MIVSS Meeting in June, Keele University

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Kate Hill

Dear all – advance notice that the next meeting of MIVSS will be on 29 June at Keele University, on the subject of Victorian Things Revisited. The call for papers is below.

Victorian Things Revisited, Keele University, 29th June 2012

The Victorian fascination with objects and things has been reflected in the last twenty years in what has come to be known as the ‘material turn’ of Victorian Studies. The emergence of ‘thing theory’ and its offshoots has provided new ways of thinking about the social, political, religious and aesthetic dimensions of material culture. What do Victorian things currently mean to us and what still needs to be debated and understood? ‘Victorian Things Revisited’ is a one-day meeting of the Midlands Interdisciplinary Victorian Studies Seminar (the event will take place from approx 11.30am to 5pm, exact timings tbc). We invite papers on any aspect of researching and teaching the subject of material culture. Topics might include:

Commoditisation
Fetishism
The ‘Social Life’ of things
Curiosities
Relics
Bric-à-Brac
Waste and Recycling
Collecting/Museums/Archives
Objects and the uncanny

Please send ideas for papers of 20-30 minutes length to Jonathan Shears (j.r.shears@engl.keele.ac.uk) and Kate Hill (khill@lincoln.ac.uk) by 31 May 2012. This is an informal event and we do not require full conference-type proposals – and please do not exceed 250 words. You do not have to live or work in the Midlands, but preference may be given to those who do.

As usual, travel bursaries will be available to postgraduate students on a first come first served basis – there will be 5 bursaries of £20, though if there is not much uptake we may be able to provide more help with travel costs to individuals. Please contact Kate Hill (khill@lincoln.ac.uk) if you are interested in applying for a travel bursary.

MIVSS is supported by BAVS

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Conferences on nineteenth-century topics

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Kate Hill

A number of conferences are coming up which look very interesting for nineteenth-century scholars.
Art versus Industry, Leeds, 23-24 March, http://artvindustry.blogspot.com/
Transforming Objects, Northumbria University, 28-29 May, http://www.transformingobjects.blogspot.com/
Material Religion in Modern Britain and its Worlds, Cardiff, 8-9 June, http://history.research.glam.ac.uk/events/2012/jun/08/material-religion-modern-britain-and-her-worlds/
and finally, of course, the call for papers is out for BAVS 2012, which will be in Sheffield, 30 August-1 September, cfp closes 31 March 2012, http://www.bavsuk.org/BAVS%202012cfp.pdf

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Spring meetings

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Kate Hill

Dear Nineteenth-Century Scholars,

Our first and second meetings of the Nineteenth-Century Group have been arranged for the term, so I’m pleased to be able to give you some advance notice of both:

Wed 22nd Feb from 1-2pm ‘An Edwardian Period?’ – presentations by Ian Packer (history) and Simon Barker (English) followed by discussion.

Wed 21st March from 1-2.30 pm (note extended session) we have a guest speaker: Felicity James from the University of Leicester will be speaking on Women, Dissent and Life Writing in the early nineteenth century.

More details on both nearer the time.

Rebecca

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Posted on November 30, 2011 by Kate Hill
Dear C19 Scholars,

 

A reminder of our next meeting on Wed 7th Dec from 1-2pm in MC0025 – ground floor of MHT building as usual, but a nicer room than usual.

Our theme is ‘Celebrity’. Jim Cheshire has supplied 3 items for advance reading, please contact Rebecca (rstyler@lincoln.ac.uk) for copies of these. One (Turner) is from a book about contemporary celebrity culture and two from Baudy’s ‘The Frenzy of Renown’. These should provide a basis for discussion about the history of fame, and to what extent we can used current ideas about celebrity culture as a basis for thinking about the C19.

Could I also suggest that people come with something to say about a famous C19 person: why were they famous and through what processes / contexts did they become famous?

See many of you next week,

Rebecca

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MIVSS/MRS meeting, Loughborough University Friday 13 January 2012

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Kate Hill

Programme and further details now available:

Joint Meeting of MIVSS (Midlands Interdisciplinary Victorian Studies Seminar) and MRS (Midlands Romantic Seminar)

“Borders in the Long 19th Century”

Friday 13 January 2012, 11.30am–5pm (Martin Hall, Loughborough University)

11. 30 am – Welcome (All sessions will take place in NN.0.07, Martin Hall)

11.45              Session 1: Spatial and Social Borders (Chair – Kate Hill)

Keynote 1: ‘Public Good vs. Public Pleasure: social boundaries and public parks in Victorian England’, Katy Layton-Jones (Leicester)

‘Quiet: towards a phenomenology of the urban in Dickens’, Julian Wolfreys (Loughborough)

12.45 Lunch (in venues around campus)

1. 30                Session 2: Romantic and Victorian Borders 1 (Chair – Rebecca Styler)

Keynote 2: ‘Teaching and Researching Across the Romantic / Victorian Border’, Julian North (Leicester)

‘Romantic and Victorian Collecting: Continuity and Change’, Kate Hill (Lincoln)

2. 40 Tea break (Martin Hall foyer)

3pm                Session 3 – Romantic and Victorian Borders 2 (Chair – Anne-Marie Beller)

‘Ann Radcliffe’s The Romance of the Forest, the Past and the Sublime’, Jon Dent (Loughborough)

‘From Ivanhoe to Rebecca and Rowena: Walter Scott’s Shaping of Victorian Writing’, Celine Sabiron (Oxford)

4.15                 Session 4: General Discussion – Borders, Boundaries and Thresholds (Chair: Carol Bolton)

5.00 Refreshments – wine / orange juice

Details of the venue and directions can be found here: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/about/findus.html

This event is free, but please register by e-mailing Anne-Marie Beller (a.m.beller@lboro.ac.uk) or Carol Bolton (c.j.bolton@lboro.ac.uk). There are 5 travel bursaries available for postgraduate students, provided through funding by BAVS (British Association for Victorian Studies). If you would like to apply for one of these, please contact Kate Hill (khill@lincoln.ac.uk) stating your name, affiliation and approximate travel costs.

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