Franz Steiner Verlag is one of Germany's most prominent academic publishing houses, founded in 1949 in Wiesbaden. The focus of interest is on ancient history, social history, history of economics as well as the history of science and medicine. Besides these traditional fields of publication, Steiner also publishes works in the areas of transatlantic studies, geography, musicology as well as philosophy of law.

Programmatically, the publishing house focuses on the social sciences and humanities. As a specialist publisher with a 60-year tradition, Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag maintains an interdisciplinary programme in the fields of law, politics and economics, history and public administration.

Our imprint's Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag regional focus is on Eastern European law and research, on Northern European studies and on the history of Berlin, Brandenburg and Prussia. In the latter field, Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag is one of the leading specialist publishers in Germany.