Erfurt team present in Paris

At this year's annual meeting of The European Study Group of Nineteenth-Century American Literature in Paris, Erfurt American Studies shows a strong presence with Verena Laschinger, Antonia Purk, and Ilka Saal all giving presentations.

The European Study Group of Nineteenth-Century American Literature will hold its annual meeting, this year with the title "Reading Mary Wilkins Freeman Anew: Race and Queer Ecologies with J. Samaine Lockwood," at Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, from September 30 - October 1, 2022.
 
The study group convenes each year in a different European country to discuss (formally and informally) little known nineteenth-century texts with a view to expanding our perspective on 19th US literature. The study group finds its strength in its mix of European scholars from different backgrounds and at various stages in their careers. The format allows for various approaches, from academic papers, group discussions, and interventions from Master students across different universities (this year: Université Paris Cité, Université Bretagne Sud, and Université Bordeaux Montaigne). 
 
This year the group will step into Mary Wilkins Freeman’s world of New England against the backdrop of Paris, a city she visited. The focus will be on race and queer ecologies and we will be reading two of Freeman’s lesser studied works: her play, Giles Corey, a Yeoman, and Understudies, a 1901 collection of stories. 

Talks by University of Erfurt scholars:

  • Ilka Saal: “Miss Wilkins . . . cannot always be trusted:” The Queer Poetics of Giles Corey, Yeoman
  • Antonia Purk: The Cat, the Monkey, and Societal Outsiders. Mary Wilkins Freeman’s Animal Stories
  • Verena Laschinger: “mosquito against the solar system”: The (In-)Significance of Mary Wilkins Freeman’s Understudies

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