As its title suggests, Werkstatt, the online journal of German and comparative literary and cultural studies, is open to all high-quality contributions to literary and cultural studies – a field characterised by plurality, openness, interdisciplinarity, as well as by unexploited intradisciplinary possibilities. We invite papers focusing on theory or historical aspects on all fields of literature and culture related to the German-speaking countries.

Our primary goal is to be a workshop (“Werkstatt”), that is, to provide a fast and respectable forum of publication to students and lecturers of graduate schools for literary and cultural studies.

So as to maintain professional standards and academic quality, all papers (including book-reviews) intended for publication will be peer-reviewed. We only accept reviews of books recommended by the editorial board.

Acceptable languages of publication are German, English and Hungarian.

Topics

Literary, Cultural and Media Theory
Literary History, Germanic and Comparative Literary Studies
Cultural History, Cultural Studies
Theory and History of Science
Ideology History
Church History and History of Religion
Reception History
Style and Genre History
Theatre History, Theatre Studies
Media History, Media Studies
Film Theory and History of Film
History of the Author
History of the Artist
Gender Studies
Literary Hermeneutics
Narratology
Intermediality
Theatricality and Performativity
Cultural Memory
Cultural areas, cultural interference and cultural transfer

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The peer-review process

All submitted articles and book reviews are to be evaluated by the editorial board. If necessary, external assessors will be invited to peer review the manuscripts. The review process should follow the following steps:

Peer-review of the submitted manuscript by the reviewer
Accepted papers will be made accessible for download on the internet
Rejected papers will be (1) either returned to the author for correction or (2) they will be rejected irrevocably
In case 1: the revised version will be pre-reviewed again
Accepted papers (revised versions) will be made accessible for download on the internet
Rejected papers (revised versions) are to be considered finally rejected
All accepted manuscripts will be returned to the authors for approval before publication
Accepted papers will be made accessible for download on the internet immediately after printing release

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