Call for Papers: Constructions of Jewish Cultural Heritage in Fictional Texts on Architecture, City, and Space, June 26-27, 2024 (Deadline January 31, 2024)
The workshop will focus on literary texts on architecture, space, and city from the period between the early modern period and the 1960s. The individual lectures should focus on the respective contribution of the
texts to the process of negotiating Jewish cultural heritage. We ask about the understanding of the meaning of architecture, space, and city articulated in the texts, respectively about architecture as a reflection of a
knowledge gained in texts. What sign systems, narratives, motifs, and symbols are used for this purpose? Which places, spaces, or landscapes are the focus of the text? How do Jewish identity constructions emerge
in the literary negotiations? Lectures may draw on a range of texts from all genres, including novels, short stories, literary reportage and city descriptions, as well as lyric and dramatic texts. Contributions are welcome from all disciplines and from researchers of all stages of qualification.