Georgetown University Press

06/10/2025

La santé globale by University of Rhode Island professor Lars Erickson and Pennsylvania State University teaching professor Heather McCoy bridges from advanced French language learning to the pressing issue of global health, allowing learners to connect with topics and to develop practical skills that matter outside the classroom.

https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/La-sant-globale

03/10/2025

East Asia's Grand Strategies, edited by King's College London professor Ramon Pacheco Pardo and Dr. Jung H. Pak, offers the first comparative analysis of the grand strategies of twelve East Asian powers and reveals how they shape their foreign policies, balancing external pressures with domestic political realities. In this edited volume, experts from the region provide fresh insights into the unique factors influencing each case's grand strategy. Together, the chapters illuminate patterns that are critical for understanding East Asia's role in global politics today.

https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/East-Asias-Grand-Strategies

02/10/2025

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In 1831 Sister Gertrude Wightt, the directress of Georgetown Academy (now Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School), donned the hat and cape of one of her students and abruptly left the academy and life as a nun. She soon became a fixture on the Washington social scene and an intimate of Dolley Madison.

The Two Worlds of Ann Gertrude Wightt by Indiana University of Pennsylvania associate professor Joseph Mannard is the first comprehensive biography of the enigmatic Wightt. Drawing from a rich cache of previously overlooked primary sources, the book meticulously explores Wightt’s transformation from respected academy directress to celebrated DC “parlor politician."

https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-Two-Worlds-of-Ann-Gertrude-Wightt

01/10/2025

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Washington, DC’s punk rock scene flourished from the mid-1970s. Bands like Fugazi, Minor Threat, the Nation of Ulysses, and many others served as a foil to the status quo—counter-cultural touchstones that were as intelligent and innovative as they were fast and fierce. The fanzines that sprang up at the same time reflected punk’s egalitarian, DIY ethic. In Keep Your Ear to the Ground, University of Maryland archivist and former Q and Not U drummer John Davis documents the history of fanzines as they evolved alongside DC’s punk music scene.

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30/09/2025

Now in Paperback

The history of America is deeply intertwined with the history of Catholicism. And no account of American Catholicism is complete without delving into the fascinating story of the American Jesuits. In The Jesuits in the United States, Georgetown University professor David J. Collins, SJ, presents an overview of the Jesuits in America from the colonial era to the present day and reflects on what the past means for the present and the future of the order.

https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-Jesuits-in-the-United-States

29/09/2025

Now in Paperback

Argentina's 2001 default on $100 billion in bonds and the messy litigation that followed has had an outsized impact on sovereign debt markets, sovereign debt law, and the International Monetary Fund's policies. This is the sovereign debt case study that scholars, legal practitioners, investors, and over-indebted countries must understand—and Default by Greg Makoff provides the first comprehensive account.

https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Default

28/09/2025

Who Will You Become? reimagines an introduction to Catholic theology through the framework of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits. In this textbook, Marquette University associate professors Ryan G. Duns, SJ, and Conor M. Kelly draw on the concept of discernment—praying and meditating before making decisions—in the Jesuit tradition, and they invite readers to engage with the formative potential of theological studies.

https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Who-Will-You-Become

26/09/2025

A Heaven for Animals offers a groundbreaking theological rationale for the inclusion of animals in heaven, challenging conventional thinking about the role animals have in God's plan. Based on Biblical evidence and the doctrine of the Catholic Church, Georgetown University professor Christopher Steck, SJ reveals a radical vision of divine grace that extends far beyond human-centric perspectives, demonstrating how animals are intrinsically part of Christ's redemptive work. This book invites readers to reimagine their ethical responsibilities, suggesting that our treatment of animals should strive to reflect an anticipatory vision of God's inclusive kingdom—a transformative perspective that bridges theological reflection and moral action.

https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/A-Heaven-for-Animals

25/09/2025

Genius Unbroken by cardiovascular surgeon Craig Miller, MD is the first comprehensive biography to bring the extraordinary life of Dr. Charles Drew, the 'Father of the Blood Bank,' into focus. Born into Washington D.C.'s vibrant African American community at the turn of the twentieth century, Drew rose on the strength of extraordinary intellectual talents to become a groundbreaking medical research scientist. He pioneered methods of blood and plasma storage, leading to the establishment of America's first large-scale blood bank—an innovation that continues to save lives today. A gifted surgeon and educator, Dr. Drew also became an eloquent and powerful advocate of civil rights, especially equal health care, for African Americans.

Developed through a collaboration with Dr. Charles Drew's daughter—neuroscientist, educator, and DC politician Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis—this book encapsulates the life of Dr. Drew in a profound exploration of one man's challenge to institutional barriers in creating lasting change.

https://press.georgetown.edu/Book/Genius-Unbroken

09/06/2025

A fantastic piece in the The New York Review of Books about the romanticization of the city of Tangier and Moroccan writer Mohomed Choukri's attempt to dispel the myth, citing, in part, his novel FACES, translated into English by Jonas Elbousty

The first English translation of one of the novels that helped change modern Arab literatureMohamed Choukri, one of the most important writers of modern Moroccan literature, grew up in extreme poverty in Tangier and was illiterate until the age of twenty. After learning to read, he realized that "wr...

09/06/2025

Congratulations to SCE member Daniel Finn on the publication of his edited volume Rethinking Justice in Catholic Social Thought with Georgetown University Press, including contributions by multiple SCE members: Lisa Sowle Cahill, David Cloutier, and Jean Porter!

28/04/2025

We mourn the loss of Director Al Bertrand, who passed away Sunday, April 20, 2025, after a brief and sudden illness. He is deeply missed and remembered for the strong legacy he leaves for the Press as well as his kindness, good humour, and love of books.
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