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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Universität Zürich (Uzh)
    Hybride Zeiten. Temporale Dynamiken 1400-1600
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Das Projekt erforscht, in welchem Masse im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert Zeitindikatoren in textuellen wie visuellen Formen zunehmen, inwiefern Zeitsemantiken eine immer grössere Rolle spielen, wie Zeit in ihren multiplen Schattierungen und...

    Fields of research Media studies,  Narratology,  Lyric poetry and 5 more
    Created on: 24.05.2019
  4. 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

  5. Mira Shah
    University or institution: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
    Fields of research: Literature from North America; Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literature from UK and Ireland; French literature; Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa; Australian/Oceanian literature; Literary theory; Hermeneutics; Poststructuralism; Deconstruction; New Historicism; Feminist studies; Gender Studies/Queer Studies; Postcolonial studies; Ecocriticism; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; Literature and natural science; Literature and geography/cartography; Literary genre; Prose; Non-fictional literature; autobiography; travel literature; The fictional; Rhetoric

  6. 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
  7. Category: Research Training Groups
    Institutions: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
    Graduiertenkolleg 1733 "Funktionen des Literarischen in Prozessen der Globalisierung", Universität München
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Die Literatur bietet ein noch wenig konsultiertes Archiv für die Reflexion von Globalisierungsprozessen, und die Philologien besitzen deshalb noch kaum ausgelotete Kompetenzen für deren Analyse. Das Graduiertenkolleg leistet einen Beitrag dazu, diese...

    Fields of research Media studies,  Interdisciplinarity,  Literature and cultural studies and 4 more
    Created on: 12.12.2018
  8. Category: Research Training Groups
    Institutions: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
    Forschungskolleg Neues Reisen – Neue Medien
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    In der Gegenwart sind das Reisen und seine Darstellung auf neue und vielfache Weise medialisiert. Das Forschungskolleg „Neues Reisen – Neue Medien“ will deshalb in interdisziplinärer Ausrichtung Reisepraktiken und -erfahrungen des 21. Jahr­hun­derts...

    Fields of research Media studies,  Interdisciplinarity,  Literature and sociology and 4 more
    Created on: 12.12.2018
  9. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 04.09.2017
    Wiss. Mitarbeiter/in (80 %) im Akademievorhaben „Alexander von Humboldt auf Reisen“, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Die Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW) ist eine Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts mit Sitz in Berlin. Ihr wissenschaftliches Profil ist vor allem geprägt durch langfristig orientierte Grundlagenforschung der Geistes- und...

    Fields of research travel literature
    Created on: 12.12.2018
  10. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
    Reisen zwischen Abenteuer und Rasterung
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Das Teilprojekt untersucht die Abenteuerlichkeit von Reise(berichte)n unter Auslotung des Doppelsinns von 'voyage'. Im Englischen oder Französischen kann dieses Wort (strukturell ähnlich wie altfrz. 'aventure') sowohl einen Ereignistyp als auch ein...

    Fields of research travel literature
    Created on: 12.12.2018
  11. 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
  12. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Universität Bielefeld
    Weltvergleich und Weltwissen. Europäische Weltreisenarrative vom 18. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Das Projekt untersucht Praktiken des Vergleichens im Rahmen dokumentarischer und fiktiver europäischer Weltreiseliteratur vom 18. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert. Von den vergleichenden Wissenschaften um 1800 bis zur Avantgarde-Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts...

    Fields of research travel literature
    Created on: 12.12.2018
  13. 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

  14. Alexander Nebrig
    University or institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; French literature; Digital Humanities; Literary historiography; Hermeneutics; Structuralism; New Criticism; Reader-response criticism; Media studies; Oral poetry / Orality; World Literature; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Literature and law; Literature and publishing/booktrade; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; Literature and media studies; Poetics; Literary genre; Lyric poetry; Elegy; Sonett; Epic poetry; Prose; Novel; Narrative; Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment); autobiography; travel literature; Tragedy; Domestic drama; Folk literature; Digital literature; Aesthetics; Rhetoric; Rhetorical figure (allegory, symbol, metaphor); Themes, motifs, thematology; Translation; Theory of translation; Literature of the 17th century; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century

  15. Horst Schmidt
    Fields of research: Literary historiography; Literary theory; Reader-response criticism; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and social and cultural anthropology; travel literature; Themes, motifs, thematology; Translation; Literature from North America; Literature from the Benelux Countries; Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Literature from UK and Ireland; French literature; Literature of the Middle Ages (6th-13th century); Literature of the Early modern period (14th and 15th century); Literature of the 16th century; Literature of the 17th century; Literature of the 18th century; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century