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Call for Applicants: SHARP in the Classroom Editor

Posted on February 14, 2022June 27, 2022 by Editor

SHARP News is the open access newsletter for the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing. SHARP in…

Job Opportunity: Professorship in Media Change with a focus on Book Culture and Digital Publications, Leipzig University

Posted on June 18, 2021June 27, 2022 by Editor

The professorship researches and teaches at the Institute of Communication and Media Studies on the transformation of the book as a medium and comparable writing and reading media in the digital age. The focus is on the cultural and economic significance of the book in conjunction with other media of social communication as well as innovations in production, design and distribution and change in reception and appropriation (e.g. open access, participatory forms of production, digital literacy) from a communication and media studies perspective.

SHARP 25th Anniversary Research Fellowship: Report from Trude Dijkstra

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Editor

Trude Dijkstra has published a report on her fantastic research project, which won one of SHARP’s 25th Anniversary Research Fellowships in 2019. You can read about the award here. Her report is attached below.

Welcome!

Posted on April 15, 2020November 17, 2020 by Editor

As SHARP president Shef Rogers states in his welcome letter, SHARP News has historically been a stimulating resource for book history reviews, updates, and bibliographies. We want to ensure this website continues and expands this tradition by becoming a thriving space for community and scholarly research. Toward that goal, we’re thrilled to announce that we have just hired a new team of editors to revitalize and bring forth new voices and ideas to our community. Please subscribe to receive our updates!