Tag Archives: Stephan Füssel
Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 2022, ed. Stephan Füssel
The Gutenberg Jahrbuch 2022, edited by Stephan Füssel (Mainz), typesetting and cover design by Ralf de Jong (Essen), was published in June. The Gutenberg Jahrbuch is the central scholarly publication organ of International Gutenberg Society, founded in 1926 by Aloys Ruppel. With 14 contributions in German, English and French, the new edition is primarily devoted […]
New publication: Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 2020, ed. Stephan Füssel
The Gutenberg Jahrbuch 2020, edited by Stephan Füssel (Mainz), typesetting and cover design by Ralf de Jong (Essen), was published in June. The Gutenberg Jahrbuch is the central scholarly publication organ of International Gutenberg Society, founded in 1926 by Aloys Ruppel. Highlights this year include contributions on the international teamwork in Strasbourg, Mainz and Italy, […]
New publication: Kontext Buch. Festschrift für Stephan Füssel. Ed. Christoph Reske. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2020.
Edited by Christoph Reske. With contributions in English or German by (among many others) Robert Darnton, Falk Eisermann, Christine Haug, Michael Knoche, Alberto Manguel, Gabriele Müller-Oberhäuser, Paul Needham and Eric White, this new edited volume was just published with the Harrassowitz Verlag in Wiesbaden. More information and the table of contents can be found here. […]
New publication: Reader “Meilensteine buchwissenschaftlicher Forschung”, eds. Schneider, Füssel et al., Wiesbaden 2017
While English-language students of book history and print culture have the tried and tested “Book History Reader” (eds. Finkelstein/McCleery, 2nd edition 2006) at their disposal, German-speaking students of Buchwissenschaft have so far not had access to a comparable collection of seminal texts. Thanks to a group of MA students of Buchwissenschaft at JGU Mainz in […]
Event series: Stadtbibliothek Ulm, 500th anniversary
The city library of Ulm was founded in 1516. Several activities will be taking place on occasion of the 500th anniversary of the foundation, for instance a conference on Frater Felix Fabri (9-10 September), whose most important works are housed in the Stadtbibliothek Ulm. Further events include a discussion with Kathrin Passig (September 22) and […]
News: Exhibit “Glanzlichter der Buchkunst” at JGU Mainz, April 21-May 12
The Mainz Institute for Book Studies with its Mainzer Verlagsarchiv (Mainz Publishing Archive) has received archival materials from the Bertelsmann imprint “wissenmedia”. During an official ceremony yesterday, Katja Meinecke-Meurer, managing director of “wissenmedia”, gave the archives of the important facsimile publisher “Faksimile Verlag” to the Institute for Book Studies. The specialized facsimile publisher (Lucerne/Munich) published […]
Upcoming event: Robert Darnton in Mainz
Our blog followers and readers may be interested in an upcoming talk to be held in Mainz on Thursday, April 28, 2016 (6.15 pm, Philosophicum building, P204) by Robert Darnton, eminent book historian and librarian. He will be speaking about censorship; the title of his talk is, “Die Zensoren. Wie staatliche Kontrolle die Literatur beeinflusst […]
Conference report: lyrik.buch.markt, JGU Mainz, 29 January 2016
by Corinna Norrick-Rühl, Institute for Book Studies, JGU Mainz Is there a market for poetry? Poetry is generally considered an outsider in the book industry. But since Jan Wagner received the award of the Leipzig Book Fair in 2015, poetry has been “trending”. This one-day conference under the direction of Alexander Nebrig, visiting professor at […]
Conference report: Mainzer Kolloquium 2014: West German Book Market History (1949-1989)
Corinna Norrick-Rühl, JGU Mainz The conference series “Mainzer Kolloquium” is held annually at Mainz Institute for Book Studies on the last Friday in January. This year’s “Mainzer Kolloquium” – the 19th consecutive conference in the series – focused on West German book market history from 1949 to 1989. The one-day interdisciplinary conference was designed as […]
Event: Mainzer Kolloquium 2014: West German Book Market History (1949-1989)
The conference series “Mainzer Kolloquium” is an annual event held at Mainz Institute for Book Studies on the last Friday in January. This year’s “Mainzer Kolloquium” – the 19th consecutive conference in the series – will focus on West German book market history. The one-day, interdisciplinary conference on January 31 is the kick-off event for […]
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