Journeys into the Past: History as a Tourist Attraction in the 19th and 20th Centuries

The conference will be held from November 6-8, 2014 in room AE-A 103 (first floor) at the Artur-Woll-Haus of the University of Siegen. We start Thursday morning (November 6) at 10:00am, on Friday morning (November 7) and on Saturday morning (November 8) at 9:30am. The conference will end on Saturday afternoon around 1:30pm.

We will be discussing various subjects divided into the following sections:

1. Conceptual remarks
2. Religious Sites
3. Dark Tourism
4. Nation and Identity: The European and Non-European Periphery
5. Nation and Identity: The Western and Mid-European-Context
6. The Past as a Romantic Attraction

Please click on the links below to read the provisional conference programme which offers further information about presentations and speakers:

• Programme for Thursday, November 6

• Programme for Friday, November 7

• Programme for Saturday, November 8

A PDF-version of the programme is now available for download.

A PDF-version of the conference flyer is now available for download.

A PDF-version of the conference poster is now available for download.

The attendance at the conference is free. However, for planning purposes, it is mandatory to register at the conference website. Coffee, cold beverages and snacks will be on offer free of charge for all registered participants. You may also register for lunch and/or for dinner for the first and/or the second of the conference days for a charge ranging each from 10 Euros for lunch to 25 Euros for dinner, which will be charged at the venue. All meals are free for speakers and chairs.

Please do not hesitate to contact us, in case any questions may arise:
E-Mail: fleiss@geschichte.uni-siegen.de
phone: 0049-(0)271-740-4623 (Daniela Fleiß) or (0)271-740-4502 (Petra Schöppner).