About BAVS
The British Association for Victorian Studies (founded in 2000) is a multi-disciplinary organisation, dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge about the Victorian period. It has over 600 members, drawn from the academic community and the general public, in both the UK and abroad. Members have a wide range of interests in the nineteenth century, including art history, cultural studies, history, literary studies, performance studies and the history of science.
Notices
We are delighted to announce that the BAVS tenth anniversary conference will take place at the University of Glasgow on the 2-4 September 2010. The conference explores the theme of 'Victorian Forms and Formations'. Click here to see the call for papers, or for futher details visit the conference site: http://www.gla.ac.uk/bavs/
The new New Year 2010 newsletter is now online, featuring several reports on recent BAVS-sponsored conferences, plus features and reviews on Victorian visual arts events this winter. The issue also contains this season's indispensible listing of calls for papers and recently published works. Members login to read it...
The annual conference is at the heart of the Association's activities. This year, with out eleventh annual conference we celebrate ten years since the foundation of BAVS with an event on the theme of 'Victorian Forms and Formations' at the University of Glasgow in September 2010. See more details…
Throughout the year, regular newsletters provide members with critical comment and a wealth of information about developments and upcoming events in the field. Read back issues here…
BAVS is committed to supporting scholarship at every level. Funding is available for conferences and seminar series. See here for more details and how to apply . . .
The Association is run by and for its members.
Read the BAVS constitution …
The British Association for Victorian Studies mourns the death of Sally Ledger.
Please read our tribute to Sally here . . .