The European Spa. Discover Health Resorts Across the Continent with us. A Podcast Series.

This podcast, designed as a virtual journey through European spas in the broadest sense, from Belgium all the way to the Caucasus, has been created in times of the Corona-virus pandemic. With physical travel not possible, we have been passing the time with these literary imaginations. But even after the end of this pandemic, travel and health resorts will be different. Take the idea of the spa as a "transnational meeting place", which we are particularly concerned with in our research project. How will it be shaped in the face of travel restrictions, closed or semi-open borders and norms of social distancing? 

Episode #0: A Very Short History of the European Spa.
Part 1: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment.
Part 2: From the Enlightenment to the Present Day

Episode #1: Travel and Arrival

Episode #2: Healing Waters and Pleasure Grounds 

Episode #3: Transformation and Revival

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We thank for their support:
Our numerous speakers
Robert Gillett for assistance with translations
Sarah Crombach for the musical logo
Victoria Volk for the cover illustration
Torsten Abrolat for technical support
Dagmar Burkhart and Christine Gölz for reading recommendations. 

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Episode # 0: Credits

Authors and Works Cited

David Blackbourn: "Fashionable Spa Towns in Nineteenth-century Europe". In: Susan Anderson / Bruce Tabb (eds): Water, Leisure, and Culture. Oxford & New York, 2002.

David Blackbourn: "Introduction" to: Susan Anderson / Bruce Tabb (eds): Water, Leisure, and Culture. Oxford & New York, 2002.

Carl Cederström and André Spicer.The Wellness Syndrome. Cambridge; Malden, 2015.

Margarita Dritsas: European Tourism and Culture: History and National Perspectives. Athens, 2017.

Alexa Geisthövel: "Promenadenmischungen: Raum und Kommunikation in Hydropolen 1830-1880". In: Alexander Geppert / Jörn Weinhold / Uffa Jensen (eds): Ortsgespräche. Zeit - Sinn - Kultur. Bielefeld, 2005

Hippocrates: On Airs, Waters, and Places. Written 400 B.C.E. Translated by Francis Adams. http://classics.mit.edu/Hippocrates/airwatpl.1.1.html

James Johnson: Pilgrimages to the Spas in Pursuit of Health and Recreation. London, 1841. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/60104/60104-h/60104-h.htm

Zedler's Encyclopedia, under "Health", mid-18th century / Zedlers Universal-Lexicon (Lexikon der dt. Aufklärung) in seinem Lemma Gesundheit (1731-1754). Translated by Robert Gillett. https://www.zedler-lexikon.de

Speakers: Robert Gillett, Astrid Köhler, Henrike Schmidt

Composer: Franz Schubert, Piano Sonata in a-minor D. 845

Pianist: Sarah Crombach

Cover Illustration: Victoria Volk

Script: Astrid Köhler and Henrike Schmidt

Production: Henrike Schmidt and Anna Cabanel

Credits for Sounds:

Waterdrops. Recorded in Madeira in a volcanic cave (August 2010). Author: SubUnit_FieldRec, August 13th, 2010, https://freesound.org/people/SubUnit_FieldRec/sounds/102953/.

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Episode # 1: Credits

Authors and Works Cited (in order of appearance):

Clara Viebig: A Mother's Son (Einer Mutter Sohn, 1906). Translated from the German by Robert Gillett.

Thomas Mann: The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg, 1924). Translated from the German by H.T.Lowe-Porter.
https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.2424/2015.2424.Thomas-Mann-The-Magic-Mountain_djvu.txt

Mikhail Lermontov. "Princess Mary". A Hero of Our Times ("Knjazhnya Meri". Geroj nashego vremeni, 1839). Translated from the Russian by Martin Parker.
https://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/myl/hero.htm

Ernest Oldmeadow: Susan. 1907.

William Makepeace Thackeray: The Kickleburys On The Rhine, 1850.

Dubravka Ugrešić: Baba Yaga Laid an Egg (Baba Jaga je snijela jaje: mit o Babi Jagi, 2008). Translated from the Croatian by Ellen Elias-Bursać, Celia Hawkesworth, and Mark Thompson.

Anneli Jordahl: A Summer in Augustenbad (Augustenbad en sommar, 2011). Translated from the Swedish by Wiebke Kolbe.

Paweł Huelle: Castorp. 2004. Translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.

Tessa de Loo: The Twins (De tweeling, 1993). Translated from the Dutch by Ruth Levitt.

Speakers: Martin Barge, Amieke Bouma, Susan Cook, Robert Gillett, Mikhail Kaluzskij, Astrid Köhler, Judith Köhler, Wiebke Kolbe, Natalia Konradova, Bartosz Madrzyk, Christian Noack, Henrike Schmidt, William Tweddle

Composer: Franz Schubert, Piano Sonata in a-minor D. 845

Pianist: Sarah Crombach

Cover Illustration: Victoria Volk

Script: Astrid Köhler and Henrike Schmidt

Production: Henrike Schmidt and Anna Cabanel

Credits for Sounds:

Wellen mit Möwen. Author: Kakadudel. Audiyou: https://www.audiyou.de/beitrag/wellen-mit-mwen-10284/

Historische Dampflock. Author: platanus1. Audiyou: https://www.audiyou.de/beitrag/histdampfzugjohnsdorfoberlausitz1ea-9170/

Kleinere Menschenmenge. Author: mistletoe. Audiyou: https://www.audiyou.de/beitrag/kleinere-menschenmenge-2013-small-crowd-5938/

Wasserplätschern im Tropenhaus. Author: Margarete Holzapfel. Audiyou: https://www.audiyou.de/beitrag/wasserpltschern-im-tropenhaus-11046/

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Episode # 2: Credits

Authors and Works Cited (in order of appearance):

Henry James: Confidence, 1879.

Ivan Turgenev: Smoke (Дым, 1867). Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/40813/40813-h/40813-h.htm

Anneli Jordahl: A Summer in Augustenbad (Augustenbad en sommar, 2011). Translated from the Swedish by Wiebke Kolbe.

Mary Countess von Bothmer: Aut Caesar Aut Nihil, 1883.

Charles Clarke: Charlie Thornhill, 1867.

Mikhail Lermontov: "Princess Mary". A Hero of Our Times ("Knjazhnya Meri". Geroj nashego vremeni, 1839). Translated from the Russian by Martin Parker.
https://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/myl/hero.htm

George Sand: Unpublished Memoirs (Mémoires inédits, 1829, in: Oeuvres autobiographiques). Translated from the French by Anna Cabanel.

Fyodor Dostoevsky:  The Gambler (Игрок, 1867) Translated from the Russian by J.C.Hogarth. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2197/2197-h/2197-h.htm

Leo Tolstoy: Anna Karenina (Анна Каренина, 1878) Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1399/1399-h/1399-h.htm

William Makepeace Thackeray: The Newcomes, 1855.

Thomas Mann: Buddenbrooks, 1901. Translated from the German by H.T.Lowe-Porter.

Speakers: Martin Barge, Anna Cabanel, Susan Cook, Robert Gillett, Henry Holland, Mikhail Kaluzskij, Astrid Köhler, Judith Köhler, Henrike Schmidt, William Tweddle

Composer: Franz Schubert, Piano Sonata in a-minor D. 845

Pianist: Sarah Crombach

Cover Illustration: Victoria Volk

Script: Astrid Köhler and Henrike Schmidt

Production: Henrike Schmidt and Anna Cabanel

Credits for Sounds:

Springbrunnen: Author Martin Lehmann: https://www.audiyou.de/beitrag/springbrunnen-1/

NYC, Philharmonia: stephanie65: https://www.audiyou.de/beitrag/nyc-philharmonia-5791/

Band in the Park: gadzooks: https://freesound.org/people/gadzooks/sounds/36274/

Roulette Wheel Spin. Author: Videvo: https://www.videvo.net/sound-effect/roulette-wheel-spinn-pe147501/255172/

Blitznaheinschlag, Donner. Author: Accelerater: https://www.audiyou.de/beitrag/blitznaheinschlag-donner-9336/

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Episode # 3: Credits

Authors and Works Cited (in order of appearance):

Theodor Fontane: Letter to his wife from Norderney, 5 August 1883. Translated from the German by Wiebke Kolbe. 

Clara Viebig: A Mother's Son (Einer Mutter Sohn, 1906). Translated from the German by Robert Gillett.

Ford Madox Ford: The Good Soldier, 1915.

Guy de Maupassant: Mont Oriol, 1887. Translated from the French by Ernest Augustus Boyd. 

Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Nesnesitelná lehkost byti, 1984). Translated from the Czech by Michael Henry Heim. https://archive.org/details/unbearablelightn0000kund/

John von Düffel: Hotel Angst, 2006. Translated from the German by Robert Gillett.

Dubravka Ugrešić: Baba Yaga Laid an Egg (Baba Jaga je snijela jaje: mit o Babi Jagi, 2008). Translated from the Croatian by Ellen Elias-Bursać, Celia Hawkesworth, and Mark Thompson.

Speakers: Martin Barge, Anna Cabanel, Robert Gillett, Astrid Köhler, Judith Köhler, Eva Profousová, Henrike Schmidt, Nataša Urošević.

Composer: Franz Schubert, Piano Sonata in a-minor D. 845

Pianist: Sarah Crombach

Cover Illustration: Victoria Volk

Script: Astrid Köhler and Henrike Schmidt

Production: Henrike Schmidt and Anna Cabanel

Credits for Sounds:

Typing on an old typewriter. 170134 November 4th, 2017 https://freesound.org/people/170134/sounds/407709/

Schritte Kies_1 Pers_1 EA eingestellt von:  Platanus1 | Autor: Jörg Plesse: https://www.audiyou.de/beitrag/schritte-kies1-pers1-ea-8217/

Alter Schmalfilmprojektor - Spule einlegen, eingestellt von:  bertix | Autor: André Berthold: https://www.audiyou.de/beitrag/alter-schmalfilmprojektor-spule-einlegen-10731/

A bubbling water sound recorded by blowing bubbles into a glass of water with a straw. Infernus2 April 2nd, 2018 https://freesound.org/people/Infernus2/sounds/423959/