Past events
The organisation has organised a major conference every year since its founding in 2000. See further details...
Victorian Soundscapes
Leeds University, 16th - 17th March 2007
Speakers include: John Picker (Harvard University), Stephen Banfield (University of Bristol), Delia da Sousa Correa (Open University), Rachel Cowgill (University of Leeds), Matthew Bevis (University of York), Phyllis Weliver (Wilkes University), Michael Allis (University of Leeds)
A two day interdisciplinary colloquium jointly hosted by the Leeds University Centre for English Music and Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies. See full conference programme...
Victorian Studies: Pasts and Futures
University of Leicester, 31st March 2007
Keynote Speakers: Isobel Armstrong, Catherine Hall; Plenary Panel Speakers: J. B. Bullen, Cora Kaplan, Joanna de Groot, Catherine Robson, Gareth Griffiths, Sally Ledger
A one-day conference to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester. For full details see the Centre website.
'From House to Home': Representations in Victorian Literature and Art
University of Warwick, 3 rd March 2007
Keynote Speaker: Dr Catherine Spooner (University of Lancaster)
This postgraduate conference examined issues concerning representations of houses and homes in Victorian literature and art. Full details at the conference webpages...
Where Next in Victorian Literary Studies?
School of English, University of Leeds, 25 November 2006
Panel speakers: Professor David Amigoni (University of Keele); Professor John Bowen (University of York); Professor Valerie Sanders (University of Hull); Professor Joanne Shattock (University of Leicester)
This day explored how literary scholars working in the area conceive its future development over the next 4-5 years. View the conference programme…
Victorians Disciplining Race
Institute of English Studies, 15th November 2006
Speakers: Cora Kaplan, Josephine McDonagh and Benjamin Zachariah
This afternoon seminar explored how Victorians thought about race (including how race was "disciplined" in terms of science, politics, and imperial expansion), and addressed the role of " race " in Victorian Studies today. Organised by Heike Bauer.
Victorian Binaries: The Beautiful and The Ugly
MIVSS Postgraduate Conference, Birmingham & Midlands Institute, 21 October 2006
Keynote Speaker: Professor Barrie Bullen (University of Reading)
The Midlands Interdisciplinary Victorian Studies Seminars are held regularly in Birmingham, UK, as a research forum for academics working in the Victorian period. This study day was a special session of MIVSS at which members of the postgraduate community explored notions of beauty and ugliness in Victorian culture. Read full details of the conference, including the programme...
Victorian Masculinities
Keele University, 20-21st April 2006
Guest speaker: Dr. Colin Cruise (Staffordshire University)
This postgraduate conference brought together research students from across the humanities interested in the topic of masculinity in the Victorian period. The event included a workshop on academic publishing led by Professor David Amigoni (Keele University) and Philippa Joseph (Blackwell Publishing). Visit the conference website.