As part of the outreach activities of the NWO-funded project “Redefining the Region: The Transnational Dimension of Local Colour” (VI.C.181.026), the P.I. of the project, Prof. Marguérite Corporaal, and team members have just released a new literary podcast series entitled “The Regional Fictions Podcast.” In these podcasts, researchers uncover lesser-known nineteenth-century regional books and media documents in conversation with fellow experts. Hosted by researchers who are part of the VICI project, each episode uncovers nineteenth-century regional literature and media and features an interview with fellow researchers as well as a reading of short extracts from the texts that are being discussed. The podcast is available on Buzzsprout and also on a dedicated Spotify channel.
In the first episode, Marguérite Corporaal interviews Prof. Petra Broomans (University of Groningen) on Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. In the second episode, Anneloek Scholten explores Dutch regional fiction and the critical reception of regionalism with Dr Eric Storm (University of Leiden). In the third episode, Giulia Bruna talks to Dr Valentina Bold (Scottish author and independent scholar) about Scottish writer J.M. Barrie’s stories set in his native Kirriemuir. Two additional episodes are in the making and will be launched in the autumn: one on German-American writing hosted by Chris Cusack, and the other on Lancashire poetry and nineteenth-century periodical culture hosted by Sophie van Os.
The podcasts are aimed at researchers and students in the humanities who are interested in nineteenth-century regional identities and European regional or local-colour literature in transnational perspectives. They are also useful and practical learning materials to share with students.
Special thanks to: Simon Holla and colleagues at Radboud Educational Clips; Dr Ruud van den Beuken (Radboud University); Vera Dümmer (Marketing and Communications Faculty of Arts); Savanne Maas.
