Forthcoming Events sponsored by the Association

As well as an annual conference, BAVS support a range of other conferences, one day symposia, and regional seminars. If you are involved in organising such an event and would like to find out how to apply for funding please click here.

Forthcoming events include:

Darwin, Tennyson and their Readers. 17 October 2009. Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Keynote papers will be given by Professor Dame Gillian Beer and Professor George Levine.
2009 is the bicentenary year of both Charles Darwin and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Darwin's reading radically affected the ways in which he was able to conceptualise 'Nature'; Tennyson's poetry was read by and affected the work of scientists like Thomas Huxley. The aim of the conference is to explore this two-way cultural traffic, looking at a wide range of nineteenth century figures and at the important social and cultural consequences of the interaction of two different modes of thought. Please see the conference website for more details.

Nature and the Long Nineteenth Century, an interdisciplinary postgraduate conference. 6 Februaury 2010. Edinburgh.

Keynote speakers:  
Dr Martin Willis, University of Glamorgan
  Dr Christine Ferguson, University of Glasgow
Professor Nick Daly, University College Dublin

This one-day interdisciplinary postgraduate conference explores intersections of the natural world with nineteenth-century literature and culture. For full details visit the conference site . . .

Scottish Regional Seminars

In partnership with BAVS. The Scottish Regional Seminars are held regularly as a regional research forum for academics working in the Victorian period.
Venue: Napier University, New Craig, Craighouse Campus, Edinburgh
Convenors: Dr Linda Dryden and Dr Anne Schwan
For futher details please contact Dr Anne Schwan, Lecturer in English Literature, School of Creative Industries, New Craig,Craighouse Campus, Edinburgh EH10 5LG. Email: a.schwan@napier.ac.uk
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The Midlands Interdisciplinary Victorian Seminar Series (MIVSS)

In partnership with the Birmingham and Midland Institute and BAVS

The Midlands Interdisciplinary Victorian Studies Seminars are held regularly in Birmingham, UK, as a research forum for academics working in the Victorian period.

For further information, please contact: Marion Thain (University of Birmingham), Rosie Miles (University of Wolverhampton), Richard Pearson (University of Worcester).