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Call for Papers: CVS Colloquium 2020
Royal Holloway’s Centre for Victorian Studies welcomes proposals for the annual London Victorian Studies Colloquium, to be held on 24th-25th April 2020 in the beautiful surroundings of the college.
Call for Papers: The London Victorian Studies Colloquium
Call for Papers: The London Victorian Studies Colloquium
Centre for Victorian Studies’ Members on the Radio
In the past year, several members of the Centre for Victorian Studies have been on BBC radio, sharing their expertise on nineteenth-century literature and culture.
In February, Professor Ruth Livesey joined Cerys Matthews to talk about George Eliot, drawing from her current AHRC-funded research project, “Provincialism: Literature and the Cultural Politics of Middleness in Nineteenth-Century Britain.”
In May, Professor Juliet John discussed Charles Dickens as part of an episode of BBC Radio 4’s Front Row on “Icons of English Literature.” You can listen to the programme here (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004s95).
Also in May, Dr Katie McGettigan took part in a discussion about three great American writers born in 1819 – Herman Melville, Walt Whitman and Julia Ward Howe – on BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking. You can listen to the programme here (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004s4y).
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship Success
The Centre for Victorian Studies is delighted to welcome Dr Nicola Kirkby, who will join Royal Holloway’s English department in September, having been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship. Dr Kirkby was awarded her PhD from Kings College London, where she has also worked as a visiting tutor. Her research at Royal Holloway will explore entanglements between literature and the development of infrastructure in nineteenth century Britain. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolakirkby.
Margaret Busby and New Daughters of Africa: a celebration
14 Nov 2019The English Department is proud to host Margaret Busby for this celebration of her achievements, which will include an introduction to Margaret's life and work by Professor Lavinia Greenlaw.
Professor Juliet John Co-Curates New Dickens Museum Exhibition
Professor Juliet John has co-curated a new exhibition, “Global Dickens,” at the Dickens Museum in London. The exhibition challenges the view of Dickens as a quintessentially British writer, by showing how he wrote for, and about the world. The exhibition uses unique artefacts from the Museum’s collections - including Dickens’s leather travelling bag; a Manga edition of A Christmas Carol; and a spectacular copy of David Copperfield that went to the Antarctic on the 1910 Scott expedition - to illustrate Dickens’s travels, and his impact on the lives of people all over the planet.
RHUL and techne PHD student, Emily Smith, has also been assisting with the exhibition as part of her placement at the Dickens Museum. Read her blog about Dickens and the Arctic here: https://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/charles-dickens-museum/dickens-setting-poles-apart
“Global Dickens” runs from Tuesday 14th May to Sunday 3rd November 2019; the museum is open 10am-5pm, Tuesday to Sunday. For more information, see: https://dickensmuseum.com/.
The London Victorian Studies Colloquium 2019
26 Apr 2019 - 27 Apr 2019An annual residential colloquium for postgraduates and postdocs working in Victorian Studies, to be held at Royal Holloway Victorian Studies Centre, from 26-27th April, 2019.