Seume and Goethe in Italy: On foot or by stagecoach?

The similarities and differences between Johann Gottfried Seume’s and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s journeys to Italy, the activities of the Seume Society “Arethusa” and the “walks” from Grimma to Syracuse that still take place today. Talk between:
Dr. Claudia Nordhoff (research associate Casa di Goethe), Dr. Wolfgang Fritzsche and Lutz Simmler (both Seume Society) and Prof. Dr. Maria Paola Scialdone (Germanist at Università di Macerata).
Moderation: Dr. Gregor H. Lersch

Event in cooperation with the international Johann Gottfried Seume Society “Arethusa”.

Photo: Johann Gottfried Seume: Spaziergang nach Syrakus im Jahre 1802, Braunschweig und Leipzig 1803; Veit Hanns Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Johann Gottfried Seume, 1798, Gleimhaus, Halberstadt, Creative Commons Lizenz 3.0.by-nc-sa