BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.1//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1014@dslw.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20231121T150844 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20231130T100000 SUMMARY:"Britain and the World: Travel Writing in the Eighteenth-Century" DESCRIPTION:In the long eighteenth century\, travel became a national occup ation for the British. They undertook voyages of exploration and discovery that laid the foundation for global trade\, diplomatic missions to the co urts of foreign sovereigns\, tours of the continent for education and plea sure\; and\, increasingly\, domestic tourism began to emerge. This guest l ecture will focus on two texts that represent two different modes of encou nters between British selves and foreign others: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ’s Turkish Embassy Letters (c. 1716-18)\, which provide fascinating\, pr oto- anthropological insights into Ottoman culture while critically lookin g back at British societal and gender norms\; and Tobias Smollett’s The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker (1771)\, in which a family tour of the Brit ish Isles becomes the occasion for anxiously reflecting on a growing consu mer culture fed by the import of foreign luxury goods. \\r\\nIf you would like to obtain more information on this guest lecture or attend the talk\, please contact Ina Habermann [https://english.philhist.unibas.ch/en/perso ns/ina-habermann/]. X-ALT-DESC:

In the long eighteenth century\, travel became a national occ upation for the British. They undertook voyages of exploration and discove ry that laid the foundation for global trade\, diplomatic missions to the courts of foreign sovereigns\, tours of the continent for education and pl easure\; and\, increasingly\, domestic tourism began to emerge. This guest lecture will focus on two texts that represent two different modes of enc ounters between British selves and foreign others: Lady Mary Wortley Monta gu’s Turkish Embassy Letters (c. 1716-18)\, which provide fascinating\, proto- anthropological insights into Ottoman culture while critically look ing back at British societal and gender norms\; and Tobias Smollett’s Th e Expedition of Humphrey Clinker (1771)\, in which a family tour of the Br itish Isles becomes the occasion for anxiously reflecting on a growing con sumer culture fed by the import of foreign luxury goods.

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If you w ould like to obtain more information on this guest lecture or attend the t alk\, please contact Ina Habermann.

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