Off the Road
@off-the-road.bsky.social
The Environmental Aesthetics of Early Automobility.
An ERC-Funded Research Project (2023-2027) at the University of Konstanz.
To find out more, head to our website: http://offtheroad.org
An ERC-Funded Research Project (2023-2027) at the University of Konstanz.
To find out more, head to our website: http://offtheroad.org
This Thursday (Jan 23rd), Jannis Buschky is giving a guest lecture at the Obama Institute at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
You can find more information about the event here: www.obama-institute.com/wp-content/u...
You can find more information about the event here: www.obama-institute.com/wp-content/u...
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January 19, 2026 at 8:12 AM
This Thursday (Jan 23rd), Jannis Buschky is giving a guest lecture at the Obama Institute at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
You can find more information about the event here: www.obama-institute.com/wp-content/u...
You can find more information about the event here: www.obama-institute.com/wp-content/u...
This week, Jannis Buschky will present a paper at the "Early Petropoetics" conference in Vienna on January 15.
The aim of the conference is to better understand the beginnings of industrial oil extraction.
Zoom link: univienna.zoom.us/j/6387783808...
Hope to see you there!
The aim of the conference is to better understand the beginnings of industrial oil extraction.
Zoom link: univienna.zoom.us/j/6387783808...
Hope to see you there!
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January 12, 2026 at 11:50 AM
This week, Jannis Buschky will present a paper at the "Early Petropoetics" conference in Vienna on January 15.
The aim of the conference is to better understand the beginnings of industrial oil extraction.
Zoom link: univienna.zoom.us/j/6387783808...
Hope to see you there!
The aim of the conference is to better understand the beginnings of industrial oil extraction.
Zoom link: univienna.zoom.us/j/6387783808...
Hope to see you there!
Congratulations to Jannis Buschky from the Off the Road Team for his new publication! "Slippery Ground: Petrofeminism in Mary Austin’s The Ford (1917)": academic.oup.com/isle/article...
Slippery Ground: Petrofeminism in Mary Austin’s The Ford (1917)
In her autobiography Earth Horizon (1932), Mary Austin describes her growing disappointment in her husband, Stafford, in relation to his romanticized view
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December 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Congratulations to Jannis Buschky from the Off the Road Team for his new publication! "Slippery Ground: Petrofeminism in Mary Austin’s The Ford (1917)": academic.oup.com/isle/article...
Join us for this great workshop on Infrastructures, Time, and Aesthetics:
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Infrastructure | Time | Aesthetics: An Exploratory Workshop
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December 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Join us for this great workshop on Infrastructures, Time, and Aesthetics:
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Join us for the interdisciplinary workshop “Environmental Humanities meets History of Knowledge“ on 20–21 November 2025 at the University of Konstanz. We have two hybrid keynote lectures open to everyone: Prof. Dr. Florian Sprenger and Prof. Dr. Stephanie Zehnle! offtheroad.org/2025/11/06/i...
Interdisciplinary Workshop "Environmental Humanities Meets History of Knowledge" at the University of Konstanz, 20th-21st November 2025 - Off the Road (ERC Project)
Workshop Join us for the interdisciplinary workshop “Environmental Humanities meets History of Knowledge” on 20–21 November 2025 at the University of Konstanz. The event features two hybrid keynote l...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Join us for the interdisciplinary workshop “Environmental Humanities meets History of Knowledge“ on 20–21 November 2025 at the University of Konstanz. We have two hybrid keynote lectures open to everyone: Prof. Dr. Florian Sprenger and Prof. Dr. Stephanie Zehnle! offtheroad.org/2025/11/06/i...
Read this interesting blog post by one of our team member, Gilberto Mazzoli, who wrote about mapping roadkill during early automobility in the United States!
Happy to reflect on my research on environmental history of automobility and on my experience as a ESEH-GALE Fellow in Digital Environmental Humanities! review.gale.com/2025/11/11/d...
Thanks to @eseh.bsky.social and @galeacademic.bsky.social for this opportunity! 🚗
Thanks to @eseh.bsky.social and @galeacademic.bsky.social for this opportunity! 🚗
Collisions: Driving Through Digital Humanities
ESEH-Gale Fellow, Gilberto Mazzoli, explores, Collisions: Driving Through Digital Humanities in Search of Roadkill with Gale Primary Sources.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Read this interesting blog post by one of our team member, Gilberto Mazzoli, who wrote about mapping roadkill during early automobility in the United States!
Today Gilberto Mazzoli from the Off the Road team, presented his research at the conference of the European Society for Environmental History in Uppsala, Sweden! @eseh.bsky.social
It was great to present my current research on Automobility and the Environment in the United States at ESEH today. This panel was the final step of the ESEH-Gale Fellowship in digital environmental humanities! Thanks to everyone who attended it and thanks to @eseh.bsky.social for this opportunity!
August 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Today Gilberto Mazzoli from the Off the Road team, presented his research at the conference of the European Society for Environmental History in Uppsala, Sweden! @eseh.bsky.social
Let's welcome Pascal Ehrlich to the ERC Off the Road research team! Pascal is a doctoral researcher in American Studies, his dissertation project focuses on the different ideologies in the literary representation between the train and the car.
August 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Let's welcome Pascal Ehrlich to the ERC Off the Road research team! Pascal is a doctoral researcher in American Studies, his dissertation project focuses on the different ideologies in the literary representation between the train and the car.
Today we welcome Dr. Jonathan Stafford to the ERC Off the Road research group @uni-konstanz.de. A cultural historian of mobility, Jonathan's research will focus on early automobilities in the U.S. and the production of environmental knowledge. His profile: www.litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/en/british-a...
Dr. Jonathan Stafford | Team
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June 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Today we welcome Dr. Jonathan Stafford to the ERC Off the Road research group @uni-konstanz.de. A cultural historian of mobility, Jonathan's research will focus on early automobilities in the U.S. and the production of environmental knowledge. His profile: www.litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/en/british-a...
Let's introduce another member of the ERC OfftheRoad research group: Otilia Teodorescu-Stadler is assistant professor of American Studies @uni-konstanz.de. She works on poetry and mobility and is a member of Germany's oldest automobile club. Her profile: litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/en/british-a...
June 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Let's introduce another member of the ERC OfftheRoad research group: Otilia Teodorescu-Stadler is assistant professor of American Studies @uni-konstanz.de. She works on poetry and mobility and is a member of Germany's oldest automobile club. Her profile: litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/en/british-a...
Today we introduce another member of the ERC Off the Road research group: Jannis Buschky, doctoral researcher in American Studies @uni-konstanz.de. In his dissertation project, Jannis focuses on oil extraction zones in U.S. fiction. Check out his profile: www.litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/en/british-a...
June 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Today we introduce another member of the ERC Off the Road research group: Jannis Buschky, doctoral researcher in American Studies @uni-konstanz.de. In his dissertation project, Jannis focuses on oil extraction zones in U.S. fiction. Check out his profile: www.litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/en/british-a...
Yet another member of the ERC Off the Road research group is Melanie Frey, doctoral researcher @uni-konstanz.de. Melanie works on performance poetry and automobile narratives. Check out her profile: www.litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/en/british-a...
June 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Yet another member of the ERC Off the Road research group is Melanie Frey, doctoral researcher @uni-konstanz.de. Melanie works on performance poetry and automobile narratives. Check out her profile: www.litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/en/british-a...
Let's introduce another member of the ERC Off the Road research group: @gilberto-mazzoli.bsky.social, Environmental Historian of North America @uni-konstanz.de. Gilberto created the logo of the project! Check out his short online CV and recent publications: gilbertomazzoli.it
June 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Let's introduce another member of the ERC Off the Road research group: @gilberto-mazzoli.bsky.social, Environmental Historian of North America @uni-konstanz.de. Gilberto created the logo of the project! Check out his short online CV and recent publications: gilbertomazzoli.it
Let's introduce another member of our team: Joel Duncan, scholars of American Poetry who worked on the ERC Off the Road project until January 2025. Joel recently published "Poetic Drive. American Poetry in the Age of Automobility": www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10153/
Poetic Drive
<b>How American poets have explored driving, in all its facets</b><br/><br/> “Whither goest thou, America,” asked Jack Kerouac in <i>On the Road</i>,
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June 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Let's introduce another member of our team: Joel Duncan, scholars of American Poetry who worked on the ERC Off the Road project until January 2025. Joel recently published "Poetic Drive. American Poetry in the Age of Automobility": www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10153/
Let's introduce the members of the Off the Road ERC research group: Timo Müller, professor of American Studies
@uni-konstanz.de, is our principal investigator: litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/en/british-a...
@uni-konstanz.de, is our principal investigator: litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/en/british-a...
Prof. Dr. Timo Müller | Team
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May 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Let's introduce the members of the Off the Road ERC research group: Timo Müller, professor of American Studies
@uni-konstanz.de, is our principal investigator: litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/en/british-a...
@uni-konstanz.de, is our principal investigator: litwiss.uni-konstanz.de/en/british-a...
Early Automobility and Safety in New York City
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On the Scene: Eugene de Salignac’s Photographs of Traffic Safety — NYC Department of Records & Information Services
Eugene de Salignac served as Photographer for the Department of Plant & Structures (originally the Department of Bridges) from 1906 to 1934. During this time, the agency took on many of the functi...
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April 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Early Automobility and Safety in New York City
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The ERC Project “Off the Road” explores the environmental aesthetics of early automobility in US road literature from 1890 to 1920.
Check our website: offtheroad.org
Check our website: offtheroad.org
Off the Road (ERC Project) Homepage - Off the Road (ERC Project)
Off the Road: The Environmental Aestheticsof Early Automobility Menu About News Database Outreach Conference Game Design Club Opportunities Contact ERC-FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECT (2023-2027) In times of ...
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April 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The ERC Project “Off the Road” explores the environmental aesthetics of early automobility in US road literature from 1890 to 1920.
Check our website: offtheroad.org
Check our website: offtheroad.org
The "Vagabonds" on tour: Henry Ford, John Burroughs, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone.
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History Hits: Henry Ford and the Vagabonds
Summer is winding down, fall is starting, and it’s the time of year to look back at the adventures we have had this past season. Unless you have a very easy definition of the term ‘adventures’, cha…
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April 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The "Vagabonds" on tour: Henry Ford, John Burroughs, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone.
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