Current Issues in Publishing Studies – 2025 University of Warsaw International Summer School
We invite interested doctoral students and early career researchers working in publishing studies and book history to our inaugural summer school “Current Issues in Publishing Studies” hosted by the University of Warsaw.
ul. Dobra 55, Warsaw, Poland
15-19 September 2025
Publishing studies is an interdisciplinary field which examines the world of publishing from cultural, economic, and literary perspectives. This summer school offers an intensive course of study on the key concerns and debates in publishing studies. Doctoral students and young researchers working in areas such as creative economies, book history, print cultures, and literary studies will have the opportunity to broaden their expertise with the latest research and insight from leading academics with practical experience working in the publishing sector. The summer school is designed to benefit participants through intensive seminars on a broad range of topics and individual feedback sessions on their current research from internationally recognized scholars.
Recent technological developments have radically altered the landscape for publishing, where everything from how publications are consumed, where they are distributed, and how authors produce work, has been impacted. Publishing studies, a disciplinary focus with connections to literary studies, book history, and media/communication studies, works to understand multiple dynamics of the publishing industry, including (but not limited to) the shape of publishing today, environmental concerns around distribution and consumption, gender and racial equality in publishing, bibliotherapy, and the affordances and economic impact of social media, most recently including publishing platforms like Wattpad and promotion-based platforms like BookTok (TikTok). Moreover, recent and rapid developments in AI have raised questions about ethical uses and industry impact. Taken together, publishing studies addresses a broad range of concerns for both the humanities and the sciences. As academia, broadly considered, continues to be structured around the publication and sharing of research findings, publishing studies is an essential, self-reflective discipline for scholars to analyze research outputs, their impact, and their role in how the trade profits from their labor.
Summer school faculty
Nicola Wilson (University of Reading)
Eben Muse (Bangor University)
Dennis Duncan (University College London)
Laura Dietz (University College London)
Kanupriya Dhingra (Max Planck Institute)
Michał Choiński (Jagiellonian University)
Matthew Chambers (University of Warsaw)
Participation fees have been waived and the event will be fully catered. Recommendations for travel and accommodation can be made upon request.
A c.600-word expression of interest in relation to the applicant’s current research should be sent no later than 26 March 2025 to Dr. Matthew Chambers (mj.chambers@uw.edu.pl). Notifications will be sent out shortly thereafter.
