Session 1
Leaving Narrow Boundaries: Travel Narratives by Swiss Authors
(organized by Margrit Zinggeler)

1) Elke Nicolai (Hunter, CUNY): „Wer nicht dreissig Jahre hinter Schloss und Riegel zubringen will, tut gut daran, sich rechtzeitig
davonzumachen“ : Die Schriftstellerin und Journalistin Annemarie Schwarzenbach

2)Sofie Decock (University of Ghent, Netherland): A discursive and narrative analysis of a selection of Annemarie Schwarzenbach’s travel literature

3)Margrit Zinggeler (Eastern Michigan University): Der Topos des Reisens in Texten von Martin R. Dean und Daniel Zahno

Session 2
Switzerland as viewed from Without: Global Travel Narratives to Switzerland
(organized by Richard Ruppel)

March 2, evening
Readings by Swiss authors Martin Dean and Daniel Zahno (infos from Dr. Romey Sabalius)