It was founded in 2021 and is published by De Gruyter.

Its editors-in-chief are Charlotte A. Lerg (Munich), Johan Östling (Lund), and Jana Weiß (Münster).

The yearbook is the successor of the journal of the same name, founded in 1999.

[1] The journal History of Intellectual Culture was conceived in 1999 by University of Calgary professors Dr. Paul Stortz and Dr. E. Lisa Panayotidis.

[2] The first issue of the yearbook will be published in 2022 and comprises three sections: articles (an open section); the theme "Participatory Knowledge"; and engaging the field.