Monthly Archives: June 2018

Call for applications: 2018 DGPh History of Photography Research Award

  Since 1978, the History and Archives section of the German Photographic Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Photographie, DGPh) recognises scientific research in the history and theory of photography. The DGPh History of Photography Research Award 2016 will be open for all elements of research into photography’s many aspects. Besides aspects of traditional history and theory […]

New publication: E. Böker: Skandinavische Bestseller auf dem deutschen Markt (Königshausen & Neumann, 2018)

We are delighted to share information about a new publication by one of our associated scholars. Dr. Elisabeth Böker (MA in Buchwissenschaft and History from JGU Mainz, PhD in Scandinavian Studies from Göttingen University within the Framework of the DFG Graduiertenkolleg 1787 – Literatur und Literaturvermittlung im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung) has just published her dissertation […]

CfP: ‘Faithful to our task’: 175 Years of Macmillan Publishing, 22 Oct 2018, London

This CfP was sent to us by our associated scholar Melanie Ramdarshan Bold. Proposals are sought for a one-day conference of papers related to Macmillan Publishing, organised by Bloomsbury CHAPTER (a cooperative venture between the Institute of English Studies at University of London and the Centre for Publishing at UCL) in partnership with Palgrave Macmillan […]

CONF: Leaf or page: What it means to ‘read’ a manuscript, Hamburg, 22-23 June 2018

Our associated scholar Carlos Spoerhase has shared with us the announcement of a conference he’s co-organizing with Christian Benne (Copenhagen) at Hamburg University’s Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures later this month. We’re glad to pass this info along to our followers: Workshop: “Leaf or Page: What It Means to ‘Read’ a Manuscript” Centre for […]