St Mary’s University Celebrates Launch of St Mary’s University Press

St Mary’s University, Twickenham (SMU) has celebrated the launch of the St Mary’s University Press at an event on its Strawberry Hill campus.

The Press will produce publications that further scholarly investigation, advance interdisciplinary inquiry, stimulate public debate, and enhance cultural life.

These will cover a broad range of subjects including Theology and Religious Studies, Education, Philosophy, Humanities, Psychology, Sport and Human Physiology, Business and Law, Social Sciences, and Health and Applied Science.

St Mary’s University Press will primarily publish academic volumes based on research sponsored by the University or its scholars, including scholarly monographs and reference works. Through combining high quality scholarship with excellent production values, the Press aims to produce academic works of lasting value.

Alongside traditional hard and paperback volumes, the press will operate with electronic editions and Print on Demand models. The Press will also endeavour to reprint new scholarly editions of classic books that have now fallen out of print.

The Press will embody St Mary’s Catholic values, encouraging inclusiveness, generosity of spirit, respect, and excellence in the publications it sponsors. Its publications will be produced to the highest professional standards, providing a forum to influence public policy debate and problem solving.

The aim of the Press is to empower the St Mary’s community to have a positive global impact, as well as stress the formation of the whole person: mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

Speaking of the launch, Chair of the St Mary’s University Press, Prof. John Charmley said, “We are delighted to see the launch of the St Mary’s University Press after significant work from members of the University community. As Britain’s premier Catholic University, St Mary’s produces its own first-class research and acts as a centre for the publication of international research.

“The Press is committed to furthering knowledge and making innovative and rigorous scholarship available to the widest possible readership through our range of research publications. I look forward with excitement to seeing the first volumes from the press being published.”