Books

The ZfL publishes research results from its projects in a variety of book formats, primarily as monographs, in the form of anthologies, or as supplements or special issues of scholarly journals. They appear in the ZfL’s series (“Literatur- und Kulturforschung” at Wallstein, “LiteraturForschung” at Kulturverlag Kadmos, until 2017 “Trajekte” at Fink) as well as with other publishers such as Fischer, Suhrkamp, and de Gruyter.

Catriona Corke, Ivana Perica, Philipp Wegmann (ed./eds.)

Literary Acts of Agency
Negotiating the Rule of Law

De Gruyter, Berlin 2026, 155 pages
ISBN 9783111506302 (Print); 9783111506692 (E-Book)
Book cover: Written at the top is “History in Dispute: Essays on the Historicization of Reinhart Koselleck, edited by Falko Schmieder” in German; at the bottom, Reinhart Koselleck leans against a bookshelf with his arms crossed and looking at the camera.
Falko Schmieder (ed./eds.)

Geschichte im Widerstreit
Beiträge zur Historisierung Reinhart Kosellecks

Wert der Vergangenheit vol. 13
Wallstein, Göttingen 2026, 351 pages
ISBN 978-3-8353-6053-2 (Print); 978-3-8353-8165-0 (PDF)
Sandra Folie, Gianna Zocco (ed./eds.)

Dualla Misipo: Der Junge aus Duala. Literaturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf ein frühes Werk der Schwarzen deutschen Literatur
literatur für leser:innen

Vol. 47, Issue 2
Peter Lang, Berlin 2026, 104 pages
ISSN 0343-1657; eISSN 2364-7183
DOI 10.3726/lfl.2024.02.01
Tobias Wilke

Lautbilder und Maschinenschrift
Modelle digitaler Sprachlichkeit im 20. Jahrhundert

Brill Fink, Paderborn 2026, 189 pages
ISBN 978-3-7705-6967-0 (Print); 978-3-8467-6967-6 (E-Book)
Lukas Schemper, Henning Trüper (ed./eds.)

The Rescuing Sovereign at Sea: Historical Perspectives on Maritime Law, Morals, and Politics
Forum in: International Journal of Maritime History

Vol. 38, Issue 1
SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks 2026, 152 pages
ISSN 0843-8714 (Print); 2052-7756 (Online)
Margarete Vöhringer, Christof Windgätter (ed./eds.)

Glaswelten
Materielle Kultur zwischen Zeigen und Verbergen

Designwissen vol. 4
Kulturverlag Kadmos, Berlin 2026, 288 pages
ISBN 978-3-86599-601-5
Christoph Hesse, Klaus Bittermann (ed./eds.)

Umkämpfte Geschichte
Einsprüche gegen die Umdeutung des 7. Oktober

Theorie & Debatte vol. 1
Edition Tiamat, Berlin 2026, 304 pages
ISBN 978-3-89320-335-2
Thomas Macho, Johannes Steizinger (ed./eds.)

Susan Taubes
Philosophische Schriften

Schriften von Susan Taubes vol. 2
Wilhelm Fink Verlag, München 2026, 584 pages
ISBN (E-book) 978-3-8467-5731-4; ISBN (Print) 978-3-7705-5731-8
Oliver Precht (ed./eds.)

Maurice Merleau-Ponty als politischer Philosoph
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie

Vol. 73, Issue 5
De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston 2025, 75 pages
ISSN 0012-1045; eISSN: 2192-1482
Hanna Hamel

Der nächste Text
Postdigitale ästhetische Kooperation

Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2025, 222 pages
ISBN 978-3-7518-2098-1
Cover of the academic journal Forum for Modern Language Studies, Volume 61, Number 3 (July 2025), special issue on the aesthetics and politics of humour in Walter Benjamin.
Kevin Drews, Szilvia Gellai (ed./eds.)

The Opportunities of Laughter: On the Aesthetics and Politics of Humour in Walter Benjamin
Special Issue: Forum for Modern Language Studies

Vol. 61, Issue 3
Oxford University Press, Oxford 2025, 168 pages
ISSN 0015-8518 (Print), 1471-6860 (Online)
Ivana Perica, Aurore Peyroles (ed./eds.)

The Political Novel in Europe and the Challenges of the Digital Era

CAPONEU Working Papers
2025