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  1. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 03.11.2021
    2 PhD positions Travel Writing / Translation / Early Modern Period, Mainz
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    2 Academic Staff Members (PhD positions) These jobs are advertised in the context of the DFG-financed research project “Naturwissenschaftliches Wissen und westeuropäische Reiseliteratur über Afrika in Übersetzung, 1600-1820” / “Scientific...

    Fields of research Literature from the Benelux Countries,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  French literature and 5 more
    Created on: 29.10.2021
  2. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.06.2021
    "Rôles et représentations de la femme asiatique dans les récits français de voyage authentiques et fictifs durant la période d’Ancien Régime (XVIe-XVIIIe s.)" (revue Convergences Francophones)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Rôles et représentations de la femme asiatique dans les récits français de voyage authentiques et fictifs durant la période d’Ancien Régime (XVI e -XVIII e Siècle) pour la revue Convergences Francophones avec le soutien...

    Fields of research French literature,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  travel literature and 3 more
    Created on: 19.02.2021
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.11.2020
    État de la recherche sur les récits de voyage entre l’Europe et l’Amérique latine (XVIIIe-XIXe siècles)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    État de la recherche sur les récits de voyage entre l’Europe et l’Amérique latine (XVIII e -XIX e siècles) Journée d’étude organisée par Matthias Soubise (ENS de Lyon) et Daniel Lopez (Université Clermont-Auvergne), avec le soutien de...

    Fields of research Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from the Benelux Countries and 12 more
    Created on: 02.10.2020
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.09.2020
    Écritures de la promenade, de 1750 à 1860
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Écritures de la promenade, de 1750 à 1860 Journée d’étude (Université de Strasbourg) 5 novembre 2020 Organisation : Édouard Bourdelle (Université de Strasbourg), Juliette Fabre (Université d’Artois) Pourquoi sortir, marcher...

    Fields of research Poetics,  autobiography,  travel literature and 2 more
    Created on: 10.07.2020
  5. Reinhard M. Möller
    University or institution: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
    Fields of research: Literature from North America; Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland); Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literature from UK and Ireland; South Asian literature; Literary historiography; Literary theory; Narratology; World Literature; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and philosophy; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; Novel; Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment); travel literature; Aesthetics; Rhetoric; Themes, motifs, thematology; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  6. Marília Jöhnk
    University or institution: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
    Fields of research: Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean); French literature; Literary theory; Gender Studies/Queer Studies; Postcolonial studies; Oral poetry / Orality; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment); travel literature; Theory of translation; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 20th century

  7. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.04.2020
    The Travelling Self: Tourism and Life-Writing in Eighteenth-Century Europe
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies & Società Italiana di Studi sul Secolo Diciottesimo: Seventh International Joint Conference The eighteenth century saw the invention of modern tourism and a startling proliferation of new kinds...

    Fields of research autobiography,  travel literature,  Literature of the 18th century
    Created on: 16.03.2020
  8. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 23.01.2020
    European travel writing in context: strategies of negotiating identity in travel writing – a comparative approach
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Conference organised as part of the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie project “European Travel Writing in Context. The Socio-Political Dimension of Travelogues 1760-1850” Organisers: Sandra Vlasta & Winfried Eckel Venue: Info-Box,...

    Fields of research travel literature,  Literature of the 18th century,  Literature of the 19th century and 2 more
    Created on: 17.01.2020
  9. Sandra Vlasta
    University or institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literature from UK and Ireland; French literature; Italian literature; Postcolonial studies; World Literature; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Literature and publishing/booktrade; travel literature; Translation; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  10. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Uppsala universitet / Uppsala University (UU)
    Swedish Images of Italy: Travel Literature in the Age of Liberty (1719–72)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Swedish travel literature from Italy during the Age of Liberty (Frihetstiden, 1719–72) engages in several of the main cultural and political debates of the time. Swedish travellers show both a reorientation in the understanding of classical...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  travel literature,  Literature of the 18th century
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  11. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Uppsala universitet / Uppsala University (UU)
    Tropical Engagements: Vernaculars in French Early Modern Travel Writing (Africa and the Caribbean 1645-1728)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    "Tropical Engagements" examines how vernacular languages are incorporated into and impact upon early modern French travel writing from Africa and the Caribbean, by means of lexical inclusions of foreign words and of reported dialogues. The purpose is...

    Fields of research Postcolonial studies,  World Literature,  Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality and 4 more
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  12. Björn Weyand
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; French literature; Literary theory; New Historicism; Media studies; Literature and cultural studies; Prose; travel literature; Literature of the 17th century; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  13. Category: Workshops, seminars
    Beginning: 08.02.2018
    Präsentation des Projekts "Reiseliteratur im Kontext. Die sozio-politische Dimension des Reiseberichts in Europa 1760-1850"
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Reiseberichte stellen ein grundlegendes Medium im Prozess der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen in Europa vom späten 18. bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts dar. Besonders die Ausbildung kollektiver nationaler Identitäten sowie das...

    Fields of research Literature and sociology,  travel literature,  Literature of the 18th century and 1 more
    Created on: 12.12.2018
  14. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU)
    European Travel Writing in Context. The Socio-Political Dimension of Travelogues 1760-1850
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The project [...] investigates the thesis that travel writing is a fundamental medium in the process of the major political and social changes in Europe from the late 18th to the middle of the 19th century. In particular, the processes of the...

    Fields of research Literature and sociology,  travel literature,  Literature of the 18th century and 1 more
    Created on: 12.12.2018
  15. Weertje Willms
    University or institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine); Gender Studies/Queer Studies; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology; Literature and cultural studies; Lyric poetry; Prose; travel literature; Drama; Children's and young adult literature; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century