Events & Announcements

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

Posted on June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 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.

Invitation to Shape the Future of SHARP News Bibliographies

Posted on November 17, 2020January 25, 2021 by Cecile Jagodzinski

SHARP News is excited to announce that the SHARP News bibliographies, which have been published quarterly till now, will be supplemented with bibliographies on specialized topics that will not be limited by date, format, or language. Read more about how you can contribute to our list of potential topics!

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!

Call for Submissions: SHARP in the Classroom

Posted on June 15, 2020November 17, 2020 by Sarah Werner

SHARP News is developing a new division for writing about book history pedagogy. SHARP in the Classroom will provide tools for teaching book history as well as reflections on pedagogical practices and reviews of resources. It is our intent that this body of work will help veterans of and newcomers to book history teach across our field of knowledge. See this page for our call for submissions and to add your name to our list of reviewers.