Hilary Potter – författare

Thinking about turning your PhD into a book? Using a series of activities, examples and explanations, this step-by-step guide accompanies you through the process, enabling you to plot your own bespoke path to publication. There are 30 steps, beginning with motivations for writing and ending with publication, recognising that turning your PhD into a book is about more than just writing. It takes a holistic approach, recognising the factors that impact on an early career academic in turning their PhD into a book. This book places you at the centre of the process to engender a sense of authorial agency that will help propel you from postgraduate to author. The book also reflects on the author’s and others’ own experiences, placing the writing process in a wider context. This is your friendly and indispensable guide to what can feel like an overwhelming task. It is an activity book you can engage with and use as you see fit to help you turn your PhD into your book. ‘This book is practical, friendly in tone, and well attuned to the intellectual, personal and professional challenges of turning a thesis into a monograph – a perfect companion to anyone who is embarking on what is often a daunting next step in their career.’– Matthew Treherne, Pro-Dean for Research and Innovation, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds‘Transforming a PhD thesis into a compelling monograph can feel overwhelming, but this book is an indispensable guide. It provides useful activities to break down the process with clarity, offering practical advice whilst also encouraging you to refine your voice as a scholar. A must-read for anyone navigating the transition from PhD to publication!’– Louise Earnshaw, PhD Candidate in German History, Faculty of Arts, Cultures and Humanities, University of Leeds

In February 1943 intermarried Germans gathered in Berlin’s Rosenstrasse to protest the feared deportation of their Jewish spouses. This book examines the competing representations of the Rosenstrasse protest in contemporary Germany, demonstrating how cultural memories of this event are intertwined with each other and with concepts of identity. It analyses these shifting patterns of memory and what they reveal about the dynamics of the past–present relationship from the earliest post-unification period up to the present day. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the book provides insights into the historical debate surrounding the protest, accounts in popular history and biography, an analysis of von Trotta’s 2003 film Rosenstraße, and an exploration of the multiple memorials to this historical event.The study reveals that the protest’s remembrance is fraught with competing desires: to have a less encumbered engagement with this past and to retain a critical memory of the events that allows for a recognition of both heroism and accountability. It concludes that we are on the cusp of witnessing a new shift in remembering that reflects contemporary socio-political tensions with the resurgence of the far right, noting how this is already becoming visible in existing representations of the Rosenstrasse protest.