Further publications by the Academy

In addition to the publications arising from research projects and its periodicals, the Academy also publishes several book series and reports, some of which date back to the time of the Academy’s foundation. Others, however, aim to bring members’ current research topics to the attention of a wider public.Once again, the Heidelberg University Library is a key partner in this regard.

With the Heidelberger Akademische Bibliothek, the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities aims to create a forum where the Academy’s members can introduce themselves to the interested public in a new way. [...] The idea is that each member should present a scholarly “business card” here. And taken together, the contributions should reveal the cosmos of the sciences as it is represented at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, with its full diversity of topics, questions, and methods.

[Preliminary Note by the Editors Peter Graf Kielmansegg and Bernhard Zimmermann]

Easily recognizable by its colorful book cover, the series has been published since 2020. Since then, more than 15 volumes have been published, and more are in the works.

New Release

Stefan Pfänder

Improvisation im Gespräch. Kommunikative Herausforderungen multimodal meistern

Heidelberger Akademische Bibliothek
Stuttgart, Alfred Kröner Verlag, 2026

Kröner Publishing

Current Volumes

Albrecht Winnacker: Silizium ist nicht alles. Zur Materialproblematik der modernen Elektronik, 2025
Michael Erler: Warum alte Texte lesen? Lesen als Mitarbeit am Text, 2025
Ronald G. Asch: Ein republikanisches Experiment im 17. Jahrhundert. Commonwealth und Protektorat in England 1649-59/60, 2024
Hans-Joachim Gehrke: Bürgerkriege und Epheben. Prinzipien und Praktiken bürgerlicher Sozialisation im antiken Griechenland, 2024

A complete list of all volumes can be found on the website of Kröner Verlag.

The Proceedings of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities document scholarly lectures, studies, and research findings from the Academy’s two classes. As a publication series, they ensure that academic work remains permanently visible and accessible to the scholarly community. These publication series have not been published continuously since the 1990s. However, lectures and similar contributions can be found in the Academy’s Annuals.

Proceedings of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Philosophical and Historical Class (from the years 1910–1995)

Proceedings of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Mathematical and Natural sciences class (from 1909–1995)

Proceedings of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Mathematical and Natural sciences class: Division A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences (from 1911–1924)

Proceedings of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Mathematical and Natural sciences class: Section B, Biological Sciences (from the years 1911–1924)

The following publications explore the rich history of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (selection):

Udo Wennemuth, Wissenschaftsorganisation und Wissenschaftsförderung in Baden. Die Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften 1909-1949 (Heidelberg 1994).
Udo Wennemuth, Die Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften im Dritten Reich, in: Acta historica Leopoldina Nr. 22 (1995), S. 113-132.
Volker Sellin (Hg.), Das Europa der Akademien (Heidelberg 2010).
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Hg.), Die im Dritten Reich entrechteten und vertriebenen Mitglieder der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Heidelberg 2009).
Volker Sellin/Sebastian Zwies (Hg.), Die Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften im Spiegel ihrer Antrittsreden 1944-2008 (Heidelberg 2009), mit einem Verzeichnis der ordentlichen Mitglieder 1909-2008.
Volker Sellin/Eike Wolgast/Sebastian Zwies (Hg.), Die Forschungsvorhaben der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Heidelberg 2009).
Ditte Bandini/Ulrich Kronauer (Hg.), Früchte vom Baum des Wissens. Eine Festschrift der wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter (Heidelberg 2009).
Herbert von Bose, Die Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, in: Jörg Kreutz/Wilhelm Kreutz/Hermann Wiegand (Hg.), In omnibus veritas: 250 Jahre Kurpfälzische Akademie der Wissenschaften in Mannheim (1763-1806), Mannheim 2014, 221-231.
Tonio Hölscher, Athene als Emblem der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Athene 1-2021, 6-9.
Uta Hüttig/Hans-Georg Kräusslich (Hg.), Die Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften im Spiegel ihrer Antrittsreden 2009-2023 (Heidelberg 2024), mit einem Verzeichnis der ordentlichen Mitglieder 2009-2023.
Matthias Ohm, Die Medaillen der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Athene 2-2024, Seite 35-37.
Matthias Ohm, Academia in Nummis. Medaillen der Mannheimer und der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften", in: Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt Heft 11/2024, S. 413–420.

Acta Academiae Theodoro-Palatinae

The page linked here provides an overview of the Electoral Palatinate Academy of Sciences and its historical legacy. It includes references to key publications, historical series, and members of the Academy who shaped its scholarly work in the 18th century.

The Zentralblatt Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebiete (zbMATH) is one of the most important publications in mathematics, founded in 1931. The Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities has been one of two publishers since 1965 and one of three since 1999. In addition to the Academy, the FIZ-Karlsruhe (external link), as part of the Leibniz Association, and the European Mathematical Society (external link). Until recently, Springer Verlag handled the printing. Originally founded as an abstract journal, zbMATH is now the world’s most comprehensive and longest-running abstract and review service in pure and applied mathematics.

Its current functionality goes far beyond that of an abstract journal. It is now fully digital and offers a wide range of metadata on the publications reviewed. In 2019, full funding for zbMATH was secured through grants from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, ensuring that zbMATH will be operated as an open-access platform under the name zbMATH OPEN in the future.

For more information about zbMATH and its history, see ➟ here. (external link)

➟ to the portal zbMATH OPEN (external link)

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