Activities

Activities

Here you can find the activities of our network members relevant for the topic of "Traveling Bodies".

Courses, Seminars

2024:

  • Summer term 2024: master seminar Reisen – Körper – Schreiben: Reiseerzählungen über Krankheit, Sterblichkeit und Tod / Traveling – Bodies – Writing: Travelogues on Disease, Mortality, and Death. (Uta Schaffers; University of Koblenz) / master seminar Bodies on the Road: Food, Disease, and Human Encounters in Travel Writing. (Nicole Maruo-Schröder; University of Koblenz) / BA-course Methode en onderzoek II. (Andreas Niehaus; Universiteit Gent).
  • July 11, 2024: joined presentation (poster, films, papers) of student works (summer term 2024, University of Koblenz and Universiteit Gent) at the Nacht der Forschung/Research Night (University of Koblenz).

2023:

  • Summer term 2023: joined master seminar Reisen – Körper – Schreiben / Traveling – Bodies – Writing. (Uta Schaffers and Nicole Maruo-Schröder; University of Koblenz).

Talks

2024:

  • June, 2024: "Willkommen in der Wildnis. Literarische Darstellungen von afrikanischen Naturparks als Touristenmagnet." Talk. International Conference "Jambo!" – Willkommenskultur in Afrika. Pwani University. Kilifi/Kenya. (Kira Schmidt)

2023:

  • December 1, 2023: "'A Pissing Horse, Next to My Pillow': Thoughts on Traveling as embodied practice in Edo-period travel literature." Keynote lecture. The First Karelian International Conference of Japanese Literature and Culture. University of Eastern Finland. (Andreas Niehaus)
  • November 14, 2023: "Of Slips and Slubs: Traveling Bodies and Gendered Texts." 2nd Network Meeting "Traveling Bodies". University of Koblenz. (Dúnlaith Bird)
  • November 14, 2023: "Travel and Disability. The Case of the 'Armless Wonder' Carl Herrmann Unthan." 2nd Network Meeting "Traveling Bodies". University of Koblenz. (Johannes Görbert)
  • July 15, 2023: "Der Körper als Grenze und Medium der Welterfahrung in Reiseliteratur: Traveling Bodies als Forschungsfeld." Workshop: "Körper und Körperlichkeit in der Reiseliteratur." Annual Conference of the Association for Intercultural German Studies. Utrecht University. (Nicole Maruo-Schröder und Uta Schaffers)
  • February 13, 2023: "Laying the Table: The Politics of Food and Identity in 19th-Century US America." Invited talk. Department of Cultural Studies. Technical University Dortmund. (Nicole Maruo-Schröder)

2022:

  • December 8, 2022: "Theories of Embodiment in Japan: Introducing New Research from Ghent University." Kyoto. (Andreas Niehaus und Anna Andreeva)
  • November 10, 2022: Online-presentation of the research field ‘Traveling Bodies’ in the ‘Kolloquium am Kap’, South Africa. Participants: University of Capetown (UWC), Stellenbosch University, and University of the Western Cape. (Nicole Maruo-Schröder und Uta Schaffers)
  • April 11, 2022: „Armut ist wie ein Löwe: Kämpfst du nicht, wirst du gefressen. Tier-Mensch-Verhältnisse bei Ilija Trojanow“. International Conference Soziale Umwelt. Talk. University of the Western Cape, South Africa. (Kira Schmidt)

2021:

  • 2021: "Unseemly Sights: Bodily Encounters in 19th-Century Women’s Travel Narratives." Invited talk. Department of Anglophone Studies. University of Duisburg-Essen. (Nicole Maruo-Schröder)
  • July 19, 2021: "Of Servants, Cooks, and (Fancy) Dinners: (Material) Food Culture in Nineteenth-Century American Literature." Invited talk. Department of American Studies. Ruhr University Bochum. (Nicole Maruo-Schröder)

2020:

  • January 25, 2020: "The ‘Food Question’ is said to be the most important one for all travelers – Food and Eating in Travel Literature." Online talk. Kyushu University. (Uta Schaffers)
  • January 18, 2020: "Traveling Bodies in Japan: Perception, Experience and Writing the Body in Travel Literature." Online talk. Kyushu University. (Uta Schaffers)

2019:

  • 2019: " Japanese Body Culture and Sport in Visual and Textual Representations – topic: “Traveling Bodies in Japan: The Perception of European and Japanese Bodies in Travel Literature.” Talk. International Workshop. University of Gent. (Uta Schaffers)
  • 2019: „Esskulturen der Vergemein­schaftung: Kulinarische Vergemeinschaftung versus Vereinzelung beim Essen. Beispiele aus der US-amerikanischen Literatur.“ Keynote lecture. Autumn School. Esskulturen der Vergemein­schaftung. Trifels. (Nicole Maruo-Schröder)
  • 2019: "'Oh! Such a Supper': Tischszenen in der amerikanischen Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts. Esskulturen in Kunst, Film und Literatur." Lecture series "Esskulturen in Kunst, Film und Literatur." Talk. University of Koblenz-Landau. (Nicole Maruo-Schröder)
  • 2019: "Exquisit und inklusiv? Essen, Materialität und Migration in Bad Godesberg und anderswo, 'the frightful manner of feeding with their knives': Esskultur, Materialität und (nationale) Identität in der amerikanischen Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts." Lecture series "Exquisit und inklusiv? Essen, Materialität und Migration in Bad Godesberg und anderswo." Invited talk. University of Bonn. (Nicole Maruo-Schröder)
  • 2019: "'I have seen an old ugly woman who has killed and eaten her husband'. Geschichten vom Essen auf Reisen." Kulturwissenschaftliches Kolloquiums des Fachbereichs 2. Talk. University of Koblenz-Landau. (Uta Schaffers)

2018:

  • July 6, 2018: "Ruling Bodies on the Move: Traveling Daimyô in Edo-Period Japan." International Conference Traveling Bodies, Talk. University of Koblenz-Landau. (Andreas Niehaus)
  • July 5-6, 2018: "'I breathe free...': (De)Civilized Bodies on the Frontier." International Conference Traveling Bodies, Talk. University of Koblenz-Landau. (Nicole Maruo-Schröder)
  • July 5-6, 2018: "Becoming 'the Other' While Eating? Anthropophagy in Travel Texts." International Conference Traveling Bodies. Talk. University of Koblenz-Landau. (Uta Schaffers)

Workshops, Lecture Series, and Conferences

2024:

  • November 13-15, 2024: Zweites Treffen des Wissenschaftlichen Netzwerks “Reisende Körper / Traveling Bodies” (Universität Koblenz). Guestspeakers: Dr. Dúnlaith Bird, Vortrag: "Of Slips and Slubs: Traveling Bodies and Gendered Texts." / Dr. Johannes Görbert, Vortrag: "Travel and Disability. The Case of the 'Armless Wonder' Carl Herrmann Unthan."
  • March 12-13, 2024: Workshop “Traveling Bodies at Risk” (Seminar and Project “Nacht der Forschung”); Cooperation of Research Network “Traveling Bodies”, the BOCULT Research Center, and Ghent University. (Nicole Maruo-Schröder, Uta Schaffers, Andreas Niehaus und Sofie Decock)

2023:

  • June 15-17, 2023: Panelorganisation auf der Tagung der Gesellschaft für interkulturelle Germanistik an der Universität Utrecht zu dem Thema: „Jenseits der Deiche. Konflikte der Abgrenzung.“ Titel des Panels: Körper und Körperlichkeit in der Reiseliteratur. (Stefan Hermes, Nicole Maruo-Schröder und Uta Schaffers)
  • May 8-10, 2023: Auftakttreffen des Wissenschaftlichen Netzwerks “Reisende Körper / Traveling Bodies” (Universität Koblenz). Guestspeaker: Prof. Dr. Matthias Jung, Vortrag: "Enacting Meaning – The Crucial Role of the Lived body."

2019:

  • 2019: Koblenz-Ghent Workshop: “Traveling Bodies: The Corporeal Dynamics of Experience in Travel Writing and in Embodied Cognition Research.” Workshop. Ghent University. (Nicole Maruo-Schröder und Uta Schaffers)

2018:

  • July 5-6, 2018: Internationale Tagung mit dem Titel „Traveling Bodies,“ (Universität Koblenz-Landau, Campus Koblenz) (Nicole Maruo-Schröder und Uta Schaffers)

2017:

  • 2017: Organisation des Panels „Bodies in Motion: Reisende Körper/Körperreisen“ auf der 3. Tagung der Kulturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft in Gent (Belgien). (Nicole Maruo-Schröder und Uta Schaffers)