Günter Leypoldt
@guenterleypoldt.bsky.social
Prof American Studies @ U Heidelberg
Am Lit 1800-present, cultural sociology, literary institutions
https://www.as.uni-heidelberg.de/personen/Leypoldt/
Am Lit 1800-present, cultural sociology, literary institutions
https://www.as.uni-heidelberg.de/personen/Leypoldt/
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Thrilled to announce my new book (electronic version out now, print next month) — it proposes a new value theory grounded in the longue durée of literary institutions, 1800–present.
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Just published: our introduction to the history of peer review in the humanities! (with Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Past and Present of Peer Review in the Humanities: An Introduction - Minerva
This Introduction to the Special Issue “The Past and Present of Peer Review in the Humanities” situates the currently dominant evaluative regime of peer review within a longer and broader history of s...
link.springer.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Just published: our introduction to the history of peer review in the humanities! (with Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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"There is no city, state, or county in America where a two-bedroom apartment is in reach for someone who earns minimum wage and works full time." Zoe Adams reviews Brian Goldstone's book, "There is No Place for Us."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-emergency-born-of-prosperity/
lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-emergency-born-of-prosperity/
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"There is no city, state, or county in America where a two-bedroom apartment is in reach for someone who earns minimum wage and works full time." Zoe Adams reviews Brian Goldstone's book, "There is No Place for Us."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-emergency-born-of-prosperity/
lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-emergency-born-of-prosperity/
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Thrilled to announce my new book (electronic version out now, print next month) — it proposes a new value theory grounded in the longue durée of literary institutions, 1800–present.
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Very much looking forward to talking about Maria Edgeworth’s reception in the second half in 19th C in Saturday at #NAVSA2025
Excited to announce "Histories of Reception" with papers by Tom Williams, Tom Gunther, Lucy Whitehead, & Mark Knight at #NAVSA2025
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Very much looking forward to talking about Maria Edgeworth’s reception in the second half in 19th C in Saturday at #NAVSA2025
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City Lights has long been a beacon of bookishness for me. It was a thrill to do CITY LIGHTS LIVE!: a conversation about close reading with Yael Segalovitz and my co-editor on Close Reading for the 21C, @johannawinant.bsky.social moderated by @samantharhill.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehZ0...
CITY LIGHTS LIVE! Close Reading Today - Celebrating University Press Week 2025
YouTube video by CityLightsBooks
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
City Lights has long been a beacon of bookishness for me. It was a thrill to do CITY LIGHTS LIVE!: a conversation about close reading with Yael Segalovitz and my co-editor on Close Reading for the 21C, @johannawinant.bsky.social moderated by @samantharhill.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehZ0...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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There are lots of complex public policy problems in 🇺🇸. How to provide high-quality, widely-accessible higher ed is not one of them. We don't need lots of studies. We don't face "hard choices." We just need to...
<all together now>
Fund.
The.
Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
We.
Used.
To.
<all together now>
Fund.
The.
Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
We.
Used.
To.
October 21, 2024 at 3:58 PM
There are lots of complex public policy problems in 🇺🇸. How to provide high-quality, widely-accessible higher ed is not one of them. We don't need lots of studies. We don't face "hard choices." We just need to...
<all together now>
Fund.
The.
Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
We.
Used.
To.
<all together now>
Fund.
The.
Damn.
Public.
Universities.
Like.
We.
Used.
To.
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early career scholar and their first publication
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
early career scholar and their first publication
Looking forward to this
In The Writer’s Room (available in North America on 2/17/26), @kdclewin.bsky.social “melds memoir and literary history in her search for writers’ rooms.” Read the full review in Kirkus:
THE WRITER'S ROOM | Kirkus Reviews
Where inspiration happens.
www.kirkusreviews.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Looking forward to this
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Thrilled that my book will be published by @princetonupress.bsky.social in February next year!
In The Writer’s Room (available in North America on 2/17/26), @kdclewin.bsky.social “melds memoir and literary history in her search for writers’ rooms.” Read the full review in Kirkus:
THE WRITER'S ROOM | Kirkus Reviews
Where inspiration happens.
www.kirkusreviews.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Thrilled that my book will be published by @princetonupress.bsky.social in February next year!
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Die Exzellenzstrategie von Bund und Ländern fördert seit kurzem unser Thematic Research Network „Authentizität in Kultur, Gemeinschaft und Wissenschaft“ an der @uniheidelberg.bsky.social.
www.muwi.uni-heidelberg.de/de/forschung...
www.muwi.uni-heidelberg.de/de/forschung...
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Die Exzellenzstrategie von Bund und Ländern fördert seit kurzem unser Thematic Research Network „Authentizität in Kultur, Gemeinschaft und Wissenschaft“ an der @uniheidelberg.bsky.social.
www.muwi.uni-heidelberg.de/de/forschung...
www.muwi.uni-heidelberg.de/de/forschung...
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A very reasonable take on AI in education
Wrote a short piece arguing that higher ed must help steer AI. TLDR: If we outsource this to tech, we outsource our whole business. But rejectionism is basically stalling. If we want to survive, schools themselves must proactively shape AI for education & research. [1/6, unpaywalled at 5/6] +
Opinion | AI Is the Future. Higher Ed Should Shape It.
If we want to stay at the forefront of knowledge production, we must fit technology to our needs.
www.chronicle.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A very reasonable take on AI in education
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Imagine you time travel back to 1847 and you find the left response to industrialization is a) machines will never be as good as human weavers or b) we need to copyright loom patterns or c) it’s a speculative bubble.
You’d say “Y’all. Not helping. What you need is obviously a labor movement.”
You’d say “Y’all. Not helping. What you need is obviously a labor movement.”
November 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Imagine you time travel back to 1847 and you find the left response to industrialization is a) machines will never be as good as human weavers or b) we need to copyright loom patterns or c) it’s a speculative bubble.
You’d say “Y’all. Not helping. What you need is obviously a labor movement.”
You’d say “Y’all. Not helping. What you need is obviously a labor movement.”
Spiffing!
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Spiffing!
Looking forward to this!
Baby’s got a pub date! And some juicy catalog copy. MIDDLEMEN coming your way on April 26!
(Cover reveal soon!)
(Cover reveal soon!)
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Looking forward to this!
Thrilled to announce my new book (electronic version out now, print next month) — it proposes a new value theory grounded in the longue durée of literary institutions, 1800–present.
October 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thrilled to announce my new book (electronic version out now, print next month) — it proposes a new value theory grounded in the longue durée of literary institutions, 1800–present.