Our academic support for the Parthenon of Books consisted foremost in the compilation of lists documenting the banning and censorships of books. These lists then served as a point of reference for individuals and organizations willing to donate to the project. The resulting long list or ‘master list’ provided the foundation for Die Kasseler Liste, a project that continues to grow and that is presented here in a new, user-friendly format.

The other contribution of our team was very much hands-on: Our group from the University of Kassel manually processed the book donations that were sent in to become part of the “Parthenon of Books,” academically reviewing each submission and preparing it for inclusion in the installation.
These tasks were completed by students under direction of Prof. Dr. Nikola Roßbach (University of Kassel) and Guest Professor Dr. Florian Gassner (University of British Columbia). The student staff in Kassel included Sarah Anders, Jessica Bauer, Tamara Bodden, Clara Coldewey, Andrea Glowig, Tim Herrmann, Pauline Hosse-Hartmann, Ann-Kristin Kemna, Katharina Kirchberg, Isabel Kumpe, Philippe Lorenz, Nico Mader, Vanessa Nicole Müller, Sophia Neitzel, Ole-Johannes Neumann, Josefine Rösner, Andreas Truß, Melina Werner und Lisa Wohlgemuth.

For their counsel, support and – in part – provision of data we thank Dr. Wolfgang Both (Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Technologie und Forschung Berlin), Dr. Jörn Münkner (Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel), Thomas Dahnert (Gedenkbibliothek zu Ehren der Opfer des Kommunismus), the project “Libros que muerden” (La Grieta – Biblioteca La Chicharra, Argentina), the project “Zensur in Österreich 1750-1848” (Prof. Dr. Norbert Bachleitner, University of Vienna), the ASKI archive (Contemporary Social History Archives, Athens), the Office of Film and Literature Classification in New Zealand and the Texas Civil Rights Project (USA).