Travel narratives encompass travel experiences presented in books, illustrated books, magazines, personal or official reports, diaries, letters, drawings, paintings, prints, and photographs. These are among the most frequently used sources in history, literature, art history, anthropology, and a range of other disciplines. But, due to their diversity and complexity as texts, travel narratives have tended to elude definition or easy categorisation across the spectrum of disciplines that draw on travel as valuable primary source materials. Travelogues about Dalmatia, both visual and textual, have played a considerable role in the construction of its European identity, grounded in a curiosity about the region’s unique artistic heritage.

With this conference, the organisers aim to bring together historical and theoretical research on the travel genre as experiences transformed into textual and visual forms (irrespective of the geographical area), with a re-evaluation of the role of travel narratives in shaping the cultural identity of Dalmatia.

The conference is organised as part of the Croatian Science Foundation project Travelogues Dalmatia IP-2022-10-8676.

They invite professionals of various backgrounds, whose research addresses these topics to send a 250-word abstract and a short CV to: discoveringdalmatia@gmail.com.

Proposal submission deadline 15/07/2024. Notification of acceptance 31/07/2024. Conference day 12/12/2024

More information: https://www.ipu.hr/content/info/Discovering_Dalmatia_X_2024_CFP_EN.pdf