The conference responds to a significant gap in petrofiction scholarship, which remains dominated by Anglophone contexts. It seeks to re-center Galicia—and similar Eurasian sites—as crucial but overlooked regions in the cultural history of oil. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches from environmental humanities, literary studies, and imperial history, participants will analyze both historical and literary texts that reflect on the transformations wrought by petroleum extraction.
Organisation:
- Christine Frank and Ulrike Tanzer (Research Institute Brenner Archive, University of Innsbruck) in collaboration with
- Florian Schwarz (Institute of Iranian Studies at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna)
Conference Venue in Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences in the historical Austrian Postal Savings Bank building, Georg-
Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Wien, Besprechungsraum 2 (3rd floor)
Conference Venue in Krakow: Austrian General Consulate, Ul. Krupnicza 42, 31-123 Krakow
Contact:
Forschungsinstitut Brenner-Archiv
Universität Innsbruck
Georg-Trakl-Turm, Josef-Hirn-Straße 5 / 10. Stock
A–6020 Innsbruck
[email protected]