This postgraduate class focuses on current research issues in book studies (broadly understood to include book history and publishing studies). It is addressed to advanced students interested in pursuing research in this area. The general objective is to support students in preparing and conducting their individual research projects (in particular, but not exclusively, with regard to their master theses). We will discuss individual research projects in class, test-run methods, and discuss new research in book studies. The class will also help students with the individual study requirements of the research modules in the MA courses of study. This course requires active participation, including oral presentation of students’ current research projects in class. As preparatory reading, please check the journal websites of e. g. Book History, LOGOS. Journal of the World Publishing Community, Publishing Research Quarterly etc. to get an overview of recent work in the area. I also recommend our new methods book as an introduction to the field and its methods: Rachel Noorda/Corinna Norrick-Rühl: Research Methods in Publishing and Book Studies. Abingdon/New York: Routledge, 2025. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003507611.

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