The series publishes monographs and edited volumes that showcase significant scholarly work at the various intersections that currently motivate interdisciplinary inquiry in German cultural studies. Topics span all periods of German and German-speaking lands and cultures from the local to the global, with a special focus on demonstrating how various disciplines – history, musicology, art history, anthropology, religious studies, media studies, political theory, literary and cultural studies, among others – and new theoretical and methodological paradigms work across disciplinary boundaries to create knowledge and add to critical understanding in German studies broadly. All works are in English. Three to four new titles will be published annually.

The series publishes monographs and edited volumes that showcase significant scholarly work at the various intersections that currently motivate interdisciplinary inquiry in German cultural studies. Topics span all periods of German and German-speaking lands and cultures from the local to the global, with a special focus on demonstrating how various disciplines – history, musicology, art history, anthropology, religious studies, media studies, political theory, literary and cultural studies, among others – and new theoretical and methodological paradigms work across disciplinary boundaries to create knowledge and add to critical understanding in German studies broadly. All works are in English. Three to four new titles will be published annually.

Viele Menschen in Europa leben in Städten, die weder Groß- noch Kleinstadt sind – in so genannten Mittelstädten. Was kennzeichnet dieses städtische Leben zwischen Provinz und Metropole? Die Autorinnen und Autoren erkunden Alltagswelten, suchen nach mittelstädtischen Lebensstilen und Lebensgefühlen und analysieren die Inszenierung von mittelstädtischen Stadtbildern. Erstmals tragen Vertreterinnen und Vertreter der Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften, der Geschichtswissenschaft sowie der Stadt- und Raumplanung ihre Forschungen zusammen und bieten neue Perspektiven auf diesen bislang wenig untersuchten Typus Stadt. Mit Beiträgen von Andrew S. Bergerson, Ueli Gyr, Daniel Habit, Rolf Lindner, Clemens Zimmermann u. a.