Tartu University Press
Encyclopedia
Tartu University Press is a university press
publishing house
that is part of Tartu University, Estonia
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The press was founded in 1632. It is the largest university press in Estonia.
It produces academic books and journals, including the international journal of semiotics Sign Systems Studies
, a book series Tartu Semiotics Library, etc.
University press
A university press is an academic, nonprofit publishing house that is typically affiliated with a large research university, and publishes work that has been reviewed by scholars in the field. It produces mainly scholarly works...
publishing house
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
that is part of Tartu University, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
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The press was founded in 1632. It is the largest university press in Estonia.
It produces academic books and journals, including the international journal of semiotics Sign Systems Studies
Sign Systems Studies
Sign Systems Studies is internationally the oldest semiotics periodical, initially published in Russian, since 1998 in English. The journal was established by Juri Lotman in 1964. Since 1998 edited by Peeter Torop, Mihhail Lotman and Kalevi Kull.It is published by the semiotics department of Tartu...
, a book series Tartu Semiotics Library, etc.