Aims and scope

Oxford German Studies is a fully refereed journal aiming to present contributions from all countries and to represent as wide a range of topics and approaches throughout German studies as can be achieved. OGS publishes articles on German literary and cultural studies broadly conceived including interdisciplinary and comparative topics, and to contributions from neighbouring areas such as language study and linguistics, history, philosophy, sociology, music, and art history. It now also includes reviews of books concerned with the same range: any aspect of German literary and cultural studies from the Middle Ages to the present day, film and visual culture, theatre and performance studies, history, as well as reviews of German-to-English literary translations. Articles and reviews can be written in English or German.

OGS also features a review section, and invites publishers and reviewers to get in touch with suggestions and expressions of interest. OGS covers reviews of books concerned with any aspect of German literary and cultural studies from the Middle Ages to the present day, film and visual culture, theatre and performance studies, history, as well as reviews of German-to-English literary translations.

For more information or suggestions, please get in touch with the Reviews Editor Dr Stephan Ehrig.

OGS was founded in 1965 by Ernest Stahl, Peter Ganz, Malcolm Pasley, and Jim Reed to promote the study of German language and literature from the Middle Ages to the present day. At least one issue of four per year is a collection of articles on a range of diverse subjects in the familiar format, and one is usually a themed issue addressing a particular subject, author, or period. The third and fourth issues vary between general and themed issues from year to year.

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.