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”!
Jannis Buschky (University of Konstanz) Introduces OffRoad Project at Anniversary of State-to-State Program, 28th October 2024
Talk When: Monday 28th October, 15:45-18:00 Where: 60th Anniversary of the State-to-State Program Between the Universities of Baden-Württemberg and the University of Massachusetts, auditorium at University of Hohenheim Organiser: Landesprogramm Baden-Württemberg – University of Massachusetts
‘Automotive Empire: How Cars and Roads Fueled European Colonialism in Africa’, Talk by Timo Müller (University of Konstanz), 29th October 2024
Talk When: Tuesday 29th October, 2:30-4 pm Where: Online. Contact chang.liu@hcts.uni-heidelberg.de for registration. Organiser: University of Heidelberg, Center for East Asian Studies Speakers: Andrew Denning, Timo Müller, Jun Zhang and Alexandra Ganser For more information on the talk and speakers, click here.
The OffRoad Project Hosts “Cultures of Automobility” Conference, 10th-12th October 2024
Conference We are looking forward to our “Cultures of Automobility” conference at the University of Konstanz this October! For detailled information and our call for papers please see our new conference page.
‘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 […]