04 June 2026
Alex Ungprateeb Flynn, María Iñigo Clavo, Beatriz Lemos, Florencia Portocarrero,
20 May 2026
The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14
Philip Schofield, Tim Causer, Chris Riley,
07 May 2026
Clive Young, Nataša Perović, Leo Havemann, Karen Shackleford-Cesare,
14 April 2026
Urban Violence and Marginalised Communities
Ashvin Devasundaram, Stamatis Zografos, Márcio Mattos, Zoe Holman,
25 March 2026
Imperial Science, the Organic Movement and the Path to Shangri-La, 1900-1969
Ashok Malhotra,
23 March 2026
Adrienne Evans, Jamie Hakim, Jessica Ringrose, Amy Shields Dobson, Shaka McGlotten,
16 March 2026
Critical Heritage and Social Justice
Veysel Apaydin, Kalliopi Fouseki, David Francis, Jonathan Gardner, Sara Perry,
05 March 2026
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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Intermittent disruption to UCL Press book downloads
June 17, 2026
We’re currently aware of an issue affecting downloads from UCL Discovery, which means some readers may be having difficulty accessing UCL Press books. UCL Press journals are unaffected by this issue.
New Sensory Approaches to the Past shortlisted for the EAA Book Prize 2026
June 10, 2026
We are delighted to announce that New Sensory Approaches to the Past: Applied Methods in Sensory Heritage and Archaeology, edited by Pamela Jordan, Sara Mura and Sue Hamilton, has been shortlisted for the 2026 European Association of Archaeologists (…
Russian Pendulum shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2026
June 3, 2026
Russian Pendulum: Paradoxes, Practices and Patterns named among six titles on this year’s shortlist for the prestigious £10,000 award.