Cultural History and Cultural Studies
Cultural History & Cultural Studies
On the one hand, this field brings together publications that examine such fascinating cultural historical phenomena as the symbolism of the Berlin ‘Quadriga’, the role of captivating personalities in court libraries or the relationship between factual and ficitional travel accounts.
On the other hand, we have publications on Cultural Studies that deal with questions arising from cultural policy, cultural exchange and research conducted on network theory. Particular worthy of mention is the series ‘Potsdamer inter- und transkulturelle Texte’ (Potsdamer inter- and transcultural texts, only available in German) which focuses on the multi-faceted work of Alexander von Humboldt and publishes numerous never-before-seen works, diaries and letters for the first time.
Book Series
PASSAGEN / PASSAGES / PASAJES
Transdisziplinäre Kulturperspektiven – Transdisciplinary Cultural Perspectives – Perspectives Culturelles Transdisciplinaires
Starting from a transdisciplinary perspective, the series Passages – Transdisciplinary Cultural Perspectives is devoted to various topics from the fields of literature, theatre, film, anthropology, media and gender, with special reference to English- and French-speaking cultural spheres. In it are published works with an approach based on cultural theory and taken from cultural and literature studies/literary theory, theatre studies as well as outstanding dissertation/post-doctoral projects. Passages focuses on studying cultural and scientific processes at interfaces, places in which new scientific paradigma and a variety of cultural worlds arise. The moment of crossing, passing through and oscillating is determined by an epistemological attitude of reorganizing life, science and the world. Thus, on the one hand, Passages includes the transcending of the traditional disciplines and the networking of different sciences and fields of knowledge; on the other hand, it includes the passing through of cultural networks and problems which oscillate between cultural localization and the transcending of cultural boundaries. Passages is devoted to hybridization processes of various types, as they are for example to be found in French- and English-speaking cultures, the Caribbean, the Maghreb or the Latino culture in the USA. Especially here, the pressing questions of our time can be treated on the basis of numerous works by intellectuals, artists, thinkers and film-makers which are unequalled in the international cultural universe.
La nouvelle collection Passages – Perspectives culturelles transdisciplinaires se concentre – à partir d’un point de vue théorique transdisciplinaire – sur l’analyse de divers thèmes dans les domaines de la littérature, du théâtre, de l’anthropologie, des médias et des gender studies, en se référant essentiellement aux cultures anglophone et francophone. Des travaux monographiques spécialisés ainsi que des thèses de doctorat et des projets (par ex. “Postdoc”) de grande qualité, s’orientant en particulier vers la théorie culturelle, seront publiés dans cette collection. Passages met au centre des points d’intersection, ces lieux où se forment des nouveaux paradigmes scientifiques et une diversité des mondes culturels, l’analyse des processus culturels et scientifiques. Le moment du passage, de la traversée et de l’oscillation est déterminé par une nouvelle conscience épistémologique organisatrice du monde, de la vie et des sciences. Passages implique, d’une part, la transgression consciente des disciplines traditionnelles et l’interrelation des domaines différents du savoir et des sciences ; d’autre part, le parcours des entrelacements des réseaux culturels et des problèmes scientifiques qui oscillent entre localisation et dé-localisation culturelles. Passages se consacre aux différents processus d’hybridation provenant notamment des cultures francophones et anglophones, des Antilles, du Maghreb ou de la culture Latino aux États-Unis. En partant des divers travaux des intellectuels, des artistes, des philosophes, des réalisateurs de film qui sont uniques dans le paysage culturel international, il est possible d’analyser les problèmes pressants de l’actualité.
Potsdamer inter- und transkulturelle Texte (POINTE)
Die Schriftenreihe Potsdamer inter- und transkulturelle Texte (POINTE) erscheint seit Band 16 (2016) im Georg Olms Verlag. Sie widmet sich in mehrsprachigen Sammelbänden und Monographien zentralen Aspekten der aktuellen kulturwissenschaftlichen Forschung (z. B. Globalisierung, Netzwerke oder Migration). Einen Schwerpunkt bilden Studien zur wissenschaftlichen Arbeit Alexander von Humboldts, in denen z. T. bislang unveröffentlichte Dokumente und Schriften des großen Universalgelehrten analysiert und der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht werden.
Studia Giessensia, Neue Folge
Diese Schriftenreihe wird seit 2012 (in Nachfolge einer früheren universitätsinternen Reihe) herausgegeben vom Universitätsarchiv der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen und widmet sich vor allem kultur- und rechtswissenschaftlichen Themen, die trotz ihres Ursprungs im hessischen Raum exemplarischen Charakter besitzen. Zu Unrecht vergessene Gelehrte wie August Wilhelm Friedrich Crome, Johannes Haller oder Karl Straube geraten durch biographische und mentalitätsgeschichtliche Studien dabei wieder neu in den Blick.
Theorie und Kritik der Kultur und Literatur (TKKL) / Teoría y crítica de la cultura y literatura (TCCL) / Teoria e Crítica da Cultura e da Literatura (TCCL) / Theory and Critique of Culture and Literature (TCCL)
Untersuchungen zu den kulturellen Zeichen (Semiotik – Epistemologie – Interpretation)
The TCCL publishes books about Latin American and Spain as well as about Brazilian and Portuguese Culture and Literature of different centuries and countries. The main focus lies in the investigation of Borges, Postmodernity, Postcoloniality, Hybridity, Gender, on the relationship between Literature and Historiography, Sciences and Media, on the Interpretation of the Chronicles of the Conquest, on Colonization and Travels, on Narratology and Theory. Other important fields are border culture, rethinking the Americas, Transmediality, Body and Sexuality, Chicano-Culture, Frida Kahlo, Brazilian concepts of Identity and Nation, Caribbean Literature and Culture as well Spanish discourses of the 18. Century. The TCCL promotes especially works with a historical and theoretical orientation.
En la colección TCCL se publican trabajos sobre cultura y literatura latinoamericana, española, portuguesa y brasileña de diversas épocas y países, pero con especial atención a los siglo XX y XXI. Focos especiales de la colección son investigaciones sobre Borges, postmodernidad, postcolonialidad, hibridez, género, sobre la relación literatura e historiografía, ciencia y medios de comunicación, sobre las crónicas de la conquista, de la colonización y de viajes, sobre narratología teoría. Otros campos son la border culture (Rethinking the Americas), transmedialidad, sexualidad y cuerpo, cultura y literatura chicana, sobre Frida Kahlo y conceptos de identidad y nación en Brasil, sobre le Caribe y discursos en el siglo XVIII. La colección profesa un particular interés por trabajos de orientación histórica, cultural y teórica.
La collection TCCL publie des travaux sur la culture et la littérature latino-américaine, espagnole, brésilienne et portugaise de différents siècles, mais mis l’accent sur le XXème et le XXIème siècle. Les thèmes principaux abordés dans la collection TKKL se concentrent sur les recherches sur Borges, la postmodernité, le postcolonialisme, l’hybridité, Gender, le rapport entre la littérature et l’écriture de l’histoire, la littérature et les sciences, la littérature et les médias, l’interprétation des chroniques, la narrativité et la théorisation ainsi que la border culture et le rethinking the Americas, la transmédialité, la sexualité et le corps, la culture-chicano, l’Espagne au XVIIIème siècle, Frida Kahlo, les concepts brésiliens d’identité et de nation, les récits portugais de voyage de découvertes, les Caraïbes francophone, anglophone et hispanophone. La collection s’est surtout fixé comme objectif des travaux se consacrant à l’histoire, aux sciences de la culture et à la théorie.
Theorie und Praxis des Theaters. Performance und Visuelle Künste (TPTPVK) / Teoría y Práctica del Teatro. Performance y Artes Visuales (TPTPAV) / Teoria e Prática do Teatro. Performance e Artes Visuais (TPTPAV) / Theory and Practice of Theatre. Performance and Visual Arts (TPTPVA)
Theory and Practice of Theatre. Performance and Visual Arts (TPTPVA)
Hispanophone and Lusophone Studies
Teoría y Práctica del Teatro. Performance y Artes Visuales (TPTPAV)
Estudios Hispanófonos y Lusófonos
Teoria e Prática do Teatro. Performance e Artes Visuais (TPTPAV)
Estudos Hispanofonos y Lusofonos
Editors / éditeurs / editores*as
Cerstin Bauer-Funke (University Münster) (Managing Director/Director General)
Alfonso de Toro (University Leipzig) (Managing Director/Director General)
Alison Guzmán (Bentley University, MA)
Mauricio Barría (Universidad de Chile)
Simone Trecca (Università degli Studi Roma Tre)
Lourdes Bueno (AddRan College of Liberal Arts)
Publishing board/Consejo de publicación/Conseil de publication
Marilén Loyola (Lake Forest College, IL)
Enrico Di Pastena (Università di Pisa)
Helen Freear-Papio (College of the Holy Cross, MA)
The international, peer-reviewed Theory and Practice of Theatre. Performance and Visual Arts.
Hispanophone and Lusophone Studies (TPTPVA) series has been successfully published in
several languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French) since
1990. With its transdisciplinary, transcultural, and transmedial approach in the field of Latin
American, Spanish, Portuguese, and Brazilian Studies, TPTPVA publishes monographs and
anthologies in the main areas of the discipline aimed at both an academic and a culturally
interested readership. In addition, the series traditionally promotes young academics on the
basis of outstanding and innovative doctoral and post-doctoral theses.
The focus is on questions of theory formation as well as historical and current issues, with a
particular focus on the 20th and 21st centuries, including topics such as the body, sexuality,
objects, staging, society, historicisation, postmodern and postcolonial theatre (Cuti movement),
performance, transmediality, hybridisation, gender, queer culture, chicano culture, teatro de la
memoria, cybor and installation art. The connection to the public-political-social space in
interaction with science, philosophy, cultural studies and media in general is also important.
The TPTPVA series is supported by a team of internationally renowned scholars, reflecting the
scope of the discipline as well as the variety of theories and topics, while ensuring the high
quality standards of the series.
La colección international peer reviewed, Teoría y Práctica del Teatro. Performance y Artes
Visuales. Estudios Hispanófonos y Lusófonos (TPTPAV) publicada exitosamente desde 1990
en diversas lenguas (español, alemán, inglés, francés, italiano y portugués), tiene un enfoque
transdisciplinario, transcultural y transmedial. Con sus monografías y antologías sobre un
amplio abanico de temas en el campo del teatro y el espectáculo latinoamericanos, españoles,
portugueses y brasileños, así como de los estudios sobre artes visuales, se dirige tanto a un
público académico como a un público interesado por la cultura. Además, la serie promueve
tradicionalmente a jóvenes académicos mediante la publicación de tesis doctorales y
posdoctorales destacadas e innovadoras.
La atención se centra en cuestiones de formación teórica, así como en temas históricos y
actuales, con especial énfasis en los siglos XX y XXI, incluyendo temas como el cuerpo,
sexualidad, objetos, instalaciones, muñecos, formas de escenografías, sociedad, historia, teatro
posmoderno y poscolonial, teatro de minorías, performance, formas de transmedialidad,
hibridación, género, cultura queer, cultura chicana/hispanics, teatro de la memoria, cybor.
También es importante la conexión con el espacio público-político-social en interacción con la
ciencia, la filosofía, los estudios culturales y los medios de comunicación y artes en general.
La serie TPTPAV cuenta con el apoyo de un equipo internacionalmente reconocido de
académicos que reflejan la amplitud del tema, así como la gama de teorías y temas, y al mismo
tiempo garantizan los altos estándares de calidad de la serie.
A coleção internacional revista por pares, Teoria e Prática do Teatro. Performance e Artes
Visuais. Estudios Hispanófonos y Lusófonos (TPTPAV), publicada com sucesso desde 1990 em
várias línguas (espanhol, alemão, inglês, francês, italiano e português), tem uma abordagem
transdisciplinar, transcultural e transmedial. Com as suas monografias e antologias sobre uma
vasta gama de temas nos domínios do teatro e da performance latino-americanos, espanhóis,
portugueses e brasileiros, bem como dos estudos de artes visuais, dirige-se tanto a um público
académico como a um público culturalmente interessado. Além disso, a série promove
tradicionalmente os jovens académicos através da publicação de teses de doutoramento e pós-
doutoramento excepcionais e inovadoras.
A atenção centra-se em questões de formação teórica, bem como em questões históricas e
actuais, com especial ênfase nos séculos XX e XXI, incluindo temas como o corpo, a
sexualidade, os objectos, as instalações, as marionetas, as formas cénicas, a sociedade, a
história, o teatro pós-moderno e pós-colonial, o teatro das minorias, a performance, as formas
de transmedialidade, o hibridismo, o género, a cultura queer, a cultura chicana/hispânica, o
teatro da memória, o cybor. É igualmente importante a ligação com o espaço público-político-
social em interação com a ciência, a filosofia, os estudos culturais e os meios de comunicação
social e as artes em geral.
La collana TPTPAV si avvale di un team di studiosi riconosciuto a livello internazionale che
riflette l’ampiezza della disciplina e la gamma di teorie e argomenti, garantendo al contempo gli elevati standard qualitativi della collana.