Why Publish with Gerlach Press?

Gerlach Press was founded in 2010 as a new, but at the same time classic academic publishing house with intensive personal support for authors and manuscripts, specialized in one subject only, Middle East and Islamic Studies with a special emphasis on:
- Research beyond conventional narratives
- Fundamentally new questions in research
- History and decolonization of the subject
- Enlightenment and emancipatory approaches
- A platform for early career specialists

IMPORTANT NAMES & PROMISING SCHOLARS

Gerlach Press publishes some of the most important names in the field of Middle East and Islamic Studies:
- Sadik J. Al-Azm (Damascus, Syria), the vigorous Arab enlightener
- Dale F. Eickelman (Dartmouth College, USA), the much-read anthropologist
- Muhammad Shahrour (Damascus, Syria), the groundbreaking Quran interpreter
- Tim Niblock (Exeter, UK), the doyen of Gulf Studies
- Frauke Heard-Bey (National Archives, Abu Dhabi, UAE), the top expert for the Gulf region
- Aziz Al-Azmeh (Central European University), the well-known historian
- Colin Turner (Durham, UK), the outstanding Quranic studies scholar
- Carool Kersten (King's College London, UK), leading scholar on Modern Islamic Thought

Gerlach Press also offers promising younger scholars the opportunity to become internationally known in an unbureaucratic, cost-free, and above all fast way. Prerequisites are high quality academic content and good English. Recent examples are Degang Sun (Shanghai), Seyfeddin Kara (Durham/groningen), Yesenn El-Radhi (Frankfurt), Annika Kropf (Erlangen), Asma Hilali (Lille), Imรจne Ajala (Dubai), Nasrin Rouzati (New York), and Nikolay Kozhanov (St. Petersburg/Doha).

CUTTING EDGE PROGRAMME

- Islamic Studies
- Quranic Studies
- Early Islam
- Critical Thinking
- Islamic Law
- Current Middle Eastern Affairs
- Gulf Studies
- History of the Middle East
- Middle East Politics & Current Affairs
- Strategic Studies
- Islamic Law & Finance
- Environment
- Arabic Literature & Poetry
- Primary Sources

SERIES & COOPERATIONS

Gerlach Press cooperates with Exeter University. ๐Ÿ”— Its series Exeter Critical Gulf Studies is published with us. The renowned series Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam is supervised by experts in Goettingen and New York. A multinational team publishes the series Islamic Intellectual History, and a new series Shanghai Middle East Studies is being developed in cooperation with Fudan University, Shanghai. ๐Ÿ”—

WHY PUBLISH WITH US?

- Bureaucracy-free and personal service
- Personal service by specialists
- Rapid decisions
- Fast and efficient productionย (average 4-5 months from final copy)
- Copy editing by native speakers
- Very high production standards from German printers
- Print and digital formats (JSTOR, Ebsco, Proquest, Cambridge Core) from day one
- Simultaneous European and North American publication
- Worldwide marketing to our own specialist database of 9,000 buyers (scholars and libraries)
- Attendance at key international conferences (MESA, BRISMES, BRAIS, JAMES, DAVO)
- Booths at key book fairs (Frankfurt, London, Cairo, Abu Dhabi, Muscat)
- Stockholding in all key markets (US, UK, Germany, Middle East, East and Southeast Asia)
- Worldwide sales: North America 40%, Europe 30%, Middle East & Asia 30%

Please contact the publisher Kai H. Gerlach directly at: khg@gerlach-press.de






Memberships

- Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Berlin ๐Ÿ”— (Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce)
- Bรถrsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V. ๐Ÿ”— (German Book Trade Association)
- Verband Deutscher Antiquare e.V. ๐Ÿ”— (Association of German Antiquarian Booksellers)
- ILAB - International League of Antiquarian Booksellers ๐Ÿ”—
- MELCom - European Association of Middle East Librarians ๐Ÿ”—
- SLA / AGC - Special Libraries Association / Arabian Gulf Chapter ๐Ÿ”—
- DAVO - Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Vorderer Orient e.V. ๐Ÿ”— (German Middle Eastern Studies Association)
- BRISMES - British Society for Middle Eastern Studies ๐Ÿ”—
- JAMES - Japan Association for Middle East Studies ๐Ÿ”—
- MESA - Middle East Studies Association  ๐Ÿ”—
- MELA โ€“ Middle East Librarians Association ๐Ÿ”—

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