I am a history graduate student in the early modern global field and have secondary fields in gender and Chinese history. My dissertation revolves around an 18th-century German language Jesuit periodical, Der Neue Welt-Bott, and its place in the rapidly changing early modern book world. In my dissertation, I discuss the strategic creation and marketing of the periodical, which aimed to draw in readers with a wide variety of interests, alongside evidence of actual reading to assess the periodical’s reach, use, and influence. I also compare the Welt-Bott to the more famous lettres édifiantes which it originally took inspiration from.