Work/Leisure, Duty/Pleasure CALL FOR PAPERS Annual Conference of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals 25-27 July 2019 University of Brighton, UK Proposals are invited for 20 minute papers or panels of three or four related papers that address any aspect of the Victorian periodical or newspaper press. Proposals relevant to the Conference theme of Work/Leisure, … Continue reading “1 February: Call for Papers for Annual Conference of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals”
Author: Hannah Comer
8th February: Ruskin, Science and the Environment
In honour of John Ruskin’s bicentenary, John Holmes is co-organising a one-day conference on Ruskin, Science and the Environment with Sally Shuttleworth (Oxford), to be hosted by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on Friday 8th February 2019 from 9.30 until 6. The speakers will include Kate Flint (Southern California), Mark Frost (Portsmouth), Peter … Continue reading “8th February: Ruskin, Science and the Environment”
13 February: Dr Serena Trowbridge (BCU) ‘Although she is not a lady, her mind is poetic’: The Poetry of Elizabeth Siddall
When: Wednesday 13th February, 5-7pm Where: Arts 103 ‘Although she is not a lady, her mind is poetic’: The Poetry of Elizabeth Siddall Few female figures of the nineteenth century have engaged the popular imagination as much as that of Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall. Her life seems to be of more interest than her work, however; … Continue reading “13 February: Dr Serena Trowbridge (BCU) ‘Although she is not a lady, her mind is poetic’: The Poetry of Elizabeth Siddall”
27 February: Professor Catherine Maxwell (Queen Mary): ‘Bringing the perfume out of everything: Vernon Lee and Scent’
When: Wednesday 27th February, 5-7pm Where: Arts Lecture Room 8 Professor Catherine Maxwell (Queen Mary) presents ‘Bringing the perfume out of everything: Vernon Lee and Scent’, a talk drawn from her recent monograph, Scents and Sensibility : Perfume in Victorian Literary Culture (OUP 2017)
6 March: Modern & Contemporary History Centre, New research on the history of gender & sexualities seminar series
Wednesday 6 March, 5pm Ruby Ray Daily, Northwestern University, “‘How to Kill a Governess’: the fundamental violence of Victorian Sexuality” Ruby Ray Daily is a doctoral candidate specializing in nineteenth and twentieth-century Britain. Her dissertation, “Sex and Violence in Greater Britain: Sexual Sensibilities, Pain and Pleasure in Britain and the Anglo-world, 1840-1960,” explores the changing relationship … Continue reading “6 March: Modern & Contemporary History Centre, New research on the history of gender & sexualities seminar series”
8 March: Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown (Oxford) ‘Slaying Dragons and Talking to Stomachs: Science and Selfhood in the Nineteenth Century’
When: Friday 8th March, 4-6pm Where: Arts 103 England, 1853. A human stomach writes a book advising the general public on best dietetic practice. It recounts its life and its encounters with food adulteration, smoking, alcohol, love, marriage and eventually old age. The book is universally well-reviewed and runs to 5 editions. India, 1897. In … Continue reading “8 March: Dr Emilie Taylor-Brown (Oxford) ‘Slaying Dragons and Talking to Stomachs: Science and Selfhood in the Nineteenth Century’”
17 October: Research Centre Fair
Join the 19C Centre and all of the EDACS Research Centres for a PGR Meet&Greet on Wednesday 17 October, 4:00-6:00pm, Arts 201
17 October: Professor Martin Willis (Cardiff)
LANS Distinguished Lecture Series, Professor Martin Willis, “What Role do the Humanities Play in our Scientific World?”. When: Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 5:30-7:00pm Where: Arts Main Lecture Theatre For more information, please visit: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/liberal-arts-and-sciences/events/2018/martin-willis.aspx
31 October: 19CC Book Launch
Join us as we celebrate recent publications of 19C Centre members and kick off the new academic year. When: Wednesday 31st October 2018, 5:00-6:00pm Where: Arts Lecture Room 4
14 November: Dr. Koenraad Claes (Ghent)
Join us for a talk by Dr. Koenraad Claes (Ghent University) on “Late Victorian Little Magazines and the Invention of the Avant-Garde” When: Wednesday, 14 November 2018, 5:00-7:00pm Where: Arts Lecture Room 4