Yellowed Pages, Virtual Realities: Publication in Women in German's Past, Present, and Future

The first two presidents of WiG reflect on the history of the organization and the Yearbook, take stock of the present, and speculate about the future. WiG began as a supportive community for feminist Germanists isolated in their departments from like-minded scholars. The Yearbook has come to embody the ethos of the organization in certain ways: feminist process and academic rigor; scholarly and creative writing side by side. Despite the high quality and rich variety of the contributions, the Yearbook has not yet found a substantial readership beyond WiG itself. The authors explore the promises and perils of e-publication as the likely future of the Yearbook.