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Brill | Sense is the new imprint of Sense Publishers, which became part of Brill in 2017. Brill | Sense remains one of the fastest growing publishers of books in Educational Research and related fields. Brill|Sense publishes a blend of well-established and newer series of books that include coverage in some of the key areas of Education - with an international scope - including:
Each series includes a Series Editor that is recognized as one of the field’s top authorities, along with an advisory board that provides oversight to the series. Each book is also vetted by reviewers chosen for their particular expertise in the area. Many books in the Brill|Sense list are intended for classroom use in colleges and universities worldwide, often being adopted for courses year after year.
Founded in 1847 in Paderborn, Ferdinand Schöningh specializes in History, Catholic Theology, Pedagogy, Linguistics and Literary Studies. The program comprises of highly esteemed book series published under the auspices of foundations such as Stiftung Konrad Adenauer Haus, Otto von Bismarck Stiftung and Kommission für Zeitgeschichte. It also includes the Handbook of the History of Religion, Handbook of Pedagogy and monographs on Ancient History, History of Synods, Modern History, National Socialism as well as Violence and Perpetrator History. The company publishes several journals and around 170 new titles per year. Ferdinand Schöningh is a member and shareholder of UTB, a successful German based marketing and sales organization for textbooks and academic literature.
In 1962 Wilhelm Fink, previous editor of Deutsche Verlags Anstalt DVA, founded his own publishing company. Starting with a number of philological works the program, which was acquired by Ferdinand Schöningh in 1973, expanded into Philosophy, Art and Cultural Studies. Amongst others the publisher established the field Media Studies in the intellectual debate in Germany and oversaw the editing of important collected works of Johan Huizinga, Susan Taubes and Friedrich Kittler. With the University of Konstanz, Wilhelm Fink established hermeneutics as a theory in modern intellectual history. The company publishes well-known journals and around 160 new titles per year and is also a member and shareholder of UTB.
In the 20 years since its foundation in 1998, the name of mentis Verlag stands for high-quality publications in Analytical Philosophy and Philosophy of Mind. The philosophical program focuses on the philosophy of mind and emotions, philosophy of language, logic, ethics, medical ethics and philosophy of art; the main book series are “Perspectives of Analytical Philosophy” and “ethica”. mentis combines “continental” and “transatlantic” philosophy through the international, bilingual yearbook “Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy”. In the field of literary studies, the focus is on literary theory and biopoetics. The main book series are “Explicatio” and “Poetogenesis”.
As of 1 January 2014, the international academic publishing house Editions Rodopi, which was founded in 1966 in Amsterdam, became part of Brill and continues under the imprint Brill | Rodopi. Brill | Rodopi publications cover subject areas ranging from modern history, contemporary philosophy, linguistics, theology to literature and cultural studies, theater studies, cinema, and the arts. Although the main language of publication is English, the multilingual list includes German, French, and Spanish.
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