Mountaineers as Writers. The Himalaya and Beyond
Online conference of the Institute of Slovenian Literature and Literary Studies at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU)
Zoom link (with a waiting room): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89804718698
Program
Thursday, 17 March 2022
09:30–09:40 CET: Introduction:
Jernej Habjan (ZRC SAZU): Mountaineers as Writers, Writers as Mountaineers
09:40–11:15 CET: The Alps as a Style
Johann Georg Lughofer (U of Ljubljana): Alpine Clichés and Critiques in German-Language Literature
Sophia Mehrbrey (Saarland U): Alpine Borderscapes: Transcultural Memory of World War II in Mountain Literature
Marijan Dović (ZRC SAZU): Slovenian Mountains: The Birth of a Mythical Site from the Spirit of Poetry
11:30–13:30 CET: The Alpine Style in the Himalaya I: The Basics
Marek Pacukiewicz (U of Silesia): Liminal Literature and the School of Vertical Promotion
Ewa Grzęda (U of Wrocław): A History of Polish Himalayan Literature
Peter Mikša (U of Ljubljana): Slovenian Routes and Books on Eight-Thousanders
15:00–17:00 CET: The Alpine Style in the Himalaya II: Examples
Jernej Habjan (ZRC SAZU): Slovenian Mountaineering Literature: A Network
Alenka Koron (ZRC SAZU): Vertical Trials in Three Narrative Texts of Slovenian Mountaineering Literature
Przemysław Kaliszuk (Maria Curie-Skłodowska U): Tadeusz Piotrowski’s Account of the Polish–Yugoslav Expedition to Tirich Mir
Elżbieta Dutka (U of Silesia): The Four-handed Mountaineering Autobiography by Olga Morawska and Piotr Morawski
Friday, 18 March 2022
16:30–18:30 CET: Recent Books in the Field, and Beyond (Chair: Amrita Dhar [Ohio State U])
Julie Rak (U of Alberta): On Ang Tharkay’s Sherpa and Nimsdai Purja’sBeyond Possible
Harald Höbusch (U of Kentucky): Beyond the “Mountain of Destiny”: In the Face of Tragedy—Nanga Parbat and National Socialist Radio
Martina Kopf (U of Mainz): René Daumal, Le Mont Analogue (1952)
Delphine Moraldo (ENS de Lyon): The Spirit of Mountaineering: Towards a Sociology of Excellence