The study of German-language culture has been rapidly diversifying to express the vibrant multiplicity of what it is now possible to research, and teach, under the rubric of "German Studies." Responding to these developments, German in the World explores what happens when the geographic, linguistic, and temporal boundaries that have traditionally been used to define German-language culture are questioned, and are placed alongside more global perspectives. Chapters consider the transformation of the German-language cultural canon through its engagement with the world, trace the value of German Studies as an interdisciplinary subject practiced across different global locations, and investigate the impact of both on the work of organizations and practitioners entirely beyond the academy. In questioning where German-language culture can be found across these different "worlds," German in the Worldthus uncovers the continued value of German Studies as a field of critical cultural discourse within a globalized public sphere, placing that culture at the heart of debates on Transnational and World Literature. Ultimately, thecontributions to this innovative volume demonstrate how attempts to locate German Studies in its wider geographic and social contexts result not in a discipline undone, but in a discipline reinvigorated and transformed.Contributors: Sai Bhatawadekar, Tobias Boes, Dirk Göttsche, James Hodkinson, Carlotta von Maltzan, Frauke Matthes, Ben Morgan, John K. Noyes, Emily Oliver, Kate Rigby, Benedict Schofield, Uwe Schütte, Carol Tully. James Hodkinson is Reader in German at Warwick University. Benedict Schofield is Reader in German at King's College London.

German in Its Worlds - James R. Hodkinson and Benedict SchofieldPart I: The World in German CultureIntroduction to Part I: The World in German Culture - James R. Hodkinson and Benedict SchofieldGoethe's World - John K. NoyesEmbodying and Distributing World Literature: Goethe's Novelle in the Context of the 1820s - Ben MorganWeltdeutschtum: On the Notion of a German World Community from Schiller to Thomas Mann - Tobias BoesNineteenth-Century German Travelers to Wales: Text, Translation, and the Manipulation of Identity - Carol Tully"Weltliteratur aus der Uckermark": Regionalism and Transnationalism in Sasa Stanisic's Vor dem Fest - Frauke MatthesPostcolonial Studies in International German Studies-Postcolonial Concerns in Contemporary German Literature - Dirk GöttschePart II: German in World LocalesIntroduction to Part II: German in World Locales - James R. Hodkinson and Benedict SchofieldGerman in a South African Context: From Colony to Decolonization - Carlotta von MaltzanFrom German Studies to Environmental Studies (and Back Again): A Journey across Continents and Disciplines - Kate RigbyA Philo-Selfie Approach to German-Indian Studies - Sai BhatawadekarPart III: German Worlds Beyond the AcademyIntroduction to Part III: German Worlds Beyond the Academy - James R. Hodkinson and Benedict SchofieldTowards a Socially Engaged Academy: Islam in German History and Its Relevance for Non-Academic Publics - James R. HodkinsonTheatre Without Borders? Tracing the Transnational Value of German Theatre beyond Germany: A UK Case Study - Benedict SchofieldTuning in to German: The BBC German Service and the British Occupation - Emily OliverReterritorializing German Pop: Kraftwerk's Industrielle Volksmusik as a Transnational Phenomenon - Uwe Schütte