Akademie Verlag
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Akademie Verlag is a German scientific and academic publishing company
, originally founded in 1946 in the Soviet-occupied Eastern part of divided Berlin to facilitate the publication of works by and for the German Academy of Sciences Berlin
.
Under the communist German Democratic Republic
, from 1949 to 1990, it remained closely connected to the academy; unlike other publishing houses, it was not subject to direct control by the GDR ministry of culture. Still, it was regarded with suspicion in the West due to communist influence. Most of the output was sold in East Germany and the Eastern Bloc
. Since 1957, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the founder of the Prussian Academy
in 1700, and „theoria cum praxi“ are used as symbols.
Since the 1970s, several volumes of the Nicolaus Copernicus Gesamtausgabe
(complete edition) have been published by Akademie Verlag, covering many documents from and about Nicolaus Copernicus
in detail. Astronomische Nachrichten
(Astronomical Notes), one of the first international journals in the field of astronomy, founded in 1821, was published by Akademie Verlag for several decades as well as physica status solidi
, founded in 1961.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall
, the employees rejected their boss and elected one of themselves as successor. As it had managed to build enough of a reputation in the West, several offers were made for Akademie Verlag, and the new German states (including Berlin) sold it on 3 January 1991 to VCH Verlagsgruppe Weinheim. As a result, of the 170 employees in 1991, only 40 remained until the 50th anniversary in 1996. The rather broad range of publications was reduced to focus on philosophy, history, political and cultural sciences, history of art, literature and lingual sciences plus mathematics and physics.
When John Wiley & Sons
took over VCH, the natural scientific branch of Akademie Verlag was moved to WILEY-VCH-Verlag, while the humanities section, including its name and logo, was transferred on 1 October 1997 to R. Oldenbourg Verlag, which since 2004 belongs to Cornelsen Verlag.
Academic publishing
Academic publishing describes the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in journal article, book or thesis form. The part of academic written output that is not formally published but merely printed up or posted is often called...
, originally founded in 1946 in the Soviet-occupied Eastern part of divided Berlin to facilitate the publication of works by and for the German Academy of Sciences Berlin
German Academy of Sciences Berlin
The German Academy of Sciences at Berlin , later renamed Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic was the most important research institution of East Germany.The academy was founded in 1946 by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany to continue the long tradition of the...
.
Under the communist German Democratic Republic
German Democratic Republic
The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city...
, from 1949 to 1990, it remained closely connected to the academy; unlike other publishing houses, it was not subject to direct control by the GDR ministry of culture. Still, it was regarded with suspicion in the West due to communist influence. Most of the output was sold in East Germany and the Eastern Bloc
Eastern bloc
The term Eastern Bloc or Communist Bloc refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact...
. Since 1957, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the founder of the Prussian Academy
Prussian Academy
Prussian Academy may refer to:*Prussian Academy of the Arts, now the Akademie der Künste, Berlin*Prussian Academy of Sciences*Prussian Military Academy...
in 1700, and „theoria cum praxi“ are used as symbols.
Since the 1970s, several volumes of the Nicolaus Copernicus Gesamtausgabe
Nicolaus Copernicus Gesamtausgabe
The Nicolaus Copernicus Gesamtausgabe is a comprehensive, commented collection of works by, about, and related to Nicolaus Copernicus...
(complete edition) have been published by Akademie Verlag, covering many documents from and about Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....
in detail. Astronomische Nachrichten
Astronomische Nachrichten
Astronomische Nachrichten , one of the first international journals in the field of astronomy, was founded in 1821 by the German astronomer Heinrich Christian Schumacher. It claims to be the oldest astronomical journal in the world that is still being published...
(Astronomical Notes), one of the first international journals in the field of astronomy, founded in 1821, was published by Akademie Verlag for several decades as well as physica status solidi
Physica Status Solidi
Physica Status Solidi is a family of international peer-reviewed, scientific journals, publishing research on all aspects of solid state physics, and material science. It is owned and published by Wiley–VCH. These journals publish over 2000 articles per year, making it one of the largest...
, founded in 1961.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin...
, the employees rejected their boss and elected one of themselves as successor. As it had managed to build enough of a reputation in the West, several offers were made for Akademie Verlag, and the new German states (including Berlin) sold it on 3 January 1991 to VCH Verlagsgruppe Weinheim. As a result, of the 170 employees in 1991, only 40 remained until the 50th anniversary in 1996. The rather broad range of publications was reduced to focus on philosophy, history, political and cultural sciences, history of art, literature and lingual sciences plus mathematics and physics.
When John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing and markets its products to professionals and consumers, students and instructors in higher education, and researchers and practitioners in scientific, technical, medical, and...
took over VCH, the natural scientific branch of Akademie Verlag was moved to WILEY-VCH-Verlag, while the humanities section, including its name and logo, was transferred on 1 October 1997 to R. Oldenbourg Verlag, which since 2004 belongs to Cornelsen Verlag.
Literature
- Siegfried Lokatis: Wissenschaftler und Verleger in der DDR. Das Beispiel des Akademie-Verlages. In: Geschichte und Gesellschaft, Heft 1, 1996, S. 46-61 http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~buchwiss/lehrkraefte/lokatis.htm
- Siegfried Lokatis: Die Gründung des Akademie-Verlages, in: Die Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften in den Jahren 1945-1950. Sitzungsberichte der Leibniz-Sozietät, Bd. 15, Heft 7/8, 1997, S. 81-98
- Simone Barck, Martina Langermann, Siegfried Lokatis: Jedes Buch ein Abenteuer: Zensursystem und literarische Öffentlichkeiten in der DDR bis Ende der sechziger Jahre, Akademie Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3050031182, 9783050031187 http://books.google.de/books?id=G8Yu_BqdQ0IC