Who founded Berghahn Books and when was it established?
Berghahn Books was founded in 1994 by Marion Berghahn. The press is based in both New York and Oxford.
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How many books does Berghahn Books publish each year?
Berghahn Books publishes approximately 140 new titles and around 80 paperback editions annually. Its backlist holds nearly 2,500 titles in print.
What academic subjects does Berghahn Books specialize in?
Berghahn Books specializes in the humanities and social sciences, with a particular focus on social and cultural anthropology, European history, politics, and film and media studies.
What awards has Berghahn Journals won for new journals?
Berghahn Journals won the AAP PROSE Award for Best New Journal in the Social Sciences and Humanities two years running: for Projections in 2008 and for Girlhood Studies in 2009. Girlhood Studies also received a Highly Commended Certificate for the 2010 ALPSP Best New Journal Award.
What is the Subscribe to Open initiative at Berghahn Journals?
Subscribe to Open (S2O) is a model where journal content becomes freely available when libraries maintain their subscriptions. Berghahn joined Annual Reviews in adopting this approach, offering 13 anthropology titles in 2019, all of which were released as open content in 2020.
When did Social Anthropology journal join Berghahn Journals?
Social Anthropology, the journal of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, joined Berghahn's open-access set starting with Volume 30 in 2022. The announcement was made on the 3rd of June 2021, after EASA members voted overwhelmingly to leave their previous publisher, Wiley.