The agenda of Oriens Extremus is summed up in the journal’s new subtitle, “Kultur, Geschichte, Reflexion in Ostasien” (culture, history, and thought in East Asia). Oriens Extremus publishes contributions dealing with ancient and modern China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. It will not do this in a traditional fashion, however. No longer simply lining up articles in every issue about widely differing fields, periods, and cultures, the new series of Oriens Extremus will instead regularly assemble articles in English, French, and German that deal with a specific topic and bring together different perspectives in a common focal point.

The Harrassowitz Verlag publishes about 200 scholarly books and periodicals per year on Oriental, Slavic and Book and Library Studies and holds a stock of about 3000 different titles. The publishing section forms one part of Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. KG which is also famous for its outstanding service for libraries since 1872.