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  1. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 10.01.2020
    Écrire le lieu (Revue Postures, n° 31)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    « Écrire le lieu : modalités de la représentation spatiale » APPEL DE TEXTES Revue Postures , n°31 Date limite : 10 janvier 2020 *** Si les sciences humaines et sociales ont longtemps privilégié l’étude du temps...

    Fields of research Literature and geography/cartography,  travel literature
    Created on: 02.12.2019
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 20.12.2019
    Voyages et transports : arts et littérature en mouvement
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Colloque international des jeunes chercheur·e·s organisé par l’Association des étudiants des cycles supérieurs (AECS) du Département de français de l’Université d’Ottawa Le colloque se tiendra à l’Université d’Ottawa les jeudi 12 mars et...

    Fields of research travel literature
    Created on: 15.11.2019
  3. Category: Fellowships, stipends, scholarships etc.
    Application deadline: 22.02.2019
    Würzburg Winter School Konfigurationen der Mobilität: Transition – Transformation – Transgression (24.–28.02.2020, JMU Würzburg)
    Submitted by: Frederike Middelhoff

    Ausschreibung 30 Stipendien für fortgeschrittene Masterstudierende, Doktorand*innen und Postdocs Würzburg Winter School Konfigurationen der Mobilität: Transition – Transformation – Transgression 24.–28.02.2020 ...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Narratology,  World Literature and 2 more
    Created on: 13.11.2019
  4. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) / University of Leuven
    The Irish Short Story and The Bell Magazine (1940-1954)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The project seeks to investigate the publication and mediation of the Irish short story in the influential Irish literary periodical The Bell between 1940 and 1954 so as to assess The Bel l ’s seminal role in the formation of a canon and a...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Short prose,  Literature of the 20th century
    Created on: 28.10.2019
  5. 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

  6. Diana Hitzke
    University or institution: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (JLU); Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine); South Eastern European literature (Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey); Literary theory; Postcolonial studies; World Literature; Multilingualism studies / Interlinguality; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and other forms of art; Literature and cultural studies; Prose; Novel; travel literature; Essay; Translation; Theory of translation; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  7. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Stockholm University
    The Production of Paradise. The role of travel literature in the discursive construction of the South Sea as utopia on Earth
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    This project sets out to understand how travel literature translates and mediates accounts from and of the world – from one local setting to another, and over time. It is, more specifically, concerned with Western travel writers’ persistent and...

    Fields of research Australian/Oceanian literature,  World Literature,  travel literature
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  8. Category: Research Units
    Institutions: Stockholm University
    World-making: Genres, Crafts and Languages
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    By adopting and adapting the term "world-making" (Valdés, Kadir, Hayot, Cheah, Neumann), sub-group 3 investigates how the world acquires density and meaning through literary practice. Rather than different scales of reading, the focus here is on...

    Fields of research World Literature,  Literary genre,  travel literature
    Created on: 03.06.2019
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  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. 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

  14. 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
  15. 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