Join us for our first visiting speaker research seminar of the semester. Refreshments will be served, and all are welcome to attend. Wednesday 23rd October at 5pm (Week 4)Arts Building Room 104 Dr Chris Townsend (St Andrews), ‘The Value of Antislavery Verse: Mary Robinson’s “The Negro Girl”’ On Wednesday 23rd October, Dr Chris Townsend will … Continue reading “Visiting Speaker Research Seminar – 23rd October”
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19CC Autumn Programme
Nineteenth-Century Centre Autumn Programme Looking forward to seeing many of you at the Nineteenth-Century Centre autumn events. Do please circulate to others who might be interested in what we offer. Visiting Speaker Series: Our visiting speaker series is where we invite colleagues from other universities to hear more about their latest research, and work to … Continue reading “19CC Autumn Programme”
Emotions and Ecology Symposium
Emotions and Ecology SymposiumFriday 28th June 2024University of Birmingham: Arts Building, Room 104 From 930: refreshments available 10am – 11: panel session– Victoria Flood, ‘“Ferlyes on Folde”: Medieval Environmental Imaginaries and Modern Communities of Wonder’– Gillian Wright, ‘Cowley, Behn and Nostalgia’– David James, ‘Submarine Sympathies: Blue Planet II’s Sentimental Activism’ 11-1130: coffee break 1130-1pm: panel … Continue reading “Emotions and Ecology Symposium”
Environmental Humanities Symposium – Seas and Trees
Seas and Trees Symposium20th June 2024University of Birmingham (Edgbaston campus)Arts building, room 103 (‘Constance Naden’) From 930: refreshments available 10am – 1130: panel session– Jimmy Packham and Laurence Publicover, ‘Ignatius Donnelly and the Nineteenth-Century Atlantis’– Amanda Blake Davis, ‘“The sea-blooms and the oozy woods”: Seascapes and Treescapes in Shelley’– Katie Garner, ‘Diving for Pearls’– Elizabeth … Continue reading “Environmental Humanities Symposium – Seas and Trees”
Visiting Speaker Research Seminar – 24th April
Dear All, Please see below for the next in our visiting speaker seminar series. Do join us for a drink afterwards, if you can. 24th April at 5pm – Dr Shelley Hales (Bristol) (Arts 104) ‘The Once and Future Dead: Remembering and Forgetting London’s Grand National Cemetery’ Abstract In 1834, Kensal Green became the first … Continue reading “Visiting Speaker Research Seminar – 24th April”
Research Seminar – 20th March
For our next Nineteenth-Century Centre visiting speaker seminar series we’re fortunate to have Professor Andrew Bennett (Bristol) sharing his research on Keats’s love letters. Andrew Bennett has been one of the best readers of Romanticism and poetry for many years, so it promises to be a great evening. Do join us for what I’m sure … Continue reading “Research Seminar – 20th March”
Research Seminar – Wednesday 28th February
Join us for an exciting Nineteenth-Century Centre session on Weds 28th, where we’ll get to hear about new and timely research. We’ll be doubling up, with Charlie Gough talking about his discoveries in the Harry Ransom Center archives, and Dion Dobrzynski discussing William Morris’s utopian dreams and trees. Titles below, along with a zoom link … Continue reading “Research Seminar – Wednesday 28th February”
Semester Two Programme
I’m delighted to share with you the 19CC’s speakers for this semester. These talks will be hybrid, so do join online if you’re unable to be with us in person – simply email me if you’d like the link. I very much hope to see as many of you as possible and look forward to … Continue reading “Semester Two Programme”
19CC Visiting Speaker Series – Wednesday 29 November
Wednesday 29 November, 5pm, Arts 103: Dr Madeline Hewitson (Ashmolean exhibition), in conversation with Dr Kate Nichols. Dr Hewitson will be talking to our very own Dr Kate Nichols about the major exhibition at the Ashmolean, ‘Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion and Design’ (https://www.ashmolean.org/people/madeline-hewitson; https://www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/colour-revolution-victorian-art-fashion-design). Further details of our research event: ‘Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion and … Continue reading “19CC Visiting Speaker Series – Wednesday 29 November”
Visiting Speaker Series – Weds 15th November
A reminder of the next 19CC visiting speaker event: Professor Emma Mason (Warwick) will be with us on Wednesday 15th at 5pm (note, we’re in Arts 104 this time). Title and abstract below. I very much hope you’re able to join us – it should be a terrific paper. Do circulate to others, especially MAs and PGRs. … Continue reading “Visiting Speaker Series – Weds 15th November”