About Us
Our story begins in 1886 with the opening of our bookshop in Hildesheim. At the turn of the 20th century, the first books were printed; these were primarily textbooks, books on agriculture and local history and geography.
Today, we are proud to have established ourselves as a leading academic publisher with major emphases in the Arts and Humanities. We carry titles in over 30 disciplines and work with more than 500 local and international contributors. On a monthly basis, we release about twenty new titles and reprint more than 15,000 volumes, which are available both in print and digital. At Georg Olms Verlag, growth is more than just a motto.
Our History
In 1953, Senator h.c., Dr. h.c. mult. W. Georg Olms (born in 1927) takes over as director of the bookshop, Georg Olms, and transforms it into a second-hand bookshop specialising in academic literature. In 1958, the bookshop becomes an international household name as publisher of academic reprints.
In 1983, W. Georg Olms purchases the rights to Weidmann Verlagsbuchhandlung.
In 1985, W. Georg Olms is awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo (Italy).
In 1987, the University of Hildesheim recognises him as honorary senator.
In 1988, the medical faculty of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt accords him a medicinae honoris causa doctorate.
As of 1st July 2023, the academic division of Georg Olms Verlag is now part of the Nomos Publishing Group in Baden-Baden.
Publishing Programme
Major areas of emphasis include Ancient History (USA: Ancient Studies), Philosophy, German Studies, Musicology, Art and European History. Since 2005, the Georg Olms Verlag has also been entrusted with the publication of numerous works for the Middle East. A selection of such prime projects includes the fifty-volume edition of the Documenta Arabica; the Mango Tree Encyclopedia, comprising eighty volumes; deluxe editions of the Royal Opera House Muscat; the twenty-volume series, Studies on Ibadism and Oman and source material, such as the thirty-volume Portugal in the Sea of Oman.
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