J. Uluwehi Hopkins, ‘Moʻolelo as Methodology: Hawaiian Knowledge Systems Embedded in Oral Histories’ Friday, 14th July 2023, 10am (BST) – Online Moʻolelo is the Hawaiian word for “history” and “story.” In the ancestral Hawaiian worldview, these two concepts are intertwined, but it is often seen as a problem by the conservative Western methodology of doing … Continue reading “J. Uluwehi Hopkins (Hawai’i, West O’ahu), ‘Moʻolelo as Methodology: Hawaiian Knowledge Systems Embedded in Oral Histories’”
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Dr Abigail Droge, ‘The Role of Literature in an Industrial Society: Student Perspectives from Mason Science College’
Dr Abigail Droge, ‘The Role of Literature in an Industrial Society: Student Perspectives from Mason Science College’ Wednesday, 5th July 2023, 5pm – Arts 101 (Lecture Room 4) Join us on Wednesday July 5th at 5pm in Arts 101 (Lecture Room 4) for a wonderful talk by Dr Abigail Droge about Mason Science College – … Continue reading “Dr Abigail Droge, ‘The Role of Literature in an Industrial Society: Student Perspectives from Mason Science College’”
The University of Birmingham’s Nineteenth-Century Centre’s Public Lecture, Dr Clare Bucknell (All Souls, Oxford), ‘Nineteenth-Century Anthologising: “Castrated” Books and Poems’
The University of Birmingham’s Nineteenth-Century Centre’s Public Lecture Dr Clare Bucknell (All Souls, Oxford), ‘Nineteenth-Century Anthologising: “Castrated” Books and Poems’ Thursday 25th May 2023, 6:00pm-7:30pm at Selly Manor Museum (in collaboration with The Bookshop on the Green, and as part of the AMD Hughes Annual Memorial Lecture Series) In The Condition of the Working Class in … Continue reading “The University of Birmingham’s Nineteenth-Century Centre’s Public Lecture, Dr Clare Bucknell (All Souls, Oxford), ‘Nineteenth-Century Anthologising: “Castrated” Books and Poems’”
19CC Research Seminar: Dr Phillippa Bennett (Northampton)
19CC Research Seminar Dr Phillippa Bennett (University of Northampton) Wednesday 26th April 2023, 4:30pm-6:30pm Arts 103 (Constance Naden Room) Dr Phillippa Bennett (University of Northampton), ‘Wild Belongings: Community, Story and Rewilding in William Morris’s News from Nowhere and Diane Setterfield’s Once Upon a River’ Contemporary cultural interest in the concept of rewilding has generated a … Continue reading “19CC Research Seminar: Dr Phillippa Bennett (Northampton)”
19CC Research Seminar: Dr James Grande (KCL) & Dr Jack Quin (Birmingham)
19CC Research Seminar Dr James Grande (King’s College London) and Dr Jack Quin (University of Birmingham) Wednesday 8th March 2023, 5pm-7pm Arts 104 Dr James Grande (King’s College London), ‘Amelia Opie, Music and Dissent’ Harriet Guest has written, ‘Opie’s was one of the most successful publishing careers of the early nineteenth century’, but until recently … Continue reading “19CC Research Seminar: Dr James Grande (KCL) & Dr Jack Quin (Birmingham)”
19CC Semester Two Programme
Nineteenth-Century Centre: Semester Two Programme We are delighted to announce our programme of events for this semester! At present, all research seminars are scheduled to take place in-person on campus (more details including room locations and abstracts will be sent ahead of each event). We have a number of fantastic papers on the programme for … Continue reading “19CC Semester Two Programme”
Nineteenth-Century Interiors Book Event
New Books on 19thC Interiors Event Co-Organised by the William Morris Society in the United States and the Historic Interiors Affiliate Group of the Society of Architectural Historians Friday 24th February 2023, 6pm Online via Zoom On Friday 24th February, the William Morris Society in the United States and the Historic Interiors Affiliate Group of … Continue reading “Nineteenth-Century Interiors Book Event”
Lapworth Museum of Geology Archives Event
Lapworth Museum of Geology Archives Event Thursday 26th January 2023, 10am-1pm Location: Lapworth Museum, Earth Sciences Building The Charles Lapworth archives at the Lapworth Museum have recently been catalogued by Rachel Brown, and the Museum is holding an event to introduce researchers to the kinds of materials it contains and to the online catalogue. Lapworth’s … Continue reading “Lapworth Museum of Geology Archives Event”
Work-in-Progress Seminar: Literature at Sea with Michael Malay (Bristol) and Jimmy Packham (Birmingham)
19CC Online Work-in-Progress Seminar Series: Literature at Sea Dr Michael Malay (University of Bristol) and Dr Jimmy Packham (University of Birmingham) Wednesday 18th January 2023, 5pm-7pm Online via Zoom Please join us online at 5pm on Wednesday 18th January for a work-in-progress seminar focused on literature at sea. Our two speakers will explore questions of … Continue reading “Work-in-Progress Seminar: Literature at Sea with Michael Malay (Bristol) and Jimmy Packham (Birmingham)”
Claire Wood (Leicester): ‘The Devil’s Handwriting”: Solving the Mysteries of Dickens’s Shorthand’
‘“The Devil’s Handwriting”: Solving the Mysteries of Dickens’s Shorthand’ Dr Claire Wood University of Leicester Wednesday, 19th October 5pm – 7pm Arts Lecture Room 4 In the 150 years since his death, Charles Dickens’s works have never been out of print. Yet, incredibly, several texts in Dickens’s hand remain unknown because they are written in his … Continue reading “Claire Wood (Leicester): ‘The Devil’s Handwriting”: Solving the Mysteries of Dickens’s Shorthand’”