American Culture

American Culture is a series of publications specializing in literary and cultural studies. We welcome publications on literature, literary and cultural theory, history, theater, film and the arts. On the board of editors are members of the English/American language and history departments at the universities of Hamburg and Berlin (FU and HU). Die Reihe American Culture veröffentlicht Monographien aus der Anglistik/Amerikanistik und geht dabei insbesondere auf Literaturtheorie und Kulturwissenschaften ein. Weitere thematische Schwerpunkte der Reihe liegen in den Bereichen der Geschichts-, Kunst- sowie Theater- und Filmwissenschaft. Herausgegeben wird die Reihe von Professoren der Universität Hamburg und der Freien Universität Berlin sowie der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

20 publications

Religions and Discourse

ISSN: 1422-8998

«Religions and Discourse» explores religious language in the major world faiths from various viewpoints, including semiotics, pragmatics and cognitive linguistics, and reflects on how it is situated within wider intellectual and cultural contexts. In particular a key issue is the role of figurative speech. Many fascinating metaphors originate in religion e.g. revelation as a ‘garment’, apostasy as ‘adultery’, loving kindness as the ‘circumcision of the heart’. Every religion rests its specific orientations upon symbols such as these, to name but a few. The series strives after the interdisciplinary approach that brings together such diverse disciplines as religious studies, theology, sociology, philosophy, linguistics and literature, guided by an international editorial board of scholars representative of the aforementioned disciplines. Though scholarly in its scope, the series also seeks to facilitate discussions pertaining to central religious issues in contemporary contexts. The series will publish monographs and collected essays of a high scholarly standard.

62 publications

Varia Musicologica

ISSN: 1660-8666

The series „Varia Musicologica" treats a wide range of subjects from all fields of musicology. The editions, monographs and collections present the latest research from the music of the Middle Ages to new forms of music culture and adapt historical, cultural-historical, musical-aesthetic, biographical, analytical or source-critical methods. The volumes are presented in the languages English, German, French and Italian. Die Reihe «Varia Musicologica» ist als breit angelegtes Medium für vorwiegend monographische Arbeiten aus allen Feldern der Musikwissenschaft konzipiert. Die Bände erscheinen in freier Folge in den vier Sprachen Englisch, Deutsch, Französisch und Italienisch. Sie präsentieren neueste Forschungen von der Musik des Mittelalters bis zu neuen Formen von Musikkultur und gehorchen dabei historischen, kulturhistorischen, musikästhetischen, biographischen, analytischen oder quellenkritischen Methoden.

27 publications

McGill European Studies

McGill European Studies will publish significant contributions to the understanding of issues confronting contemporary Europe. These studies may be interdisciplinary, or multidisciplinary in scope, but they may also represent the perspective of a single discipline. The books in the series will be monographs, collections of essays, and conference proceedings, to the extent that they have a thematic coherence. McGill European Studies will publish significant contributions to the understanding of issues confronting contemporary Europe. These studies may be interdisciplinary, or multidisciplinary in scope, but they may also represent the perspective of a single discipline. The books in the series will be monographs, collections of essays, and conference proceedings, to the extent that they have a thematic coherence. McGill European Studies will publish significant contributions to the understanding of issues confronting contemporary Europe. These studies may be interdisciplinary, or multidisciplinary in scope, but they may also represent the perspective of a single discipline. The books in the series will be monographs, collections of essays, and conference proceedings, to the extent that they have a thematic coherence.

4 publications