Harrassowitz was founded in 1872, is made up by a Subscription Agency and a publishing house and is still a private owned company. Harrassowitz Publishers focus on scholarly studies, dissertations, post-doctoral theses, editions, excavation reports, textbooks and dictionaries. Our list includes 6000 titles in print, including 1,500 e-books, about 150 book series and 40 journals on the subjects of Oriental and East European Studies as well as Archaeology, Classics, Medieval and Early Modern Studies.