Philology in the Making

Philological practices have served to secure and transmit textual sources for centuries. However - this volume contends -, it is only in the light of the current radical media change labeled 'digital turn' that the material and technological prerequisites of the theory and practice of philology become fully visible. The seventeen studies by scholars from the universities of Budapest and Cologne assembled here investigate these recent transformations of our techniques of writing and reading by critically examining core approaches to the history and epistemology of the humanities. Thus, a broad praxeological overview of basic cultural techniques of collective memory is unfolded.

Pál Kelemen (Dr. phil.), born in 1977, teaches German and Comparative Literature at Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem in Budapest. His research includes material cultures of nineteenth century literature, the theory of philology, and the culture of everyday life.
Nicolas Pethes (Dr. phil.), born in 1970, teaches Modern German Literature with a focus on Media and Science Studies at the University of Cologne. His research includes cultural memory studies, literature and science studies, the theory of the novel, and actor network theories.