Publications of the Gleimhaus

The Gleimhaus publication series has been published at irregular intervals since 2003. If you are interested, the volumes in the series can be obtained from the Gleimhaus museum shop or ordered from bookshops, provided they are still available.

 

Scientific programme

While only a few academic conferences were held at the Gleimhaus in the 20th century, there has been a more intensive colloquium programme since 1999. At least every two years, researchers from different countries and disciplines come together at the Gleimhaus to discuss 18th century topics. These conferences are always organised in cooperation with university colleagues. In addition, the Gleimhaus also makes its premises available for third-party conferences and takes on organisational tasks.

The Gleimhaus initiates its own research projects - for example on Halberstadt in the 18th century or on the history of its own collection - and supports the research projects of others in an advisory capacity. The Gleimhaus has a particular interest in supporting young academics by providing them with material and advice for their bachelor's, master's and doctoral theses.

Karl Wilhelm Ramler, painted by Gottfried Hempel, 1749

An all-rounder of enlightenment

On 24 and 25 February 2025, the Gleimhaus is organising a conference on the life and work of Karl Wilhelm Ramler (1725-1798) entitled "A Multi-Talent of the Enlightenment". Karl Wilhelm Ramler was one of the most influential figures in the literary and cultural life of Berlin in the second half of the 18th century. His professional duties and offices in the Prussian capital were numerous, and his artistic collaborations and publishing projects were cross-genre and multi-faceted. On the occasion of his 300th birthday on 25 February 2025, the Gleimhaus Halberstadt, represented by Ute Pott, together with Maximilian Bach (Wolfenbüttel) and Jana Kittelmann (MLU Halle-Wittenberg), is organising a symposium in cooperation with the German Society for the Study of the 18th Century, which will focus on Ramler's work as a true multi-talent of the Enlightenment.

 

Call for Paper

Previous conferences

6 to 7 October 2023: "...exquisite musical texts and compositions". Telemann's "Stolbergischer Jahrgang" from 1736/37: work and context. Info

12 to 14 August 2021: Anna Louisa Karsch: Works - Networks - Publics Gleimhaus Halberstadt, 12-14 August 2021. info

26 to 28 November 2015: Commenting and Explaining in a Digital Context. Info

30 June to 2 July 2011: Last Letters. New perspectives on the end of communication. Colloquium. Info

3to 5 June 2010: Small Anthropological Prose Forms of the Goethe Age (1750-1830). International and interdisciplinary conference Info

31 August to 3 September 2008: Literary Innovation - Formation of Tradition - Transfer of Knowledge. Christoph Martin Wieland and the renewal of knowledge, religion, art and aesthetics around 1800. International and interdisciplinary conference on the occasion of his 275th birthday. Info

4 to 7 July 2007: Gellert and the Sensitive Enlightenment - Knowledge and Cultural Transfer around 1750. colloquium . Info

23 to 25 October 2003: Rituals of Friendship. Colloquium. Info

27 to 29 November 2003: The Seven Years' War in the Media. Interdisciplinary conference.

Writings of the Gleimhaus

Selected works

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim
Edited by Walter Hettche
Scope: 768 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Series: Publications of the Gleimhaus Halberstadt ; 1

Urbanity as enlightenment

Karl Wilhelm Ramler and the culture of the 18th century
Ed. on behalf of the Gleimhaus by Laurenz Lütteken
Scope: 516 p. : ill., graph. Illustrations, music examples.
Series: Publications of the Gleimhaus Halberstadt ; 2

The century of friendship

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim and his contemporaries
[Catalogue of the exhibition at the Gleimhaus Halberstadt from 7 February to 12 April 2004]
Edited by Ute Pott. [Concept: Doris Schumacher ...]
Publication series: Schriften des Gleimhauses Halberstadt ; 3

Socialising and library

Lesekultur im 18. Jahrhundert
[from 23 to 25 November 2000, the Gleimhaus in Halberstadt hosted the international colloquium "Geselligkeit und Bibliothek. Reading Culture in the 18th Century" was organised at the Gleimhaus in Halberstadt]
Edited by Wolfgang Adam and Markus Fauser in collaboration with Ute Pott
Publication series: Schriften des Gleimhauses Halberstadt ; 4

"War is my song"

The Seven Years' War in the contemporary media
Edited by Wolfgang Adam and Holger Dainat ... Gleimhaus
Scope: 416 p. : Ill., Kt. ; 22 cm
Series: Publications of the Gleimhaus Halberstadt ; 5

The Sapphic Songs

Love poems - Anna Louisa Karsch
Edited by Regina Nörtemann
Series: Publications of the Gleimhaus Halberstadt ; 6

From person to person

Portrait Art and Portrait Culture of the Enlightenment
[Catalogue of the exhibition at the Gleimhaus Halberstadt from 29 August to 20 November 2010
as part of the thematic year "Images of Man" of the museum network "Saxony-Anhalt and the 18th Century"]
Edited by Reimar F. Lacher.
With contributions by Helmut Börsch-Supan and Doris Schumacher
Series: Publications of the Gleimhaus Halberstadt ; 7

So much beginning was rare

Klopstock-Studien
Edited by Klaus Hurlebusch
Series: Schriften des Gleimhauses Halberstadt ; 8

"Friedrich, our hero"

Gleim and his king
Edited by Reimar F. Lacher
Publication series: Schriften des Gleimhauses Halberstadt ; 9

Joke

The cheerful side of the Enlightenment
Edited by Reimar F. Lacher
Publication series: Schriften des Gleimhauses Halberstadt ; 10

Correspondence 1768-1783

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim - Johann Lorenz Benzler
Edited by Claudia Brandt
Publication series: Schriften des Gleimhauses Halberstadt ; 11

Also availableas an online resource (subject to licence)

Suddenly a poet?

Anna Louisa Karsch - Life and Work
Edited by Ute Pott Catalogue for the exhibition of the same name at the Gleimhaus from 02.12.2022-30.04.2023
2022 Series: Publications of the Gleimhaus Halberstadt ; 12

Letters and poems

Anna Louisa Karsch
Edited by Claudia Brandt / Ute Pott
Series: Publications of the Gleimhaus Halberstadt ; 13