CfP/CfA Veranstaltungen
The Travelling Self: Tourism and Life-Writing in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Veranstaltungsdatum:
02.07.2020-03.07.2020
Deadline Abstract:
15.04.2020
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 of life-writing. This conference will explore how travellers wrote about themselves while they were away from home, and how our historical understanding of the phenomenon of travel – including domestic travel, but focusing on the Grand Tour – has relied on, but also been restricted by, travellers’ own accounts, whether they seek to project a specific image of themselves (public or private, true or self-censored) or are unaware of how much they are giving up. Letters, diaries, journals, travelogues and any kind of personal reminiscences – either real or fictional – may provide textual evidence of the ‘travelling self’. Biotourism, the selves on tour, absent selves and the life-writing of travel are some of the approaches which colleagues might like to envisage.
Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers. Abstracts in Italian, English or French (c. 200 words) should be sent by April 15th to
Catriona.Seth@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk and giovanni.iamartino@unimi.it
Forschungsgebiete
Veranstaltungsort
Oxford, Vereinigtes KönigreichOrganisation
British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS)Società Italiana di Studi sul Secolo Diciottesimo
University of Oxford, All Souls College
Veröffentlicht am: 16.03.2020
Letzte Änderung: 07.06.2025, 19:23
Vorgeschlagene Zitierweise:
"The Travelling Self: Tourism and Life-Writing in Eighteenth-Century Europe" (CfP/CfA Veranstaltungen), avldigital.de, veröffentlicht am: 16.03.2020. https://avldigital.de/de/vernetzen/fachinformationen/call-for-papers/the-travelling-self-tourism-and-life-writing-in-eighteenth-century-europe