Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes

2026	Blum, Hanna (2026) “Translating the GDR: Narrative Authority and the Politics of Memory in Unified Germany.” In: Translation Matters 8:1, 136-152. https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/tm/article/view/16674
2025	Blum, Hanna (2025) “Challenging Binary Narratives: Rethinking the History of the GDR through the Lens of Alltagsgeschichte and Translation Practices”. In: Encounters in Translation 1:4. 10.35562/encounters-in-translation.1189
	Blum, Hanna/Schmitz, Manfred (2025) “Austausch – Ausverhandlung – Ausbildung: Die Rolle von Berufsorganisationen für die Sprachmittlung in der DDR”. In: Chronotopos 2/23. 46-61. chronotopos.eu/cts/article/view/155
	Blum, Hanna (2025) “Fighting with Words: The Role of Discourses in the Literary Field during the Cultural Cold War in the GDR”. In: Haddadian-Moghaddam, Esmaeil/Scott-Smith, Giles (Hg.): Book Diplomacy in the Cultural Cold War: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Leiden. Brill. 259–279.
2024	Blum, Hanna (2024) “Censorship in Disguise: the Multiple Layers of Censorship of Literary Works in the GDR”. In: Baer, Brian/Merkle, Denise (Hg.): Routledge Handbook of Translation and Censorship. London. Routledge. 192-206.
	Prunč, Erich (author); Blum, Hanna/Schögler, Rafael (translators) (2024) “On the construction of translation cultures”. In: Translation in Society. 3,2. 236 - 254 . doi: 10.1075/tris.24019.pru
	Blum, Hanna/Schögler, Rafael (2024) “Translating Erich Prunč”. In: Translation in Society. 3,2. 227-235. doi: 10.1075/tris.24020.blu
2022	Blum, Hanna (2022) “The Impact of Cultural Policy in the GDR on the Work of Translators”. In: Rundle, Christopher/Lange, Anne/Monticelli, Daniele (Hg.): Translation under Communism. London. Palgrave Macmillan. 281-313.
2020	Blum, Hanna/Hofeneder, Philipp (2020) “Specialized translators in the GDR. Professionals across politics, scientific knowledge and translatorial competence”. In: Translation and Interpreting Studies. 15,3. 1-21. doi: 10.1075/tis.20077.hof
	Blum, Hanna/Begley, Fiona (2020) “The role of translation in the Celtic Revival. Analysing Celtic translation cultures”. In: Kujamäki, Pekka/Mandl, Susanne/Wolf, Michaela (Hg.): Historische Translationskulturen. Streifzüge durch Raum und Zeit. Tübingen. Narr Francke Attempto. 53-68.
2019	Blum, Hanna (2019) “Paratexts as Patronage: The Case of John Desmond Bernal and The Social Function of Science in the GDR”. In: Schögler, Rafael (Hg.): Circulation of Academic Thought. Rethinking Translation in the Academic Field. Berlin et al.. Peter Lang. 125-141.

To be published

2026	Monograph: Beyond the Political – Exploring Translation Cultures of the GDR (to be published in 2026). New York/London: Routledge (Routledge Research on Translation and Interpreting History).
	Edited volume: Translation Cultures in Socialist Countries (to be published in 2026). Berlin: Frank&Timme