Edinburgh German Yearbook
A yearly publication of lively and open discussion on themes pertinent to German Studies.
Established, commissioned, and edited by colleagues in German at the University of Edinburgh, the Edinburgh German Yearbook ran for 15 volumes published between 2007 and 2022.
The Yearbook encouraged and shared lively and open discussion of themes pertinent to German Studies, viewed from all angles but with particular interest in problems arising out of politics and history. Over the years, it explored a wide range of timely topics such as the cultural legacy of National Socialism and the GDR, Brecht, gender, ethics, disability, melancholy, archive and memory, and love.
Its founding editor was Sarah Colvin, then Eudo Mason Chair of German at the University of Edinburgh, now Schröder Professor of German at the University of Cambridge. It was published by Boydell & Brewer / Camden House, a world-leading publisher of academic books on German literature and culture, film and history.
Lecturers in German at Edinburgh choose the theme of each issue and took turns as editors, normally teamed up with a co-editor from another institution. They also regularly contributed to volumes edited by colleagues.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 15
Tracing German Visions of Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century.
Edited by Jenny Watson, Michel Mallet and Hanna Schumacher.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 14
Politics and Culture in Germany and Austria Today.
Edited by Frauke Matthes, Dora Osborne, Katya Krylova and Myrto Aspioti.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 13
Music in German Politics / Politics in German Music
Edited by Siobhán Donovan and Maria Euchner.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 12
Repopulating the Eighteenth Century: Second-Tier Writing in the German Enlightenment.
Edited by Michael Wood and Johannes Birgfeld.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 11
Love, Eros, and Desire in Contemporary German-Language Literature and Culture.
Edited by Helmut Schmitz and Peter Davies.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 10
Queering German Culture.
Edited by Leanne Dawson.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 9
Archive and Memory in German Literature and Visual Culture.
Edited by Dora Osborne.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 8
New Literary and Linguistic Perspectives on the German Language, National Socialism, and the Shoah.
Edited by Peter Davies and Andrea Hammel.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 7
Ethical Approaches in Contemporary German-Language Literature and Culture.
Edited by Emily Jeremiah and Frauke Matthes.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 6
Sadness and Melancholy in German-Language Literature and Culture.
Edited by Mary Cosgrove and Anna Richards.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 5
Brecht and the GDR: Politics, Culture, Posterity.
Edited by Laura Bradley and Karen Leeder.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 4
Disability in German Literature, Film, and Theater.
Edited by Eleoma Joshua and Michael Schillmeier.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 3
Contested Legacies: Constructions of Cultural Heritage in the GDR.
Edited by Matthew Philpotts and Sabine Rolle.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 2
Masculinity and German Culture.
Edited by Sarah Colvin and Peter Davies.
Edinburgh German Yearbook 1
Cultural Exchange in German Literature.
Edited by Eleoma Joshua and Robert Vilain.
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