The discovery of the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922 is one of the best-known archaeological narratives of the modern age. The uncovering of the pharaoh’s final resting place with its wealth of gilded artefacts was cause for much celebration both in Egypt and abroad. But within weeks of the king’s burial chamber … Continue reading “9 May: Tutankhamun: Facts, Fictions and the Mummy’s Curse with Dr Eleanor Dobson”
Category: Archived
29 May: Dr. Jessica Fay (Birmingham)
When: Wednesday 29th May, 5-7pm Where: Arts 103
13 June: Dinosaurs and Art at Oxford Natural History Museum
When:13 June, 7-9pm Where:Oxford Natural History Museum Join us for an evening under the dinosaurs exploring how art has shaped our impressions of these amazing creatures with Dr Will Tattersdill and Dr Verity Burke. £8 adults and £6 student/concession
16 January: “Romantic Listening” with Dr Mina Gorji (Cambridge)
All are welcome! What: 19C Seminar Series: Dr. Mina Gorji (Cambridge) on “Romantic Listening” in Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Clare When: Wednesday 16th January, 5-7pm Where: Arts Lecture Room 8
23 January: Professor Kathryn Sutherland (Oxford)
Join us for Professor Kathryn Sutherland’s talk “Samuel Johnson and the Origins of Writing”. A CLEMT-sponsored event. When: Wednesday 12 December 2018, 5:00-7:00pm Where: Arts Lecture Room 4
1 February: Call for Papers for Annual Conference of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
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”
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”