Trajekte

Trajekte was a German-language cultural-studies journal issued by the Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin (ZfL), a publicly funded research institute in Berlin. It appeared between 2000 and 2015 and was dedicated to topics in European cultural history, the history of knowledge and the history of science, approached through philological and cultural-studies methods. The journal was edited by Daniel Weidner and Stefan Willer together with the respective directors of the ZfL, Sigrid Weigel and Eva Geulen. The journal functioned as a showcase for the research priorities of the ZfL. Contributions by staff members, guests and cooperating scholars offered insights into current fields of literary and cultural studies. Alongside scholarly essays, Trajekte carried the recurring sections "Bildessay" (picture essay) and "Aus dem Archiv" (from the archive). Its graphic design placed particular emphasis on the interplay of image and text. From issue 29 (2014) onward, the journal appeared additionally in English or French. From 2006 the issues were organised as thematic volumes. Representative themes included Walter Benjamin (issue 13, 2006), inheritance and genealogy (issue 14, 2007), pathos, images and religion (issue 15, 2007), figures of knowledge (issue 16, 2008), affects and emotions (issue 17, 2008), survival (issue 18, 2009), East-West passages (issue 19, 2009), Berlin archives (issue 20, 2010), visions and the seeing of the invisible (issue 21, 2010), play (issue 22, 2011), German-language humanities abroad (issue 23, 2011), interdisciplinary conceptual history (issue 24, 2012), head, skull and face (issue 25, 2012), holy mountains (issue 26, 2013), archives of nature (issue 27, 2013), Jerusalemer Straße in Berlin-Mitte (issue 28, 2014), listening (issue 29, 2014), key concepts of cultural science (issue 30, 2015) and commentary (issue 31, 2015). The journal carried the ISSN 1616-3036 and was published in Berlin. It ceased publication in 2015 with its 31st issue. The ZfL's website notes that remaining copies from issue 13 onward were offered free of charge while stocks lasted, with orders of up to four issues accepted by email. Trajekte is distinct from the ZfL's later open-access e-journal Forum Interdisziplinäre Begriffsgeschichte (FIB), which continues the institute's publishing activity in a digital format.

Trajekte was founded in 2000 as the journal of the Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin (ZfL), a research institute devoted to literary and cultural studies. The journal was edited by Daniel Weidner and Stefan Willer together with the institute's directors, Sigrid Weigel and Eva Geulen. Its programme was closely tied to the ZfL's research priorities: it published contributions by staff members, guests and cooperating scholars, offering insights into current fields of literary and cultural studies. Alongside scholarly essays, it featured the sections "Bildessay" and "Aus dem Archiv", and its design emphasised the interplay of image and text. From 2006 the journal was reorganised into thematic issues. Issue 13 (2006) was devoted to Walter Benjamin; subsequent themes included inheritance and genealogy (14/2007), pathos, images and religion (15/2007), figures of knowledge (16/2008), affects and emotions (17/2008), survival (18/2009), East-West passages (19/2009), Berlin archives (20/2010), visions (21/2010), play (22/2011), German-language humanities abroad (23/2011), interdisciplinary conceptual history (24/2012), head, skull and face (25/2012), holy mountains (26/2013), archives of nature (27/2013), Jerusalemer Straße in Berlin-Mitte (28/2014), listening (29/2014), key concepts of cultural science (30/2015) and commentary (31/2015). From issue 29 (2014) the journal appeared additionally in English or French. It carried the ISSN 1616-3036 and was published in Berlin. The final issue, number 31, appeared in 2015, after which the journal ceased publication. The ZfL later continued its publishing activity in digital form with the open-access e-journal Forum Interdisziplinäre Begriffsgeschichte (FIB), edited from 2024 by Falko Schmieder in succession to Ernst Müller. The ZfL's website notes that remaining copies of Trajekte from issue 13 onward were offered free of charge while stocks lasted.

• 2015

  The final issue, number 31 (Kommentar / Commentary), is published; the journal ceases publication.

• 2014

  From issue 29 (Zuhören / Listen), the journal appears additionally in English or French.

• 2006

  From issue 13 (Walter Benjamin), the journal is organised as thematic issues.

• 2000

  Trajekte is founded and begins publication as the journal of the Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin.

A German-language cultural-studies journal of the Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin, presenting the institute's research through thematic issues with a strong emphasis on the interplay of image and text.

• Trajekte 13 (2006): Walter Benjamin

• Trajekte 14 (2007): Erbe – Erbschaft – Vererbung

• Trajekte 15 (2007): Pathos, Bilder, Religion

• Trajekte 16 (2008): Figuren des Wissens

• Trajekte 17 (2008): Affekte, Expressionen, Emotionen

• Trajekte 18 (2009): Überleben

• Trajekte 19 (2009): Ost-West-Passagen

• Trajekte 20 (2010): Aus Berliner Archiven

• Trajekte 21 (2010): Visionen. Sehen des Unsichtbaren

• Trajekte 22 (2011): Spiel/e/n

• Trajekte 23 (2011): Deutschsprachige Geisteswissenschaften – Anderswo

• Trajekte 24 (2012): Interdisziplinäre Begriffsgeschichten

• Trajekte 25 (2012): Kopf, Schädel, Gesicht

• Trajekte 26 (2013): Heilige Berge

• Trajekte 27 (2013): Archive der Natur

• Trajekte 28 (2014): Jerusalemer Straße, Berlin Mitte

• Trajekte 29 (2014): Zuhören / Listen

• Trajekte 30 (2015): Schlüsselbegriffe der Kulturwissenschaft / Key Concepts of Cultural Science

• Trajekte 31 (2015): Kommentar / Commentary

1. 1Trajekte. Zeitschrift des ZfL (2000–2015) - ZfL Berlinzfl-berlin.org
2. 2Trajekte – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
3. 3Trajekte – Wikidatawikidata.org
4. 4E-Journal Forum Interdisziplinäre Begriffsgeschichte - ZfL Berlinzfl-berlin.org
5. 5Interdisziplinäre Begriffsgeschichten - ZfL Berlinzfl-berlin.org