Peter Lang Primer

Peter Lang Primers are designed to provide a brief and concise introduction or supplement to specific topics in education. Although sophisticated in content, these primers are written in an accessible style, making them perfect for undergraduate and graduate classroom use. Each volume includes a glossary of key terms and a References and Resources section. Other published and forthcoming volumes cover such topics as: Standards Popular Culture Critical Pedagogy Literacy Higher Education John Dewey Feminist Theory and Education Studying Urban Youth Culture Multiculturalism through Postformalism Creative Problem Solving Teaching the Holocaust Piaget and Education Deleuze and Education Foucault and Education

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Peter Lang Ltd.

28 publications

Education and Struggle

ISSN: 2168-6432

"WE ARE THE STORIES WE TELL. The series "Education and Struggle" focuses on conflict as a discursive process where people struggle for legitimacy and the narrative process becomes a political struggle for meaning. But this series will also include the voices of authors and activists who are involved in conflicts over material necessities in their communities, schools, places of worship, and public squares as part of an ongoing search for dignity, self-determination and autonomy. This series focuses on conflict and struggle within the realm of educational politics based around a series of interrelated themes: indigenous struggles; western-Islamic conflicts; globalization and the clash of worldviews; neoliberalism as the war within;colonization and neocolonization; the coloniality of power and decolonial pedagogy; war and conflict and the struggle for liberation. It publishes narrative accounts of specific struggles as well as theorizing "conflict narratives" and the political production of meaning in educational studies. During this time of global conflict and the crisis of capitalism, Education and Struggle promises to be on the cutting edge of social, cultural, educational and political transformation. Central to the series is the idea that language is essentially a dialogical production that is formed through a process of social conflict and interaction. The aim is to focus on key semiotic, literary andpolitical concepts as a basis for a philosophy of language and culture where the underlying materialist philosophy of language and culture serves as the basis for the larger project that we might call dialogism (after Bakhtin’s usage). As the late V.N. Volosinov suggests “Without signs there is no ideology”, “Everything ideological possesses semiotic value” and “individual consciousness is a socio-ideological fact”. It is a small step to claim, therefore, “consciousness itself can arise and become a viable fact only in the material embodiment of signs”. This series is a vehicle for materialist semiotics in the narrative and dialogue of education and struggle."

39 publications

Liturgical Studies

The Liturgical Studies series provides a forum for scholars of matters related to the theory and practice of ritual and worship. Titles in this series may address liturgical history, liturgical theology, ritual studies, or interdisciplinary writing and research centered on topics related to liturgical aspects of both secular and religious culture. Approaches may be multi-disciplinary, concentrated in a single aspect of liturgical studies, or focused on performance theory in worship. Included in this series are discussions addressing either the worship practices of one religious tradition or inter-faith liturgical studies research. Also appropriate are discussions concerning the political, sociological, economic, or psychological dimensions of religious worship or non-religious ritual.

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AEJMC - Peter Lang Scholarsourcing Series

ISSN: 2373-6984

Based on the concept of crowdsourcing, Scholarsourcing is a joint publishing initiative between the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and Peter Lang Publishing. The series reimagines the way that scholarly books are proposed, peer-reviewed, and approved for contract during this time of relentless change in both the journalism and publishing industries. Beginning with a call from AEJMC each fall, members are invited to submit short book proposals that are relevant to journalism and communication and speak to the mission of AEJMC. Proposals are uploaded to an online public platform that allows as many AEJMC members as possible to browse, review, and then vote on and pledge support. This platform encourages public dialogue among multiple parties to improve the potential of each book project. Whether awarded a book contract or not, authors benefit by receiving a valuable set of review comments, far more than they might receive via conventional reviewing processes, and from a more diverse range of reviewers (members). Using these votes and review comments, the AEJMC Scholarsourcing editorial committee, appointed by the president of AEJMC, selects the top proposals. The authors of the top proposals are invited to submit complete book proposals. Once those reviews have been evaluated by the editorial committee and the publisher, a decision on which proposals receive contracts is made.

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Post-Anthropocentric Inquiry

In recent years, critical researchers, educators, and activists have become aware of the problems and limitations that have resulted by placing the ‘human’ at the center of all societal conceptualizations, concerns, and practices. Across fields, ranging from medical research laboratory practices—to the construction of the humanities—to the social sciences—to environmental studies (just to name a few), this anthropocentric focus is being called to question. The goal of this book series is to provide scholars and readers with critical opportunities to contest this anthropocentrism, (1) by creating a textual field of Post-Anthropocentric Inquiry that generates critical spaces for (re)thinking philosophies, knowledges, and ways of being/living and performing, as well as methodologies and inquiries, that decenter the human, (2) while at the same time attempting always/already to actively transform inequities and injustices performed by human privilege on nonhuman others, traditionally disqualified human others, and the natural world more broadly. This Post-Anthropocentric Inquiry can represent difference and the multiple, while at the same time exploring and welcoming notions of indistinction. Work that further develops and expands current notions of becoming (animal, earth), new feminist materialisms, critical posthuman sensibilities, hybrid existences (past and present) are example locations from which an intersectional, non-anthropocentric politics may emerge. Additionally, post-anthropocentric inquiry and activism will always include the unthought, not-yet-considered modes of living, thinking, research while critically acknowledging that alternatives can create new dualisms, new forms of human privilege, and are not always liberatory for those labeled not human or for those human beings who have traditionally been marginalized. Further, post-anthropocentric scholarship acknowledges, and attempts to (1) transform, the current post-anthropocentric predicament that facilitates neoliberal capitalism as all forms of life, matter, and relations have been/are constructed to serve market economies, and (2) examine the unprecedented human/nonhuman interaction with the increasingly intrusive and intimate technological order. Post-anthropocentric inquiry is necessary as related to these contemporary aggressive, and all-encompassing post-human conditions. Single or multiple authored manuscripts are encouraged that facilitate the development of Post-Anthropocentric Inquiry by addressing one issue, multiple issues, research purposes, methodologies, and/or forms of activism. Over a wide range of volumes that cross disciplines, the series will address broad issues, as mentioned above, and questions like the following: What is post-anthropocentric inquiry? What is made possible, enabled by post-anthropocentric approaches and research methodologies? How is post-anthropocentric research conducted without (re)privileging the human? How does the work in fields that would decenter the human, like critical animal studies, intersect with professional content and practices in fields like education or medicine? How can coalitions be formed (and actions taken) that decenter the human and increase possibilities for all forms of justice, while countering capitalist and technological orders that devalue all forms of life? Interested authors should contact Gaile S. Cannella, gaile.cannella@gmail.com

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Childhood Studies

ISSN: 2379-934X

"For many years, the field of Childhood Studies has crossed disciplinary boundaries that include, but are not limited to, anthropology, art, education, history, humanities, and sociology by addressing diverse histories, cultures, forms of representation, and conceptualizations of «childhood». The publications in the Rethinking Childhood Series have supported this work by challenging the universalization of childhood and introducing reconceptualized, critical spaces from which increased social justice and possibilities are generated for those who are younger. This newly named Childhood Studies Series in the global 21st century is created to continue this focus on social justice for those who are younger, but also to broaden and further explore conceptualizations of privilege, justice, possibility, responsibility and activism. Authors are encouraged to consider «childhood» from within a context that would decenter human privilege and acknowledge environmental justice and the more-than-human Other, while continuing to research, act upon, and transform beliefs, public policy, societal institutions, and possibilities for ways of living/being in the world for all of us. Boundary crossings are of greater importance than ever as we live unprecedented technological change, violence against living beings that are not labeled human (through experimentation, industrialization, and medicine), plundering of the earth, and gaps between the privileged and the marginalized (whether rich/poor, human/nonhuman). Along with continued concerns related to social justice, equity, poverty, and diversity, some authors in the Childhood Studies Series will choose to think about, and ask questions like: What does it mean to be a younger human being within such a world? What are the values, education, and forms of care provided within this context; and can/how should these dispositions and practices be transformed? Can childhood studies, and the diverse forms of representation and practice associated with it, conceptualize and practice a more just world broadly, while avoiding utopian determinisms and continuing to remain critical and multiple? "

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Schriften zur empirischen Wirtschaftsforschung

Die Reihe Schriften zur empirischen Wirtschaftsforschung publiziert wissenschaftliche Arbeiten, die volks-, regional-, finanz- und betriebswirtschaftliche Fragestellungen anhand statistisch-ökonometrischer Verfahren behandeln. Die Analysen bzw. Prognosen bieten dabei oft aktuelle Bezüge aus z.B. den Bereichen Geld- und Arbeitsmarkt oder Tourismus und Gesundheit. Homepage des Herausgebers: Prof. Dr. Peter M. Schulze

22 publications

Rethinking Childhood

Researchers in a range of fields have acknowledged that childhood is a construct emerging from modernist perspectives that have not always benefited those who are younger. The purposes of the Rethinking Childhood Series are to provide critical locations for scholarship that challenges the universalization of childhood and introduces new, reconceptualized, and critical spaces from which opportunities and possibilities are generated for those who are younger. Diverse histories and cultures are considered of major importance, as well as issues of critical social justice. Authored and edited volumes are invited. We are particularly interested in manuscripts that provide insight into the contemporary neoliberal condition experienced by those who are labeled "child," as well as volumes that illustrate life and educational experiences that challenge that condition. Rethinking childhood work related to critical education and care, childhood public policy, family and community voice, and critical social activism is encouraged.

56 publications

Kunstgeschichten der Gegenwart

ISSN: 2235-7122

Kunstgeschichten der Gegenwart ist als wissenschaftliche Publikationsreihe konzipiert, die aus der Lehre und Forschung im Bereich der zeitgenössischen Kunst hervorgeht. Sie versammelt Tagungsakten, Monographien und Dissertationen zu innovativen Fragestellungen und neuen methodologischen Ansätzen. Der kunsthistorischen Meistererzählung wird programmatisch der historiographische Plural entgegengesetzt. Wer erzählt aus welcher Motivation und in welcher Funktion welche Geschichte, welche Rhetoriken und Modelle kommen dabei zum Tragen? Aufgabenstellungen von Dokumentation und Kanonbildung, Kontextualisierung und Deutung werden in exemplarischen Studien kritisch analysiert und zur Diskussion gestellt.

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Studies in Composition and Rhetoric

"This series welcomes both individually-authored and collaboratively-authored books and monographs as well as edited collections of essays. We are especially interested in books that might be used in either advanced undergraduate or graduate courses in one or more of the following subjects: cultural or multicultural studies and the teaching of writing; feminist perspectives on composition and rhetoric; postmodernism and the theory and practice of composition; “post-process” pedagogies; values, ethics, and ideologies in the teaching of writing; information technology and composition pedagogy; the assessment of writing; authorship and intellectual property issues; and studies of oppositional discourse in the academy, particularly challenges to exclusionary or hegemonic conventions. We also seek proposals in the following areas: the role of autobiography and of identity issues in both writing and writing pedagogy; the influence of social context on composing; the relationship of composition and rhetoric to various disciplines and schools of thought; collaborative learning and peer tutoring; facilitating and responding to student writing; approaches to empowering marginalized learners; the role or status of composition studies within English studies and the academy at large; and the role or status of student writers within the fields of composition and English studies."

39 publications

Beihefte zu Simpliciana

ISSN: 1660-9298

16 publications

Sprache – Medien – Innovationen

ISSN: 2190-6386

Die Reihe «Sprache – Medien – Innovationen» hat sprachliche und kommunikative Strukturen in Medien zum Gegenstand und versammelt innovative Arbeiten zur Medienlinguistik. Schwerpunkte bilden die grundlegende Beschreibung und Analyse vermittelter Kommunikationspraxen auf der linguistischen und medialen Ebene sowie die Auseinandersetzung mit der Frage, wie sich diese Formen im Sprachgebrauch und auf das Sprachsystem niederschlagen. Hierbei kann der Fokus auf theoretischen, angewandten oder methodischen Fragestellungen liegen. Die Reihe stellt eine Erweiterung des Wissenschaftsportals mediensprache.net dar und ist offen für Dissertationen und andere Forschungsarbeiten mit innovativem Charakter. Dabei sollen ausdrücklich auch ›Schnittstellenarbeiten‹ eine angemessene Berücksichtigung finden. Als Erscheinungsformen sind sowohl Monographien vorgesehen als auch thematisch gebundene Sammel- oder Tagungsbände. Weitere Informationen zur Reihe: http://www.mediensprache.net/smi/

14 publications

Translinguae

In der Reihe „Translinguae“ werden Themen der Germanistik und Linguistik aufgegriffen, die sich auf Kommunikationsformen beziehen, bei denen mehr als eine Sprache beteiligt ist. Wenn die Qualität der internationalen Kommunikation einen ausreichend hohen Standard erreichen soll, bedarf es weiterer Erforschung der linguistischen sowie der kulturellen und kommunikativen Aspekte translingualer Kommunikation im weitesten Sinne. Es geht also sowohl um den freien als auch um den gebundenen Transfer von Inhalten, wie er sich beim Übersetzen und Dolmetschen realisiert. Forschung, Didaktik und Praxis werden in dieser Reihe gleichermaßen berücksichtigt. In der Reihe „Translinguae“ werden Themen der Germanistik und Linguistik aufgegriffen, die sich auf Kommunikationsformen beziehen, bei denen mehr als eine Sprache beteiligt ist. Wenn die Qualität der internationalen Kommunikation einen ausreichend hohen Standard erreichen soll, bedarf es weiterer Erforschung der linguistischen sowie der kulturellen und kommunikativen Aspekte translingualer Kommunikation im weitesten Sinne. Es geht also sowohl um den freien als auch um den gebundenen Transfer von Inhalten, wie er sich beim Übersetzen und Dolmetschen realisiert. Forschung, Didaktik und Praxis werden in dieser Reihe gleichermaßen berücksichtigt. In der Reihe „Translinguae“ werden Themen der Germanistik und Linguistik aufgegriffen, die sich auf Kommunikationsformen beziehen, bei denen mehr als eine Sprache beteiligt ist. Wenn die Qualität der internationalen Kommunikation einen ausreichend hohen Standard erreichen soll, bedarf es weiterer Erforschung der linguistischen sowie der kulturellen und kommunikativen Aspekte translingualer Kommunikation im weitesten Sinne. Es geht also sowohl um den freien als auch um den gebundenen Transfer von Inhalten, wie er sich beim Übersetzen und Dolmetschen realisiert. Forschung, Didaktik und Praxis werden in dieser Reihe gleichermaßen berücksichtigt.

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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

St. Pöltner Osteuropa Studien

ISSN: 1618-629X

3 publications

Arbeitswissenschaft in der betrieblichen Praxis

Die Buchreihe "Arbeitswissenschaft in der betrieblichen Praxis" präsentiert Monographien aus dem Bereich der Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Die Arbeiten befassen sich mit allen Arten der Arbeitswissenschaft, unter anderem dem Personal- und Projektmanagement. Herausgegeben wird die Reihe von Professor Peter Knauth, der sich schwerpunktmäßig mit den Themen Arbeitszeit, Human Resource Management und neuen Organisationsformen beschäftigt. Die Buchreihe "Arbeitswissenschaft in der betrieblichen Praxis" präsentiert Monographien aus dem Bereich der Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Die Arbeiten befassen sich mit allen Arten der Arbeitswissenschaft, unter anderem dem Personal- und Projektmanagement. Herausgegeben wird die Reihe von Professor Peter Knauth, der sich schwerpunktmäßig mit den Themen Arbeitszeit, Human Resource Management und neuen Organisationsformen beschäftigt. Die Buchreihe "Arbeitswissenschaft in der betrieblichen Praxis" präsentiert Monographien aus dem Bereich der Betriebswirtschaftslehre. Die Arbeiten befassen sich mit allen Arten der Arbeitswissenschaft, unter anderem dem Personal- und Projektmanagement. Herausgegeben wird die Reihe von Professor Peter Knauth, der sich schwerpunktmäßig mit den Themen Arbeitszeit, Human Resource Management und neuen Organisationsformen beschäftigt.

33 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

Münsteraner Schriften zur Internationalen Unternehmensrechnung

ISSN: 1868-7687

Die Buchreihe "Münsteraner Schriften zur Internationalen Unternehmensrechnung" präsentiert aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse aus der Betriebswirtschaft. Sie wird herausgegeben von Professor Peter Kajüter und widmet sich aktuellen Problemen des Controllings und der Rechnungslegung. Einen besonderen Fokus legt die Reihe auf die Behandlung internationaler Fragen.

27 publications

Simpliciana

ISSN: 2235-7467

Die Grimmelshausen-Gesellschaft e.V., die 1977 anläßlich der großen Gedenkausstellung Simplicius Simplicissimus - Grimmelshausen und seine Zeit in Münster gegründet wurde und inzwischen zu einer internationalen Vereinigung namhafter Germanisten, interessierter Laien und der Grimmelshausen-Städte geworden ist, hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, die wissenschaftliche Erforschung der Werke Grimmelshausens in ihren zeit- und wirkungsgeschichtlichen Bezügen zu fördern. Ihr Ziel ist außerdem ein regelmäßiger Austausch von Erkenntnissen, Ermittlungen und Forschungen zu Grimmelshausen und zum Barock schlechthin. Sie bemüht sich dabei besonders um den wissenschaftlichen Dialog und die Begegnung und Zusammenarbeit von Literaturwissenschaftlern und Forschern anderer Disziplinen. Sie sucht mit ihren Arbeiten aber auch der Mahnung Grimmelshausens gerecht zu werden, Leserinnen und Leser aller Bildungsstufen anzusprechen. Diesen Zwecken dienen die Durchführung von wissenschaftlichen Symposien (1979 Wellbergen bei Münster, 1983 Offenburg in Baden, 1986 in Marburg, 1989 in Zürich, 1992 in Eichstätt, 1995 in Karlsruhe) und die Veröffentlichung verschiedener Publikationen wie z.B. das Jahrbuch Simpliciana - Schriften der Grimmelshausen-Gesellschaft.

41 publications

Studies in German Jewish History

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Frontiers in Political Communication

ISSN: 1525-9730

At the heart of how citizens, governments, and the media interact is the communication process, a process that is undergoing tremendous change. Never has there been a time when confronting the complexity of these evolving relationships been so important to the maintenance of civil society. This series seeks books that advance the understanding of this process from multiple perspectives and as it occurs in both institutionalized and non- institutionalized political settings. While works that provide new perspectives on traditional political communication questions are welcome, the series also encourages the submission of manuscripts that take an innovative approach to political communication, which seek to broaden the frontiers of study to incorporate critical and cultural dimensions of study as well as scientific and theoretical frontiers.

82 publications

Studies in Modern Poetry

This series brings together book-length works on particular modern poets and twentieth-century movements as well as comparative and theoretical studies. Works in the series seek to explore the contributions of twentieth-century poets beyond the well-known major figures of Modernism such as Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot, in the belief that modern poetry is characterized by its variety, richness and scope. The series focuses on books which compare poetic projects from different national and linguistic traditions or explore the interconnections between poetic expression and the other arts. Authors whose critical approaches utilize contemporary literary theory and/or multicultural perspectives are especially encouraged to consider this series. Languages of the poetry studied include, but are not limited to, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, though the texts should be written in English and addressed to readers beyond strictly national or disciplinary boundaries.

18 publications

Studies in Modern German Literature

This series is continued as Studies in Modern German and Austrian Literature, edited by Robert Vilain. This series is continued as Studies in Modern German and Austrian Literature, edited by Robert Vilain. This series is continued as Studies in Modern German and Austrian Literature, edited by Robert Vilain.

91 publications

German Linguistic and Cultural Studies

At a time when German Studies faces a serious challenge to its identity and position in the European and international context, this new series aims to reflect the increasing importance of both culture (in the widest sense) and linguistics to the study of German in Britain and Ireland. GLCS will publish monographs and collections of essays of a high scholarly standard which deal with German in its socio-cultural context, in multilingual and multicultural settings, in its European and international context and with its use in the media. The series will also explore the impact on German society of particular ideas, movements and economic trends and will discuss curriculum provision and development in universities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Contributions in English or German will be welcome. At a time when German Studies faces a serious challenge to its identity and position in the European and international context, this new series aims to reflect the increasing importance of both culture (in the widest sense) and linguistics to the study of German in Britain and Ireland. GLCS will publish monographs and collections of essays of a high scholarly standard which deal with German in its socio-cultural context, in multilingual and multicultural settings, in its European and international context and with its use in the media. The series will also explore the impact on German society of particular ideas, movements and economic trends and will discuss curriculum provision and development in universities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Contributions in English or German will be welcome. At a time when German Studies faces a serious challenge to its identity and position in the European and international context, this new series aims to reflect the increasing importance of both culture (in the widest sense) and linguistics to the study of German in Britain and Ireland. GLCS will publish monographs and collections of essays of a high scholarly standard which deal with German in its socio-cultural context, in multilingual and multicultural settings, in its European and international context and with its use in the media. The series will also explore the impact on German society of particular ideas, movements and economic trends and will discuss curriculum provision and development in universities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Contributions in English or German will be welcome.

27 publications