Wilfrid Laurier University Press (WLUP) and the Waterloo Centre for German Studies (WCGS) are pleased to announce the inauguration of a new and improved version of their book series in German Studies. Under the auspices of WLUP, the WCGS Book Series aims to publish two volumes per year in the field of German Studies understood to include German applied linguistics, German cultural studies, history of German-speaking countries and peoples, German literature and film studies, German intellectual history, and theory. Senior editor John H. Smith and an editorial board of internationally recognized Germanists make this series a premiere publishing venue in the discipline. Book monographs and edited volumes that discuss original, scholarly research of high quality can be published in the series. The WCGS will continue to produce edited volumes of selected papers from conferences hosted by the WCGS. Unedited doctoral dissertations and conference proceedings will not be published.

One volume, Liberty is Dead: A Canadian in Germany, 1938, the autobiographical account of Franklin Wellington Wegenast’s travels through Hitler’s Reich (edited by Margaret Derry), is already in print. Another, Traditions and Traditions: Curricula for German Studies by Schmenk and Plews, is in production.

At a time when academic presses in general are experiencing sharp cutbacks and volumes focused on non-English traditions in particular often are not deemed "marketable," this book series for Canadian and international scholars in German Studies demonstrates strong commitment to the field.

Editorial Board:

John H. Smith, Diefenbaker Chair, University of Waterloo-- Senior Editor
Frank Findlay, University of Nottingham
Sabine Hake, University of Texas, Austin
Bob Moeller, University of California, Irvine
Diethelm Prowe, Carleton College
Dietmar Rösler, Universität Gießen
Joseph Salmons, University of Wisconsin, Madison