Indexing and cataloguing of the papers of the Siegfried Unseld Archive in the German Literature Archive (project phase II): papers of the editorial offices and materials concerning the most influential book series

• Applicant: Professorin Dr. Sandra Richter, since 7/2019
• Subject Area: General and Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies ; German Literary and Cultural Studies (Modern German Literature) ; History of Science
• Term: from 2017 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 324051759

The proposed project aims at indexing and cataloguing the papers of the Siegfried Unseld-archive, containing highly important sources for 20th-century literary and intellectual history. The second four years of the project focus on the papers of the editorial offices, including materials concerning the most influential book series (Bibliothek Suhrkamp, edition suhrkamp, suhrkamp taschenbücher), and the programming of international and academic series. Among the central correspondences are those of internationally distinctive authors and scholars such as Ulrich Beck, Hans Blumenberg, Paul Celan, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Jürgen Habermas, Peter Handke, Octavio Paz, Jorge Semprún, Mario Vargas Llosa.

• DFG Programme: Cataloguing and Digitisation (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)
• Co-Investigator: Dr. Jan Bürger
• Ehemaliger Antragsteller: Professor Dr. Ulrich Raulff, until 6/2019