Within the framework of the research project CIAICO 2022/105 ‘Imagological construction of Spain in the German-speaking women’s odeporic: systematisation from a gender perspective’, funded by the Valencian Department of Education, Universities and Employment (Generalitat Valenciana), the permanent RIALE (German-Spanish Intercultural Relationships) research group has opened the registration period for the international congress ‘Reimagining the Spanish-speaking world? Perspectives of German-speaking women writers’, to be held at the Faculty of Language Studies, Translation and Communication between 15 and 17 January 2025.
The objective of this congress (registration open through 31 October) is to reflect on the Hispanic imagological configurations in texts written by German-speaking women authors, with a particular focus on travel narratives, whether factual or fictional, but without excluding other literary works. It also aims to answer some of the following questions: What Hispanic imagotypes and stereotypes are displayed by texts? To what extent do these texts have thematic and formal characteristics of a specifically feminine aesthetic? To what extent is the Hispanic image conditioned by traditionally masculine visions? Is there a (different) representation of femininity in these texts?
This congress aims not only to contribute to a better understanding of intercultural and transcultural German–Spanish relations in Europe, but also to recognise women writers and travellers as intellectual and social pioneers who have contributed enormously to the empowerment of women.
