Prof. Dr. Philip Ajouri
I am interested in the history of collected editions, in 19th century book trade, in publisher's archives and questions of materiality and semantics.
Dr. Tobias Christ
My research is mainly concerned with culture of reading and german literary life in 18th and 19th century. Recently I am investigating book trade, literature politics and print-based communication of the Nazi regime.
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Lauer
Main research interest in the history of books, children’s reading, and digital story sharing.
Janne van der Loop, M.A.
Research assistant in the DfG-project: Font Group Recognition for improved OCR. Codicologist and analytical bibliographer mainly interested in the (late) medieval and early modern book and mise-en-page.
PD Dr. Pascal Nicklas
My research is focussing on social reading and social cognition - connecting the worlds of the humanities and of the sciences. I am particularly interested in forms of shared reading and resilience.
Dr. Franz-Stephan Pelgen
Major interests in book history, particularly in the variety of media distribution in the era of enlightenment.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Reske
Head of the teaching print shop. Research focus is on the material aspects of the book, the history of printing, incunabula and the book of the early modern period.
Dr. Anke Vogel
As a research and teaching associate, my research focus is on reading and reader research, children's books, and communication in the book market.
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Weichselbaumer
I am developing novel methods for studying the material aspects of early books using pattern recognition and digital measurement techniques. My aim is to examine the entirety of book production, rather than relying on the limited number of examples that can be analysed manually.
Moritz Döring, M.A.
In my research, I focus, on the one hand, on historical practices of reading and, on the other hand, on the connection between these practices and the historical reader's interpretation of texts printed in these media.