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UCL Press publishes high-quality research monographs and edited volumes, primarily for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Across 10 years of publishing growth, we have built particular strengths in Anthropology, Archaeology and Museum Studies, Architecture and the Built Environment, Comparative Literature, Education, History and Social Sciences. We are actively building our Law and Criminology lists and focusing new attention on our already vibrant publishing for History and Philosophy of Science. Informed by the principles and research interests at UCL, themes of social justice, community engagement, global networking and ‘disruptive thinking’ are characteristic in books across the subjects we publish. Interdisciplinarity is fostered and we encourage collaborations between scholars at different points in their career.

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On Learning, Volume 3

David Scott,

04 February 2025

Cover of the book War Essays by Zainab Bahrani, published by UCL Press. The cover features an abstract, burnt and weathered parchment design with fragments of red and black imagery. open access

War Essays

Zainab Bahrani,

27 January 2025

The image depicts the cover of a book titled 'Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Deep Time, Creatures and Lost Worlds' which is edited by Chris Manias. It features an illustration of a large green sauropod dinosaur in a modern city park surrounded by people, with a cityscape and tall buildings, including one resembling the Empire State Building, in the background. open access

Palaeontology in Public

Chris Manias,

21 January 2025

The image displays the cover of the book ‘Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt’ by Alice Stevenson. The cover features an ancient Egyptian wall painting in the background with figures in traditional attire, and a modern white sculpture in the foreground. open access

Contemporary Art and the Display of Ancient Egypt

Alice Stevenson,

16 January 2025

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The Laissez-Faire Peasant

Jovana Diković,

14 January 2025

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Urban Transformations in Sierra Leone

Joseph M. Macarthy, Braima Koroma, Andrea Rigon, Alexandre Apsan Frediani, Andrea Klingel,

05 December 2024

The cover of the textbook ‘Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook’ by Assaf Bar-Moshe.. The cover has a purple background with varying shades and textures, and the title and author’s name are in white font, centrally aligned. open access

Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic

Assaf Bar-Moshe,

28 November 2024

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Polish Cities of Migration

Anne White,

18 November 2024

The cover of the book ‘Packaged Plants: Seductive supplements and metabolic precarity in the Philippines’ by Anita Hardon and Michael Lim Tan features water colour illustrations of various objects related to nutrition and health supplements. open access

Packaged Plants

Anita Hardon, Michael Lim Tan,

12 November 2024

The image displays the cover of the book ‘Caring is Sharing? Couples Navigating Parenthood’, authored by Katherine Twamley. The cover features a teal background with illustrations of couples performing various parenting and household tasks, arranged like puzzle pieces. The title is in white and yellow text, and the UCL Press logo is at the bottom. open access

Caring is Sharing?

Katherine Twamley,

06 November 2024

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An Anthropological Approach to mHealth

Charlotte Hawkins, Patrick Awondo, Daniel Miller,

28 October 2024

Cover of the book ‘Structural Injustice and the Law’ edited by Virginia Mantouvalou and Jonathan Wolff, published by UCL Press. The artwork on the cover displays an abstract composition with dynamic blocks of color in shades of blue, orange, red, and yellow, with visible brushstrokes adding texture. The upper portion of the background is a deep blue, which gradually transitions to a vivid orange towards the bottom. The book’s title and editors’ names are prominently displayed in white text over the colourful background. open access

Structural Injustice and the Law

Virginia Mantouvalou, Jonathan Wolff,

15 October 2024

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Reconnoitring Russia

Denis J. B. Shaw,

08 October 2024

The image shows the cover of a book titled ‘Inclusion, Diversity and Innovation in Translation Education’, edited by Alejandro Bolaños García-Escribano and Mazal Oaknín and foreword by Olga Castro. The cover has an abstract blue and beige floral background with the title text on a white central panel. open access

Inclusion, Diversity and Innovation in Translation Education

Alejandro Bolaños García-Escribano, Mazal Oaknín, Olga Castro,

01 October 2024

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A Grammar of Elfdalian

Yair Sapir, Olof Lundgren,

30 September 2024

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Disrupting the Speculative City

Amy Horton, Joe Penny,

24 September 2024

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