Mission Statement
TRANSIT [ISSN 1551-9627], originating from the Department of German at the University of California - Berkeley, is the first refereed, multidisciplinary online journal dedicated to the critical inquiry of travel, migration, and multiculturalism in the German-speaking world.
TRANSIT is a web-based, multimedia production that pushes boundaries, both of traditional scholarship and of print publication. TRANSIT publishes one issue over the course of a year with a specific thematic focus-- for 2006: Translation and Mobility. The issue appears in three rounds allowing for new submissions to it throughout the year. Each issue also contains an open forum for experimental work and review essays on relevant books. This issue format utilizes the features of electronic publishing to rapidly increase the ability of scholars to respond to one another's work.
TRANSIT accepts contributions at any time of the year from all disciplines investigating cultural production: literature, history, theater, linguistics, social sciences, anthropology, political science, geography, cultural studies, art history, philosophy, religious studies, visual culture, and film studies and the arts.
TRANSIT invites critical work, in English or German, from all areas in which movement and transition are major forces, from translation to travelogues and other forms of cultural transfer. We accept critical scholarship on works such as Wolfram's Parzival, Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, Özdamar's Das Leben ist eine Karawanserei, or Wenders' Bis ans Ende der Welt.
TRANSIT welcomes new readings of canonical literary works and films. It also encourages analysis of non-canonical texts, debates, new media, and material culture. We especially appreciate comparative studies that frame the German example within larger theoretical and historical concerns.
TRANSIT unites the academic rigor of the traditional scholarly review process with the benefits of open-access publication. Timely publication and distribution are ensured by the University of California’s eScholarship Digital Information Repository.
TRANSIT International Advisory Board
- Leslie A. Adelson, German, Cornell University
- Anil Bhatti, German, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Pheng Cheah, Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley
- Fatima El-Tayeb, Literature, University of California, San Diego
- Christina Gerhardt, Freie Universität Berlin
- Stephen Greenblatt, English, Harvard University
- Roger Hillman, German and Film Studies, Australian National University
- Andreas Huyssen, German and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
- Michael Jennings, German, Princeton University
- Friedrich A. Kittler, Aesthetics and Media History, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
- Rudy Koshar, History, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Sara Lennox, German, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Oliver Lubrich, Comparative Literature, Freie Universität Berlin
- Christof Mauch, German Historical Institute, Washington D.C.
TRANSIT Editorial Board
- Steve Choe, Managing Co-Editor
- Gabe Trop, Managing Co-Editor
- Kurt Beals, Assistant Co-Editor
- Priscilla Layne, Assistant Co-Editor
- Andrea Albrecht
- Donald E. Backman
- Paul Dobryden
- Deniz Göktürk
- Kevin Gordon
- Dayton Henderson
- Anton Kaes
- Ashwin Manthripragada
- Emina Musanovic
- Aurelio Perez
- Robert Schechtman
- Jennifer Zahrt
Contact Information
TRANSITUC Berkeley, Department of German5319 DwinelleBerkeley, CA 94720510.643.2004 transitjournal@berkeley.edu
Credits
All authors, multimedia artists, photographers, and web designers retain copyright except where cited. Website design by Christopher Graham and Jennifer L. Zahrt. © 2008 German Department, University of California, Berkeley.