425th anniversary press pack
Inspiring ideas for 425 years
2009 is a year of anniversaries for Cambridge University Press as it celebrates 425 years of continuous publishing, and 475 years since King Henry VIII granted the ‘Letters Patent’, allowing the Press to print ‘all manner of books’. In 2009 the University of Cambridge also celebrates the 800th anniversary of its founding.
Both anniversaries will be celebrated in many ways throughout this year, with concerts, theatre and dance performances, publications, discussions, debates and public lectures.
The anniversaries provide an occasion for Cambridge University Press and the University of Cambridge to join in commemorating the books, people, ideas and achievements that have emerged from this shared history and which continue to inspire and transform the world.
Today, Cambridge University Press’s mission remains to further the University of Cambridge’s objective of advancing learning, knowledge and research worldwide.