An announcement is made for an interdisciplinary symposium on the social history of German literature. Organized by the Senate Commission for Germanist Research of the German Research Foundation, the symposium will take place from September 7 to 10, 1987, at the International Institute for Scientific Collaboration (Schloß Reisensburg near Günzburg, Bavaria). It follows a model first tested at the Wolfenbüttel Baroque Symposium in 1974 and has since been adapted for other symposia. The symposium aims to explore new approaches in a research area that is well-established in literary studies but methodologically still underdeveloped. It encourages interdisciplinary dialogue among disciplines such as literary studies, linguistic history, folk studies, communication science, history, law, religious studies, theology, sociology, musicology, and art history. The central theme is the social history of literary texts, both high and low culture, aiming to re-examine well-known texts from a social historical perspective. The symposium will focus on the social history of German literature, examining structural, genre, linguistic, and group history within literary texts, with specific examples. It will also explore the influence of social and political change, including institutional, censorship, and reader history. While the symposium will focus on law and religion, other systems like politics, economy, transportation, education, and science are not excluded. The symposium aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue, with contributions reflecting on points of contact and mutual significance between disciplines. The focus is on exemplary studies rather than specialized ones, aiming to show how social historical methods can provide new insights for other disciplines. The symposium will cover four main topics: literature in the field of language, consciousness, and society; literature in the field of law, constitution, and justice; literature in the field of literary and political institutions; and literature in the field of religion, piety, and confession. The symposium is organized by the author, Dieter Grimm, Klaus Grubmüller, and Dieter Langewiesche, who are responsible for each of the four main topics. They have provided brief notes to clarify the working plan and inspire participants.An announcement is made for an interdisciplinary symposium on the social history of German literature. Organized by the Senate Commission for Germanist Research of the German Research Foundation, the symposium will take place from September 7 to 10, 1987, at the International Institute for Scientific Collaboration (Schloß Reisensburg near Günzburg, Bavaria). It follows a model first tested at the Wolfenbüttel Baroque Symposium in 1974 and has since been adapted for other symposia. The symposium aims to explore new approaches in a research area that is well-established in literary studies but methodologically still underdeveloped. It encourages interdisciplinary dialogue among disciplines such as literary studies, linguistic history, folk studies, communication science, history, law, religious studies, theology, sociology, musicology, and art history. The central theme is the social history of literary texts, both high and low culture, aiming to re-examine well-known texts from a social historical perspective. The symposium will focus on the social history of German literature, examining structural, genre, linguistic, and group history within literary texts, with specific examples. It will also explore the influence of social and political change, including institutional, censorship, and reader history. While the symposium will focus on law and religion, other systems like politics, economy, transportation, education, and science are not excluded. The symposium aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue, with contributions reflecting on points of contact and mutual significance between disciplines. The focus is on exemplary studies rather than specialized ones, aiming to show how social historical methods can provide new insights for other disciplines. The symposium will cover four main topics: literature in the field of language, consciousness, and society; literature in the field of law, constitution, and justice; literature in the field of literary and political institutions; and literature in the field of religion, piety, and confession. The symposium is organized by the author, Dieter Grimm, Klaus Grubmüller, and Dieter Langewiesche, who are responsible for each of the four main topics. They have provided brief notes to clarify the working plan and inspire participants.