Buchlesung 'Rebellinnen zu Fuß' von Anneke Lubkowitz

In August 2025, Anneke Lubkowitz will publish Rebellinnen zu Fuß, a feminist cultural history of women who set out on the road. Book reading with the author.

Rebels on foot: In the footsteps of eleven literary female hikers

What does the history of walking look like when it is told by women? Anneke Lubkowitz, herself a stay-at-home mom turned hiker, has set out to track down and pay tribute to her predecessors. In her research, she combines personal and cultural history and takes us on a journey of discovery through literature. In the process, she comes across a multitude of surprising stories of women who have set out on their journey and written about it: Elisa von der Recke, Sophie von La Roche, Bettina Brentano, Karoline von Günderrode, Mary Shelley, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Mathilde Franziska Anneke, Emmy Hennings, Else Lasker-Schüler, Simone de Beauvoir, Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Octavia Butler. Following in their footsteps shows that hiking is much more than just conquering landscapes. Above all, it is about female autonomy and freedom - and about the many ways in which we experience nature.

Presenter, Marijke Lukowicz