Off the Road (ERC Project)

OffRoad Database is Available Online

New on our website The Offroad database is finally available on our website! This database collects American road literature from the early decades of automobilty! To check it out, see the menu item “Database”!

‘1924: Modernism on the Assembly Line’ – OffRoad Research Group Presents at Conference, 17th July 2024

Conference TAlk When: 17th July Where: As part of the conference “Modernism in 1924” which takes place online. Find out more about the conference here. Organiser: Centre for Modernist Cultures, University of Birmingham Jannis Buschky, Gilberto Mazzoli, Otilia Teodorescu-Stadler, and Timo Müller of our research group will collectively present a paper titled “1924: Modernism on the […]

‘Working Bodies in Upton Sinclair’s Oil!’, Conference Talk by Jannis Buschky (University of Konstanz), 15th June 2024

Conference TAlk When: Saturday 15th June Where: As part of the conference “Infrastructures of Representation, Infrastructures of Extraction: Energy, Environment, and Literary Form in World Literatures and Cultures” at the University of Southampton, from June 14-15th. Learn more about the conference here. Organiser: School of Humanities, University of Southampton Jannis Buschky’s conference paper is titled Working Bodies […]

Melanie Frey (University of Konstanz) presents at the “Forum of Global Anglophone Literatures and Cultures“ at Goethe University, 2nd May 2024

Lecture When: 2nd May, 6-8 pm. Where: Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main Organiser: Prof. Nadia Butt, Michelle Stork Speaker: Melanie Frey Melanie Frey presented her paper titled “‘I guess there must be pioneer blood in our veins‘: Pioneering Nostalgia in Early Automobile Travel Writing.“ The talk was part of the “Forum of Global Anglophone Literatures […]

Melanie Frey (University of Konstanz) presents at EAAS Conference 2024, 6th April 2024

Lecture When: 6th April, 11 am-12.30 pm. Where: EAAS Conference 2024: “1924-2024: The American Immigrant Narrative Revisited”, Munich Organiser: European Association for American Studies Speaker: Melanie Frey Melanie Frey presented her paper titled “‘I guess there must be pioneer blood in our veins‘: Pioneering Nostalgia in Early Automobile Travel Writing.“ The talk was part of […]

Gilberto Mazzoli (University of Konstanz) presents at EAAS Conference 2024, 6th April 2024

Lecture When: 6th April, 11 am-12.30 pm. Where: EAAS Conference 2024: “1924-2024: The American Immigrant Narrative Revisited”, Munich Organiser: European Association for American Studies Speaker: Gilberto Mazzoli Gilberto Mazzoli presented his paper titled “Italianness in the United States between Migrants’ Informal Gardening Practices and Agricultural Diplomacy (1880–1912)“. The talk was part of the panel “Intersections of […]

Gilberto Mazzoli (University of Konstanz) Presents at Conference of American Society for Environmental History, 25th March 2024

conference talk When: Monday 25th March, 5-6.30 pm. Where: Conference of American Society for Environmental History 2024 Organiser: American Society for Environmental History Speaker:  Dr. Gilberto Mazzoli  Gilberto Mazzoli presented his paper titled “Italianness in the United States between migrants’ informal gardening practices and agricultural diplomacy (1880–1912)”. The talk was part of the panel “Sowing […]