Timo Müller will present parts of his research on the pastoral aesthetics of early automobility at the annual conference of the Modernist Studies Association, held together with the British Assocation for Modernist Studies. The conference, titled “Weird Modernisms,” explores alternative ways of thinking about modernist cultural production. Timo Müller’s talk “Valleys of Ashes: Weird Pastoral in Early Narratives of Automobility” will offer one such alternative approach by focusing on early automobility.

When: July 2nd 2026

Where: Loughborough University, UK

You can find the program and more information about the conference here.