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02/08/2024

As part of our summer sale, we asked our staff for their favorite books. JOVIS Verlag acquisitions editor Felix Torkar highly recommends "Hey Computer! Icons of Architecture, Rebuilt by AI." In an artistic experiment, designer Floyd Erol Schulze fed descriptions of famous buildings into AI, which generated its own, oftentimes whimsical and far-out versions. Have a peek inside to see if you can recognize the original landmarks they're based on.

Floyd went all out in pushing the artistic boundaries of generative AI in this unusual book. A perfect present for the design and architecture lover in your life, or anyone who needs reassurance that AI isn't quite up to the job of replacing us yet: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783986120498/html

Use code DGBSS24 to snag 50% off this title and others! Here's how: https://cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/summersale24?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic-post&utm_campaign=discount&utm_term=DGBSS24&utm_content=blank&utm

31/07/2024

As AI continues to impact scholarly publishing, our editorial department recently convened a workshop looking at its implications for our authors and our work. Serena Pirrotta and Bettina de Keijzer presented a survey of views and usage amongst the academic community, the latest industry responses, and how we can develop our own best practices.

This was followed by input from AI experts Gerhard Schreiber (co-editor of De Gruyter's volume "KI: Text") and Anna Strasser (philosopher and author of "Kognition künstlicher Systeme"), as well as contributions from academics representing a wide range of international institutions.

We look forward to integrating everyone's advice and feedback into our strategy as we move forward and do our part to ensure this new technology serves our authors and benefits the wider community. Thanks to everyone for contributing!

30/07/2024

📚 Happy Paperback Book Day! Have a look at some of our favorite Brill paperbacks gleaned from our wide array of subject areas.

And guess what, you're in luck! These paperbacks are now 50% off as part of our summer sale. Simply use code DGBSS24 at the checkout. Details here: https://cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/summersale24/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic-post&utm_campaign=discount&utm_term=DGBSS24&utm_content=blank&utm

Offer only valid through August 31, so chop chop!

19/07/2024

🌏 Busy, busy is what the past month has been! Our teams have been all over.

Sales colleagues Linda Empringham, Eva Wantzen and Denis Godbout visited beautiful Oslo for the International Association of Law Libraries conference. Our arts and architecture team, including Katja Richter, Kevin Schneider, Pablo Schneider and Anja Weisenseel, descended on Lyon for the CIHA art history congress, which featured book presentations with our authors Henri de Riedmatten, Friederike Schäfer, Ursula Ströbele, Noémie Etienne and Philippe Cordez.

So many authors dropped by our booths at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds! Pictured are Jacob Abell, Conor Whately, Marie D'Aguanno Ito, Salvatore Liccardo and Steven Vanderputten. The Celtic Conference in Classics saw our acquisitions editors Mirjam Elbers and Carlo Vessella join forces in Cardiff and welcome editors Rafal Toczko, David Woods and Michael Hanagan to their adjoining booths. Stay tuned as conference season continues!

Deutscher Kunstverlag

18/07/2024

Happy Nelson Mandela Day! Today, we celebrate the life and legacy of this champion of justice, equality and peace. His journey from prisoner to president is a source of inspiration, as is his courage, compassion and power to unify.

Watch below as editor Crain Soudien explains the significance of Brill's volume "Nelson Mandela: Comparative Perspectives of His Significance for Education." Reflecting on the South African leader's life, the book illustrates the relevance of his values in teaching the generations of tomorrow. Mandela challenges us to think deeply about the kinds of lives we aspire to create for ourselves and everyone around us.

As part of our summer sale, this wonderful volume is 50% off along with all of our other publications! Simply use the code DGBSS24 at the checkout: https://brill.com/display/title/37287?rskey=jf3tIR&result=1

17/07/2024

🎧 This month on Humanities Matter, we explore the role of adult education in creating a sustainable future with Bonnie Slade, Peter Mayo, and Thi Bogossian, volume editors of the new book "Adult Education and Difference," volume 36 in Brill's "International Issues in Adult Education" series.

Listen in on Spotify, Google or Apple Podcasts: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2601QHs7Q3E80H054bVgdV

After you've listened, we'd love to hear from you! Send us your feedback at [email protected]. This year, our discussions are centered around the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Until next time, keep listening and stay curious!

15/07/2024

🛠️ This year's World Youth Skills Day emphasizes the important role young people play in peacebuilding and conflict resolution. Let's join forces to provide them with the skills and opportunities to take on today's challenges and work towards a peaceful and sustainable future!

Have a look at the Brill titles in the slides to learn more about Youth Studies in a global context as well as how we can engage more collaboratively in peace research with young adults.

👉 Biannual journal "Youth and Globalization." Volume editors: Vincenzo Cicchelli and Sylvie Octobre. https://brill.com/view/journals/yogo/yogo-overview.xml?rskey=s7og4J&result=1

👉 "Young People in Complex and Unequal Societies" (2022). Edited by Jorge Benedicto, Maritza Urteaga and Dolores Rocca. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004507456

👉 "Pedagogies for Building Cultures of Peace" (2018). Written by Catherine Baillie Abidi. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004375239

Want to learn more about the UN's Sustainable Development Goal #4, Quality Education? Go to https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/education

12/07/2024

🎉 Following hot on the heels of our author fest last week was yesterday's staff party! Featuring the De Gruyter choir's rendition of "Here Comes the Sun," more barbecue than you could shake a marshmallow stick at, artisanal ice cream, signature drinks by our head designer Ralf, tunes by our archivist Flo, and the loveliest guests you possibly could ask for, it was a fantastic occasion for Brill and De Gruyter staff to meet, mix and mingle.

Thanks to everyone who came from far and wide, and to everyone who helped put it together!

10/07/2024

🎧 Spanning 16 volumes and 5,500 documents collated over 18 years, our mammoth collection "The Persecution and Murder of European Jews by National Socialist Germany 1933-1945" is a milestone in Holocaust research. In our next podcast episode, editor Susanne Heim (Freie Universität Berlin) explains what these primary sources tell us, why they're worth consulting, and what significance this landmark collection has for the politics of memory today.

Listen here (in German): https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/wagnis-wissen-de-gruyter-podcast?lang=en

Explore the collection here: https://www.degruyter.com/serial/pmj-b/html?lang=de

The PMJ Holocaust Document Collection is a collaboration between the German Federal Archives; the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg; and Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem.

08/07/2024

We're excited to announce that De Gruyter is expanding its DG2O Subscribe to Open program by making an additional 37 journals available in open access by 2025.

These include renowned titles such as "Historische Zeitschrift" (founded in 1859), "Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie" (est. 1888), "Analyse und Kritik" (est. 1979), "feministische studien" (est. 1982), "Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials" (est. 1877) and "Biological Chemistry" (est. 1878).

Last year, De Gruyter was the first major academic publisher to announce Subscribe to Open as the central transformation model of its open access strategy. The inclusion of these additional titles will take our DG2O portfolio to almost 60 journals next year.

“As editors of the Historische Zeitschrift, we are very pleased about this step towards accessibility,” say Prof. Julia Hillner and Prof. Andreas Fahrmeir, who emphasized that they find it particularly important that the journal continues to not charge publication fees and thus remains accessible to all authors.

Read our full press release here: https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/about-us/press/press-releases/open-access-de-gruyter-to-make-37-more-journals-freely-available-via-subscribe-to-open-model-in-2025

Learn more about our Subscribe to Open efforts here: https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/publications/openaccess/open-access-articles/subscribe-open?lang=en

05/07/2024

🥳 We were delighted to welcome so many authors, friends and Brill colleagues to our editorial summer party yesterday to celebrate 300 years of Kant! After a warm welcome by Carsten Buhr, Manuela Gerlof and Maurits van den Boogert, guests were able to chat with our editors, browse beautiful book displays, and join a guided tour of our building.

Philosopher Lea Ypi from The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE gave a keynote lecture titled "Kant on Revolution," followed by a Q&A with FAZ.NET - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and DIE ZEIT journalist Katharina Teutsch. A new Kant museum in Lüneburg was the subject of curator Tim Kunze's presentation, and Kant-themed merch was raffled off, too.

Throw in a fantastic buffet, gelato and drinks, plus some sugary pop tunes, and we had all the ingredients for a perfect summer day!

Big thanks to everyone who came, and to all the organizers!

03/07/2024

⚽🎨 "Art narrates football, finding the special moment that contains both past and future." With the quarterfinals of Euro 2024 fast approaching, dive into our interview with Manuel Neukirchner, founding director of the Deutsches Fußballmuseum and curator of "In Motion," a spectacular overview of football in modern European art. From Dalí and Magritte to Paul Klee and Banksy: 175 works on virtual display remind us that the beautiful game is also a mysterious one.

Kevin Schneider and Jennifer Harris (Deutscher Kunstverlag) spoke to Neukirchner about the new exhibition and its accompanying catalogue, published by Deutscher Kunstverlag. Check out the full interview on De Gruyter Conversations!

https://blog.degruyter.com/in-motion-an-interview-with-manuel-neukirchner/

As EURO 2024 fever sweeps through Germany's cities and stadia, the host nation's pioneering Football Museum displays a spectacular overview of football in European modern art, representing a diverse continent united by the beautiful game. We spoke to curator Manuel Neukirchner about the exhibition a...

01/07/2024

🏖️ Whether you're planning to do your summer research in the library or out in the field (i.e. on the beach), we hope you'll spend it with a good book—one from De Gruyter Brill! Starting today, we're offering a cool 50% off our publications until the end of August.

Get shopping now! 👉 https://cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/summersale24

Conditions and terms apply for all three webshops (De Gruyter, Brill and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht).

25/06/2024

🌈 For Pride, listen in as our author Sébastien Tremblay discusses "A Badge of Injury: The Pink Triangle as Global Symbol of Memory" with our history editor Rabea Rittgerodt and "Transnational Q***r Histories" series editors Sabrina Mittermeier and Bodie Ashton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4AoRv9mogE

If you missed them, our Pride picks are still very much worth exploring!

You'll find Brill's collection of podcasts, books and journal articles here: https://www2.brill.com/Pride24

De Gruyter's reading list offers an unbeatable 80% off our eBook titles right here: https://cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/Top-10-Pride-2024

21/06/2024

🌎 It's been a whirlwind last few weeks at De Gruyter Brill. Here are just a few highlights!

Our Boston team sent these snapshots from a recent afternoon at Fenway Park - go Red Sox! Meanwhile, our editors were spotted at conferences around the globe, including Vincent Oeters at the International Congress of Classical Archaeology in Paris, Loes Schouten at the North American Patristics Society gathering in Chicago, Abdurraouf Oueslati and Ekrem Dursun at the World Congress of Bioethics in Doha, and marketing maven Nicole Schwarz at an architecture symposium in Graz, Austria.

Finally, Brill author Angela Hug received plaudits from the Classical Association of Canada for her recent book on the politics of reproduction in Rome, while author Abhinav Sinha sent this selfie from India with his recently published survey of the working class movement in Delhi. Congratulations to both!

You'll find their titles here:
https://brill.com/display/title/64462?rskey=JjydI3&result=2
https://brill.com/display/title/69840?rskey=fXFnsx&result=2

Photo of Nicole Schwarz courtesy of Frida Grahn.

AIAC Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica Classical Association of Canada / Société canadienne des études classiques

20/06/2024

🎧 Today our podcast WAGNIS WISSEN looks at another dark chapter of German history. Philosopher and historian Matthias Häussler (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) dissects the first genocide of the 20th century—Germany's brutal colonial extermination campaign against the Ova-Herero, Nama and Oorlam people of Namibia that claimed tens of thousands of victims 120 years ago.

Have a listen (in German): https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/wagnis-wissen-de-gruyter-podcast

You can find our publications on German colonialism and its links to the Holocaust in our special collection: https://cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/postkoloniale-holocaustforschung

19/06/2024

Marking the end of slavery in the United States, Juneteenth offers a chance to reflect on the racial disparities that continue to haunt academia. Last year, librarians Ana Ndumu (University of Maryland), Shauntee Burns-Simpson (NYPL The New York Public Library) and Marlena Okechukwu (Hennepin County Law Library, Minneapolis) wrote a blog post for us about the history of Black librarianship and the Supreme Court's ban on affirmative action.

In light of current debates around academic freedom, book bans and the role of DEI initiatives on campuses, their piece is more relevant than ever for anyone in higher education who wants to ensure a more equitable future: https://blog.degruyter.com/how-the-ban-on-affirmative-action-affects-black-librarianship

You can read Ana's original study on diversity and equality in LIS practice here, in our journal Libri: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/libri-2019-0187/html

The US Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action marks a significant setback on the path towards social justice. Moreover, it reflects over a century of bias against Black librarians. To ensure equitable opportunities it is crucial to recognize this legacy of institutional harm.

18/06/2024

🌿 For today's Sustainable Gastronomy Day, Brill has curated a collection of fascinating food-centric titles. From the history of tea to Philippine culinary culture and food sharing in Mongolia, there's much to discover. Titles on edible insects (such as the Journal of Insects as Food and Feed), the globalization of fishing and EU food law provide insights into how we might develop more sustainable ways of preparing and producing food.

Have a look! https://www2.brill.com/l/319031/2024-06-13/932rrr

13/06/2024

Calling all serious foodies! Britain's premiere literary event, the Hay Festival, recently hosted a cooking event revolving around Brill's historical cookbook, "Best of Delectable Foods and Dishes from al-Andalus and al-Maghrib." Written by the 13th century Andalusian scholar Ibn Razin Al-Tujibi, it contains 475 recipes from Moorish Spain and is now available for the first time in English, translated by food expert Nawal Nasrallah.

At the event, Honey & Co. chefs Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich talked to Polly Russell, food historian and curator at the British Library, about this remarkable book, baked flatbread from one of its recipes, and handed out delicious treats. The ring cookies stuffed with almonds and sugar and the spiced fried chickpeas were a hit with the audience. We wish we'd been there!

The book is available here in paperback: https://brill.com/display/title/60748

If you can't wait to try out some of the recipes yourself, we've collected two of them here: https://www2.brill.com/ihc186-sample

All photos (c) Adam Tatton-Reid and Hay Festival

12/06/2024

🎧 Our next podcast season is all about the politics of memory. What is the relationship between individual and collective memories? How are traumatic memories passed down across generations? How is our understanding of the past shaped, and who shapes these narratives?

In our first episode, Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska (director of the DHI Warschau - NIH Warszawa) reflects on one of the worst N**i atrocities in World War II—the "Holocaust by bullets," or mass shootings of the Jewish population during the German occupation of the Soviet Union.

Listen here: https://www.degruyter.com/publishing/wagnis-wissen-de-gruyter-podcast?lang=en

For further reading on the subject, see our essential collection of publications centering around Holocaust Studies, German colonialism, postcolonial Holocaust research, and memory politics here: https://cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/postkoloniale-holocaustforschung

11/06/2024

Brill held its annual general meeting of shareholders yesterday and, among other points of business, officially appointed Maurits van den Boogert as managing board member. Gefeliciteerd, Maurits!

Pictured alongside him are Dominique De Roo (VP marketing and communication), Esther Smit (office manager) and Rüdiger Gebauer (chairman of the supervisory board of De Gruyter Brill).

07/06/2024

✨ Beauty may lie in the eye of the beholder, but these four titles are objectively among Austria's 15 most beautiful books of the year! Congratulations to all the authors, designers and editors involved.

"The Belvedere: 300 Years a Venue for Art" (De Gruyter 2023), edited by Stella Rollig and Christian Huemer. Winner of this year's Staatspreis: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111186511/html

"Sterne, Federn, Quasten" (Birkhauser), edited by MAK - Museum of Applied Arts, Lilli Hollein and Anne-Katrin Rossberg: https://birkhauser.com/books/9783035628401

"A plus minus Z: Payer Gabriel" (De Gruyter, Edition Angewandte): https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111066585/html

"Jeremias Altmann – Young Prophecies / Machines" (De Gruyter, Edition Angewandte), edited by Barbara Herbst: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111066592/html

See the full list of winners here: https://schoenstebuecher.at/preistraeger-2023/

All photos (c) Michael Goldgruber/BMKÖS

06/06/2024

🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month is in full swing—a time for both celebration and reflection. We've curated a selection of podcasts, books and blog posts offering plenty of food for thought.

Discover q***r takes on everything from linguistics and pop culture to medieval wizardry in De Gruyter's collection, and receive 80% off our eBooks here: https://cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/Top-10-Pride-2024

Listen to in-depth conversations on Brill's "Across the Rainbow" podcast and browse books on q***r vampire narratives, homosexuality in Islam, and more: https://www2.brill.com/Pride24

Happy reading and listening. Happy Pride!

05/06/2024

On the UN's World Environment Day, we're spotlighting Brill's Journal for European Environment & Planning Law. Now in its 20th year, it publishes research and debate around environmental policies. As governments seek to limit the adverse effects of climate change, legal frameworks are key in ensuring countries across Europe tackle these challenges together.

The board of editors is emblematic of the journal's cross-border and multidisciplinary approach. Under the helm of Lorenzo Squintani from the University of Groningen, the editors hail from universities and research institutes from a dozen European countries.

This is just one small step we're taking to help protect our planet, by spreading the knowledge experts need to improve policies. Check out the journal here: https://brill.com/view/journals/jeep/jeep-overview.xml?contents=editorialcontent-84250

The declaration from the first World Environment Day in 1973 can be found in Brill's reference work "International Law & World Order": https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/ILWO/SIM-032701.xml?rskey=uWiIge

03/06/2024

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! This year, celebrations coincide with the continental football action of Euro 2024. The last time this happened, in 2020, Bodie Ashton made a sharp contribution to De Gruyter Conversations on the appropriation of LGBTQIA+ pride in corporate football. Read it here:

Donning a rainbow flag in the face of international anti-q***r measures is not enough. To be taken seriously as an LGBTQIA+ rights advocate, Germany needs to reckon with its own complex and difficult past first.

29/05/2024

Join us for next week's conversation between Lihi Ben Sh*trit (editor of our new volume "The Gates of Gaza") and Dahlia Scheindlin ("The Crooked Timber of Democracy") about Israel and Palestine. The event is free, online and open to all. We're looking forward to hearing these important voices of dissent from within Israel.

📅 Wednesday, June 5, 6-7pm CEST (Central European Time)

🔗 Register now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/de-gruyter-authors-in-conversation-lihi-ben-sh*trit-and-dahlia-scheindlin-on-israel-and-palestine-tickets-885111110157

Learn more about both titles here.

"The Gates of Gaza": https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111435046/html

"The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel: Promise Unfulfilled": https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110796582/html

Join us for a lively discussion with Lihi Ben Sh*trit and Dahlia Scheindlin as they talk about Israel and Palestine.

27/05/2024

To celebrate 300 years of Immanuel Kant, several bookshops De Gruyter partners with have created wonderful window displays featuring some of our Kant scholarship. Be sure to check them out in person if you can!

Many thanks to Buchhandlung Böttger Bonn, Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus in Berlin, Lehmanns Media in Heidelberg, Buchhandlung Labyrinth GmbH in Basel and H.P. Willi in Tübingen. To get in on the action, we've decorated our own staircase cabinet with some choice titles. Thanks to Undine Ullrich and Florian Noichl from our sales team for organizing it all.

Have a favorite display? Let us know in the comments below!

24/05/2024

🎧 This month on Brill's Humanities Matter podcast, we discuss how partnerships among schools, communities and higher education institutions can break down barriers and challenge social injustice. Our episode features Leanne M. Evans, Kelly R. Allen and Crystasany R. Turner, —volume editors of "Advancing Critical Pedagogy and Praxis across Educational Settings."

Catch the episode via https://open.spotify.com/episode/0QA1Fi2AESNXPCTOYr3qeE?si=4fc66d41a5f74dab

You can also find us on Spotify, Apple and Google podcasts.
Once you've listened, we'd like to hear from you! Email [email protected] with your thoughts on the format, topic or any other suggestions. This year, we're basing our conversations on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We'll take your ideas on board and try to include them in future episodes. Until then, keep listening and stay curious!

23/05/2024

We're proud to announce that three De Gruyter Business & Economics titles have been shortlisted for the Business Book Awards. Congratulations to our authors, and fingers crossed for the award ceremony in London in September!

👏 Kirstie Papworth, "Compassionate Leadership": https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110763126/html

👏 Garvan Callan, "Digital Business Strategy": https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111034713/html

👏 David Lingelbach and Valentina Rodríguez, "The Oligarchs' Grip": https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111028255/html