SFB 1288

In the SFB, too, various planned lectures, conferences and trips had to be cancelled. However, some could be converted to digital formats, such as the workshop "History and Sociology of the Future in the 20th Century: The USA as 'Great Nation of Futurity'" by doctoral researchers Julia Engelschalt (subproject A03) and Stefan Wilbers (associated).

The conference "Entrechtete Körper" ('Disenfranchised Bodies') by Antje Flüchter, Cornelia Aust (both subproject B01) and Claudia Jarzebowski (FU Berlin) could also be realized in online format.
The conference focused on forms of disenfranchisement of bodies which can be demonstrated in different contexts in the early modern period. What role did body-related elements of comparing play in early modern attempts to create order? There was an intensive discussion about the practices used by actors to compare female and male, 'deformed' and 'conform to the norm', Black and white, healthy and sick, Christian and Muslim bodies.

Instead of the classical lectures, texts were read in advance of the online conference, which were then briefly introduced by the speakers during the conference, followed by a moderator's commentary and a joint discussion. This approach proved to be very productive and will also be used for further preparation of a joint publication.