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Wydawnictwo UMCS

The university press of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, publishing around 180–210 academic titles per year.

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Overview

Wydawnictwo UMCS is the university publishing house (oficyna wydawnicza) of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin, Poland. It operates as an organisational unit of the university and serves as the main imprint through which the institution's academic staff publish their research. Its catalogue is deliberately broad, mirroring the full range of scholarly disciplines represented at UMCS, from the humanities and social sciences to law, economics, linguistics and the natural sciences. The press is best known for scholarly monographs, which it issues both as standalone volumes and within long-running series that have continued for many years. Alongside monographs it publishes edited collections, conference proceedings, reference and information materials, and academic textbooks. A portion of its output consists of books produced in cooperation with institutions outside UMCS, and these titles often differ in character from its core academic publishing programme. In terms of scale, the press reports publishing roughly 180 to 210 titles per year, making it one of the larger university presses in Poland. Its list includes works in Polish and in English, reflecting an orientation toward both domestic academic audiences and international readerships. Representative recent and recommended titles visible on its website include monographs on enterprise and household resilience, forecasting and international simulations, the soft power of transnational civil society organisations, convergent evolution of non-state actors, children's language and risky play, the organisation of the Polish notary system, job satisfaction under self-employment, logopaedics (speech-language pathology) standards, the right to a court in the Polish legal order, Ukrainian history, whistleblowing, and literary policy in National Socialist Germany. The press sells directly through its own online bookstore, which features new releases, recommended titles and discounted books. As a unit of a public university, it is not a listed company; it is state-owned in the sense of being part of Poland's public higher-education sector. Its identity is closely tied to UMCS, and its editorial profile is shaped by the university's faculty and research priorities.

History

Wydawnictwo UMCS is the university publishing house of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin, Poland. It was established as an organisational unit of the university, created to publish the scholarly work produced by the institution's academic staff. Its remit from the outset was to give the university's researchers a dedicated imprint for their monographs, edited volumes, textbooks and conference materials. Over the decades the press developed a catalogue that mirrors the full disciplinary range of UMCS. Its editorial profile is dominated by scholarly monographs, issued both as standalone books and within numerous series that have maintained continuity over many years. In addition to monographs, it publishes collective works, information and reference materials, post-conference proceedings and academic textbooks. Some of its books are produced in cooperation with institutions outside UMCS; these titles typically differ in character from the press's core academic publishing. By the 2010s the press was publishing on the order of 180 to 210 titles per year, a substantial output for a Polish university press. Its list spans the humanities, social sciences, law, economics, linguistics and the natural sciences, and includes both Polish-language and English-language works. The press maintains an online bookstore through which it sells new releases, recommended titles and discounted stock directly to readers. As a unit of a public university, the press is part of Poland's public higher-education sector rather than a commercial company. Its identity, editorial direction and catalogue remain closely tied to Maria Curie-Skłodowska University and to the research priorities of its faculty.

  • Established as an organisational unit of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin

  • Developed a catalogue of scholarly monographs and long-running series across the university's disciplines

  • Reached an output of approximately 180–210 titles per year

  • Operates an online bookstore selling new releases, recommended titles and discounted books

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A university press of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, publishing broadly across the disciplines represented at the university, with an emphasis on scholarly monographs and long-running series.

  • Rezyliencja przedsiębiorstw, instytucji finansowych i gospodarstw domowych w obliczu współczesnych zagrożeń

  • Introduction to forecasting and international simulations

  • The Soft Power of Transnational Civil Society Organizations

  • Convergent Evolution of Non-State Actors

  • Logopedia. Standardy postępowania logopedycznego. Podręcznik akademicki

  • Prawo do sądu w polskim porządku prawnym

  • Trójkąt ukraiński. Szlachta, carat i lud na Wołyniu, Podolu i Kijowszczyźnie 1793-1914

  • Whistleblowing. Konteksty medialne, komunikacyjne i społeczne

  • Za wodza, naród i Rzeszę: polityka literacka w Niemczech narodowosocjalistycznych 1933–1945

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