Publication Series: Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony (NAWG)

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Periodical Publications and Series

The series listed here are published in print, but they can also be accessed on the Academy’s document server ‘res doctae,’ with adherence to the copyright terms specified by the respective publishers. Please note that most publications are available in German only.

Yearbook of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities

The Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, one of the most long-standing institutions of its kind, brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines. Its Yearbook documents the Academy’s developments over the course of a fiscal year. In addition to the annual report, award and prize recipients, and the member directory, it presents the Academy’s research projects and features selected public lectures. The Yearbook can be purchased in print from Göttingen University Press (for editions from 2017 onward) or from De Gruyter (for editions up to 2016), and it is also available free of charge as a PDF file.

Akademie im Gespräch (Academy in Conversation)

Academy in Conversation is a publication series featuring lectures by Academy members that were delivered during internal plenary sessions and that address issues of broad societal interest. These include current topics such as ‘Focus on Europe,’ ‘Migration,’ and ‘Fake News,’ as well as universally relevant themes like ‘Life and Death.’ The booklets can be purchased in print from Göttingen University Press or downloaded free of charge as PDF files. The series was discontinued in 2025; member lectures delivered at plenary sessions are now generally published in the Academy’s Yearbook.

Abhandlungen - Neue Folge (Papers of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities - New Edition)

The Papers of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities - New Edition are the Academy’s foremost scholarly publication series and continue a long and distinguished tradition: Between 1752 and 1842, the Academy, then still known as the Royal Society of Sciences, published its Latin-language Commentarii, or Commentationes, featuring the work of such eminent scholars as Haller, Gesner, Blumenbach, Heyne, and Gauss. Since 1842, the Academy has been publishing its papers in German, presenting research findings by Academy members, collaborators in Academy research projects, and invited scholars. Like the earlier series, the New Papers include works from both the humanities and the natural sciences. The Papers of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences - New Edition can be purchased from De Gruyter or downloaded as PDF files.

Nachrichten (Notices)

Under the heading Nachrichten, shorter essays are published digitally on our ‘res doctae’ document server. These can be downloaded as PDF files.

Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen (Göttingen Scholarly Announcements)

Founded in 1739, the Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen is the oldest still-existing review journal in the German language. Albrecht von Haller, the first president of what was then the Royal Society of Sciences, gave the journal, originally titled Göttingische Zeitungen von Gelehrten Sachen (Göttingen Gazette of Learned Matters), its characteristical face: a commitment to polyhistoric versatility, rigorous and constructive criticism, and close scholarly ties with the international academic community.

With its 260th volume, and in the spirit of Albrecht von Haller’s broad interdisciplinary vision and his commitment to the unity of knowledge, the journal expanded the range of subjects it reviews. In addition to its traditional focus on the humanities, it now includes recent publications in political science, economics, and finance, as well as natural sciences; particularly where these intersect meaningfully with the humanities, such as current developments in the life sciences. The Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen can be purchased from Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht or downloaded as PDF files.

Author Guidelines for the ‘Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen’

The Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen invites contributions that reflect its longstanding scholarly tradition and commitment to critical, in-depth review. We kindly ask all contributors to carefully observe the following guidelines.

Dear Authors,

In keeping with its tradition, the Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen covers all fields of the humanities, particularly philological and historical disciplines, including theology, as well as selected topics in the natural sciences that are of broader public relevance. The journal is published twice a year, with a total length of 20 printed sheets (320 pages). It offers space for critical, thorough, detailed reviews that contribute meaningfully to scholarly discussion of noteworthy new publications. Brief notices or purely laudatory mentions of a book are not accepted.

As a general guideline, a review in the Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen should be between 12 and 15 printed pages, including all annotations and notes. This allows for around 9 to 12 contributions per issue. One printed page corresponds to approximately 3,000 characters (including spaces). Further details can be found in the information sheet for contributors to the Göttingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, which also includes typographic specifications.

If you are using Microsoft Word to prepare your manuscript, please use the provided document template.

To facilitate the preparation of typesetting templates, the Academy kindly asks that if your contribution requires special characters (e.g., Greek, Ancient Greek, Hebrew, Arabic), you may use the following font:

Times New Roman Unicode.

If you have any questions regarding content or form, please contact Professor Dr Franziska Meier (franziska.Meier@phil.uni-goettingen.de) or Professor Dr Heinz-Günther Nesselrath (hnessel@gwdg.de) beforepreparing your submission. They will consult with you about further actions and inform about the next steps.

Special Publications

This section includes individual works, such as proceedings of lecture series and thematic volumes, appearing with various publishers up to 2017.

Umbrüche. Auslöser für Evolution und Fortschritt [Upheavals. Triggers of Evolution and Progress], edited by Thomas Kaufmann, Joachim Reitner, Kurt Schönhammer, and Gerhard Wörner. Göttingen: Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2017.
Kommunikation und Kulturtransfer im Zeitalter der Personalunion zwischen Großbritannien und Hannover: „to prove that Hanover and England are not entirely synonymous“ [Communication and Cultural Transfer in the Age of the Personal Union between Great Britain and Hanover], edited by Arnd Reitemeier. Göttingen: Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2014.
Sie befruchtet und ziert. Die Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen – damals und heute [To Bring Forth and to Adorn: The Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities – Then and Now], edited by Christian Starck and Kurt Schönhammer. Geschichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Vol. 1 (= Abhandlungen Neue Folge 28). Berlin: De Gruyter, 2013.
Der Weg an die Universität. Höhere Frauenstudien vom Mittelalter bis zum 20. Jahrhundert [The Path to the University. Advanced Studies for Women from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century], edited by Trude Maurer. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2010.
Wissenswelten – Bildungswelten [Worlds of Knowledge – Worlds of Education], edited by Norbert Elsner and Nicolaas A. Rupke. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2009.
Albrecht von Haller im Göttingen der Aufklärung [Albrecht von Haller in Enlightenment-Era Göttingen], edited by Norbert Elsner and Nicolaas A. Rupke. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2009.
Bilderwelten. Vom farbigen Abglanz der Natur [Worlds of Images. On the Colorful Reflection of Nature], edited by Norbert Elsner. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2007.
Das System Erde – was bewegt die Welt? Lebensraum und Zukunftsperspektiven [The Earth System – What Moves the World? Habitat and Future Perspectives], edited by Joachim Reitner, Klaus Weber, and Ute Karg. Göttingen: Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2005.
… sind eben alles Menschen. Verhalten zwischen Zwang, Freiheit und Verantwortung [… After All, They Are All Human. Behavior Between Compulsion, Freedom, and Responsibility], edited on behalf of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the University of Göttingen by Norbert Elsner and Gerd Lüer. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2005.
Scientia poetica. Literatur und Naturwissenschaft [Scientia Poetica. Literature and the Natural Sciences], edited by Norbert Elsner and Werner Frick. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2004.
Der Mensch und seine Rechte. Grundlagen und Brennpunkte der Menschenrechte zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts [Human Beings and Their Rights. Foundations and Focal Points of Human Rights at the Start of the 21st Century], edited by Georg Nolte and Hans-Ludwig Schreiber. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2004.
Johann Friedrich Benzenberg: Die Astronomie, Physische Geographie, Meteorologie und Geologie. Georg Christoph Lichtenbergs Vorlesung 1797/1798 [Astronomy, Physical Geography, Meteorology, and Geology. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg’s Lecture 1797/1798]. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2004.
Abraham, unser Vater. Die gemeinsamen Wurzeln von Judentum, Christentum und Islam [Abraham, Our Father. The Shared Roots of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam], edited by Reinhard G. Kratz and Tilman Nagel. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2003.
Göttingen Stiftungsuniversität? Eine rechtswissenschaftliche Überprüfung der gesetzlichen Grundlagen der niedersächsischen Stiftungsuniversitäten [Göttingen as a Foundation University? A Legal Review of the Laws Governing Foundation Universities in Lower Saxony], edited by Okko Behrends. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2003.
Was ist der Mensch? [What Is the Human Being?], edited by Norbert Elsner and Hans-Ludwig Schreiber. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2002.
Frauenlob, Heinrich von Mügeln und ihre Nachfolger [Frauenlob, Heinrich von Mügeln and Their Successors], edited by Jens Haustein. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2002.
Wissenschaften 2001. Diagnosen und Prognosen [Sciences 2001. Diagnoses and Prognoses], edited by the Göttingen Academy of Sciences. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2001.
Das Gehirn und sein Geist [The Brain and Its Mind], edited by Norbert Elsner and Gerd Lüer. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2000.
Das Gen und der Mensch. Ein Blick in die Biowissenschaften [The Gene and the Human. A Glimpse into the Bio Sciences], edited by Gerhard Gottschalk. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2000.
Europäische Jahrhundertwende. Wissenschaften, Literatur und Kunst um 1900 [European Turn of the Century. Sciences, Literature, and Art around 1900], edited by Ulrich Mölk. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 1999.