CfA: German Studies Association (GSA) 2025 Seminar “Wandering Artefacts: Dispersion, Digitization and Multilingualism of German-Jewish Archives”
The German Studies Association (GSA) in cooperation with the DFG funded project “Understanding Written Artefacts” at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures at the University of Hamburg invites applications for the seminar "Wandering Artefacts: Dispersion, Digitization and Multilingualism of German-Jewish Archives" at the 49th annual German Studies Association conference in Arlington, VA, September 25-28, 2025. The seminar convenes scholars who are working in and reflecting about German-Jewish archives located across the world. What role has the archive played in scholarship on German-Jewish literary and cultural history, and how is it shaping new directions in the field? The organizers are particularly interested in the potentials and challenges represented by the digitization of archives and in the question of multilingualism in the archive.
Deadline for applications: February 19, 2025 │ DETAILS