Ellen Barth

Current affiliations

Professorship of Book Studies (Prof. Norrick-Rühl)
Johannisstr. 12-20, 48143 Münster

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

Book Studies, American Studies

Academic Education
10/2015 - 02/2018	National and Transnational Studies (Master), University of Münster
09/2004 - 08/2008	Asian Languages and Literatures (Bachelor), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Work Experience
since 04/2020	Research Associate, English Department Chair of Book Studies, University of Münster
11/2020 - 12/2023	Student Advisory, MA British, American and Postcolonial Studies, English Department, University of Münster
04/2023 - 09/2023	Research Associate, English Department Chair of American Studies, University of Münster
05/2022 - 09/2022	Visiting Lecturer, Chair of American Studies, University of Augsburg
Functions and Memberships
since 08/2023	Recording Secretary, Executive Council, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP)
10/2019 - 08/2023	Executive Assistant, The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP)

Publications

Sara B. Franklin. 2024. The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America. New York: Atria Books. xviii + 316 pp. US$29.99. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-1-982-13434-1. Also available in paperback, ebook and audiobook Barth, Ellen (2025) In: Publishing Research Quarterly, 40(3-4). doi:10.1007/s12109-024-10016-2 Review (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
"Her Work Shouts Out!": Feminist Embroidered Texts in the Era of Social Media Barth, Ellen (2023) In: van Dijken, Elles; Barnes, Caslin; van Veenen; Myrthe (eds.), TXT: Centuries of TeXT, 35-44. Leiden: Leiden University Press. Research article (book contribution) \| Published
Indignization through Illustration in the Shimbun Shôsetsu of Meiji Japan Barth, Ellen (2022) In: Mergenthaler, Volker; Ramtke, Nora; Schmitz-Emans, Monika (eds.), Journale Lesen / Reading Journals: Lektüreabbruch – Anschlusslektüren / Coherence and Interruption, 273-286. Hannover: Wehrhahn Verlag. Research article (book contribution) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Kennan Ferguson, "Cookbook Politics" (Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 2020), 184 pp. Barth, Ellen (2022) In: Amerikastudien, 67, 379-381. doi:10.33675/amst/2022/3/8 Review article (journal) \| Published
No Taxation for Menstruation: The Book’s Role in Menstrual Activism Barth, Ellen (2022) In: Mémoires du Livre / Studies in Book Culture, 13, 1-1. doi:10.7202/1100560ar Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published

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Projects

Book Studio Münster

Duration: 01/02/2025 - 31/12/2025

Funded by: Universitätsgesellschaft Münster e.V.

Type of project: Individual project