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As part of the ongoing commitment to an open future, De Gruyter is pleased to announce a new partnership with the OA Switchboard.

De Gruyter is consolidating its customer service. As of April 1, 2024, the customer service team, previously located at the external service provider HGV, will become a part of De Gruyter.

De Gruyter is pleased to confirm that 21 De Gruyter journals are publishing this year's volumes in open access via Subscribe to Open.

Zum Start der Leipziger Buchmesse 2024 erscheint mit Die Geschichte der Leipziger Buchmesse der DDR die erste detaillierte Studie zur Entwicklung der Leipziger Buchmesse von 1945 bis 1990.

De Gruyter and Brill have joined forces to form De Gruyter Brill, a leading academic publisher in the humanities and beyond. To mark the occasion, a new corporate website has been launched today at degruyterbrill.com.

De Gruyter and Brill are pleased to announce that 51,071 additional Securities, representing approximately 2.72% of Brill's outstanding capital, have been tendered during the Post-Closing Acceptance Period that expired today at 17:40 CET.

Brill and De Gruyter are pleased to announce that Securities representing 96.12% of Brill's outstanding capital have been tendered under the Offer and that all other Offer Conditions have been satisfied or waived.

De Gruyter and the American Political Science Association (APSA) are pleased to announce an agreement on a cooperation partnership to publish two new book series: The De Gruyter-APSA Teaching Civic Engagement Series and The De Gruyter-APSA Political Science Professional Development Series.

With reference to the publication of the Offer Memorandum today, Brill and De Gruyter jointly announce that De Gruyter is making a recommended public offer to all Securityholders for all Securities.


Paradigm Publishing Services, the newly founded publishing services division of academic publisher De Gruyter, is taking a significant stride forward in shaping a financially sustainable business model for open access book publishing for its partner presses.

Reference is made to the joint press release issued by De Gruyter and Brill on 12 October 2023 in respect of the conditional agreement on a recommended all-cash public offer to be made by the Offeror for all the Securities in the capital of Brill at an offer price of EUR 27.50 per Security (cum dividend).

New division will empower publishers with tailored solutions for worldwide access without compromising financial viability

Please find enclosed a press release in which De Gruyter and Brill jointly announce they have reached agreement to form De Gruyter Brill through a recommended all-cash public offer by De Gruyter for all Brill securities.




Academic publisher De Gruyter and Shanghai Jiao Tong University are cooperating to create a joint research lab. The Shanghai Jiao Tong University - De Gruyter Joint Lab has just been inaugurated at the Minhang Campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). The research lab will offer trainings, public lectures, academic conferences, the joint publication of research results, and other forms of academic exchange.

The Global South is facing a host of critical issues and important opportunities, and African leaders, the World Bank, and the United Nations have identified STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education and accompanying research as a priority for the region. To help foster convergence, initiate action, and provide resources for scientists, policy researchers, humanists, engineers, and STEM educators around the globe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and De Gruyter are launching The Integrated Global STEM Publishing and Education Initiative.


In partnership with Princeton University Press, De Gruyter is delighted to offer exclusive early digital access to the complete collection of world-renowned A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts ahead of their official print and eBook publication in August.

The SUPRR (Supporting Ukrainian Publishing Resilience and Recovery) initiative has received a $10,000 grant from the De Gruyter eBound Foundation. This funding will help support SUPRR's mission to galvanize assistance for Ukrainian publishing.

Academic publishing house De Gruyter and Medieval Institute Publications (MIP) are extending their existing partnership. Moving forward, De Gruyter will distribute eBook versions of MIP’s entire backlist of over 150 titles and 9 book series via degruyter.com as part of their publisher partner program.


De Gruyter is pleased to announce its global strategic partnership with Manchester University Press (MUP). De Gruyter will host and distribute the complete frontlist and backlist collections of over 2,000 titles from Manchester University Press. Academic libraries will be able to access the complete annual eBook collections exclusively through manchesterhive, the press’s eBook platform, and on degruyter.com.

De Gruyter is pleased to announce the establishment of a partnership with the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, commencing with an annual lecture series: the De Gruyter-Arendt Center Lecture in Political Thinking.

ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and De Gruyter, an independent academic publisher disseminating excellent scholarship since 1749, have today announced a content syndication partnership that will see content from 437 of De Gruyter’s journals added to ResearchGate.


OhioLINK and De Gruyter are pleased to announce an agreement to provide OhioLINK’s 89 member libraries with newly published frontlist eBooks from University of California, Columbia, Harvard, Stanford, Toronto, and University of Pennsylvania Presses.

De Gruyter’s newly founded not-for-profit arm, eBound, is pleased to announce it will fund the digitization of George Anton Kiraz’ comprehensive private book and manuscript collection on Syriac and Eastern Christianity.



De Gruyter is pleased to announce its global strategic partnership in eBook distribution with Bristol University Press (BUP). Berlin-based academic publisher De Gruyter will host and distribute the complete frontlist and backlist collections encompassing over 2,000 titles from Bristol University Press and its imprint Policy Press.




