Young Scholars in German Speaker Series - Annie Pfeifer

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Humanities Quadrangle, HQ 136
Annemarie Schwarzenbach’s Narcopoetics

Between 1933 and 1939, the lesbian, anti-fascist Swiss-German writer and photographer Annemarie Schwarzenbach sought refuge in Iran to escape both a serious mental depression and her wealthy, Nazi-sympathizing family.

This talk exploresSchwarzenbach’s narcopoetics as a trip in a double sense: an escalating morphine addiction and an Orientalist expedition on the brink of World War II that unwittingly mirrors the drug trade routes between Central Asia and Europe.