Society of Authors and Publishers of Scientific Papers UNIVERSITAS was founded in 1989 by research workers of Jagiellonian University.
UNIVERSITAS is of the most important and the most valued academic publishing houses in Poland. We specialize in publishing scientific and popular science books in the field of humanities, with particular emphasis on the history and theory of literature, art history, language studies, philosophy and photography. An important part of our offer includes historical books, album publications and textbooks for learning Polish as a foreign language.
Our authors include: Dipesh Chakrabarty, John J. Mearsheimer, Kenneth N. Waltz, Henry Kissinger, Stanisław Cat-Mackiewicz, Aleksander Bocheński, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Ryszard Krynicki, Adam Zagajewski, Bronisław Maj, Marcin Świetlicki, Stanisław Waltoś, Franciszek Ziejka, Tadeusz Lubelski, Andrzej Romanowski, Paweł Dybel, Wojciech Bałus, Sławomir Łotysz, Stanisław Mędak, Beata Halicka, Jan Sowa, Bronisław Łagowski, Jacek Purchla, Urszula Glensk or Andrzej Nowakowski.
A large part of our publications appears in special thematic series, run by outstanding experts on the subject. These include, among others: Horyzonty Nowoczesności (Horizons of Modernity), Poezje (Poetry), Historia i Polityka (History and Politics), Pisma Wybrane Stanisława Cata-Mackiewicza (Selected Writings of Stanisław Cat-Mackiewicz), Horyzonty Kina (Horizons of Cinema), Język Polski Jako Obcy (Polish as a Foreign Language), Albumy Andrzeja Nowakowskiego (Albums of Andrzej Nowakowski), Ars Vetus et Nova, Historia Życia (History of Life), Projekty Komparatystyki (Comparative Studies Projects), Modernizm w Polsce (Modernism in Poland), Krytyka XX i XXI Wieku (Criticism of the 20th and 21st Centuries), Edukacja Nauczycielska Polonisty (Polish Teacher Education), Nowy Regionalizm w Badaniach Literackich (New Regionalism in Literary Studies), Glotto-Logo, Horyzonty Współczesnej Archeologii (Horizons of Contemporary Archeology), Seria Centrum Badań Dyskursów Postzależnościowych (Series of the Center for the Study of Post-Dependency Discourses).
Statute of the Society of Authors and Publishers of Scientific Papers UNIVERSITAS
KRS number: 0000058323
The founding members, acting in the deep conviction of the need to make a joint effort to expand the possibilities and create various forms of publishing the results of their own research by employees of the Jagiellonian University and other Krakow and Polish universities, decide to establish the Society of Authors and Publishers of Scientific Papers UNIVERSITAS.